Mercer Gold Appoints James M. Stonehouse as Director

DENVER, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercer Gold Corporation ("Mercer Gold" or the "Company") (OTCQB: MRGP) has appointed James M. Stonehouse as a Director of the Board.

Among the highlights of a mining career that stretches over 34 years, Mr. Stonehouse is attributed with considerable success in numerous mines and mineral operations. He was Project Manager and in charge of all supervision developing feasibility for a 16,000 tpd heap leach SX-EW copper project (2008-2009), including supervision of metallurgical testing, process design, acquisition, and permitting. He has managed up to four separate companies in a difficult political environment (2006-2008) and tripled indicated reserves at principal projects in two of the companies.

Mr. Stonehouse completed feasibility and managed construction of a 2000 tpd heap leach facility in Central Asia (2004-2005). In the previous year, he took a reserve to development stage in a difficult permitting environment handling the coordination of engineering, metallurgy and environmental compliance issues in order to satisfy project opponents. He also led a team of professionals that evaluated and used innovative metallurgical techniques to lift a known resource to the reserve status in Central Asia for a project eventually sold for 25 times invested capital.

He has played a prominent role in the management of numerous mining companies over the years in his position as Executive Vice President, VP of Operations, VP of Exploration, General Manager, Mine Manager and lead independent consultant. He has been directly responsible for management and strategic development of over 20 mines, many with significant ore bodies and highly sophisticated applied mining techniques.

Until August 2009 he was VP of Operations for Copper Mesa Ming Corp. directing and supervising the efforts of five separate companies in Latin America and the U.S.A.

Mr. Stonehouse graduated with an M.A., Geology from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1976.

Company President Rahim Jivraj states, "We are glad to have Mr. Stonehouse join Mercer as a Director. His unique knowledge and perspective on our projects gives us another excellent asset in planning and executing our business. We look forward to his deepening contribution to our success."

Mercer Gold also accepts the resignation of Dr. David Shaw as a Director of the Company.  "I want to thank Dr. Shaw for his support and wish him all the best in his endeavors," says Jivraj.

About Mercer Gold Corporation

Mercer Gold Corporation is focused on gold exploration of the Guayabales Gold Project located in the Marmato Gold District, Department of Caldas, Colombia. Mercer began its initial 5,000 meter drill program on October 20th and partial results have been received to date. An additional 25,000 meter program is planned for 2011, subject to positive results of the initial program.

IMPORTANT CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING CANADIAN DISCLOSURE STANDARDS

The Company is an "OTC Reporting Issuer" under BC Instrument 51-509, Issuers Quoted in the U.S. Over-the-Counter Markets, promulgated by the British Columbia Securities Commission.  Accordingly, certain disclosure in this news release or other disclosure provided by the Company has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of United States securities laws. In Canada, an issuer is required to provide technical information with respect to mineralization, including reserves and resources, if any, on its mineral exploration properties in accordance with Canadian requirements, which differ significantly from the requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") applicable to registration statements and reports filed by United States companies pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As such, information contained in this news release or other disclosure provided by the Company concerning descriptions of mineralization under Canadian standards may not be comparable to similar information made public by United States companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC.  This news release or other disclosure provided by the Company may use the terms "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources".  While these terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations (under National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects), the SEC does not recognize them.  United States investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of the mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted to reserves.  In addition, "inferred resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category.  Under Canadian securities legislation, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, or economic studies, except in rare cases.  U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that part or all of an inferred resource exists, or is economically or legally mineable.

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SOURCE Mercer Gold Corp.