Scorpio Gold Makes First Shipment of Loaded Gold Carbon to Refinery From the Mineral Ridge Gold Deposit, Nevada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire - April 26, 2011) - Scorpio Gold Corporation (“Scorpio Gold“ or the “Company“) (TSX VENTURE: SGN) is pleased to announce that on April 18, 2011, Mineral Ridge Gold LLC shipped its first production batch of gold and silver in loaded gold carbon produced from the Mineral Ridge gold deposit, Nevada.

Peter J. Hawley, President & CEO reports, “This shipment marks the start of precious metal production following just 13 months from completion of the purchase of the Mineral Ridge property. At today's metal prices, each ton of loaded carbon has an estimated value of approximately US$100,000. The Company would like to thank the operations team for its dedication and hard work during the past year to make this happen, and extends its gratitude to its investors for their continued support.“

Approximately 10,000 pounds or 5 tons of loaded wet carbon from the heap leach carbon columns 1 &2 were placed into carbon bags and shipped to Metals Research in Kimberley, Idaho for processing into dore. The Company has contracted Metals Research to custom strip its carbon and produce dore bars by April 27, 2011. The dore bars will then be delivered to Johnson Matthey's refinery in Salt Lake City for further refining of the precious metals into separate 99.9% pure gold and silver bars. Carbon columns 3, 4 and 5 continue to be loaded and columns 1 and 2 are being restarted.

The Company expects to make a substantially larger second shipment of loaded gold carbon in early May 2011, as the activated leach pads at Mineral Ridge become more mature in the leaching cycle.

Details of the initial loaded gold carbon shipment are presented in Table 1.

Table 1. Loaded Gold Carbon Shipment to Refinery

Wet
Carbon
(Tons) Gold
Loading
(OPT ) Gold
Loading
(g/t ) Silver
Loading
(OPT ) Silver
Loading
(g/t ) Shipped
Gold
(ounces ) Shipped
Gold
(grams ) Shipped
Silver
(ounces ) Shipped
Silver
(grams )
0.75 93.6 2,653.4 44.5 1,260.9 71.1 2,016.6 33.8 958.3
0.74 96.8 2,744.1 46.7 1,322.6 71.6 2,030.6 34.5 978.8
0.82 97.8 2,773.8 47.8 1,356.1 80.2 2,274.5 39.2 1,112.0
0.25 93.9 2,663.3 45.0 1,276.5 23.5 665.8 11.3 319.1
0.87 42.8 1,214.4 35.8 1,013.6 37.3 1,056.5 31.1 881.9
0.89 45.7 1,295.1 35.7 1,012.7 40.7 1,152.7 31.8 901.3
0.72 47.9 1,359.1 38.4 1,088.9 34.3 971.7 27.5 778.6
Total
5.04 Avg.
74.1 Avg. 2,100.5 Avg.
42.0 Avg.
1,190.2 Total
358.7 Total
10,168.4 Total
209.2 Total
5,930.0

Metal estimates remain subject to final assays at refinery. Analytical results were performed by American Assay Laboratory Inc. (AAL) in Sparks, Nevada, USA. AAL does not have ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation but implements a quality management system following ISO/IEC 17025 standards and maintains a paperwork trail for ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. AAL participates in a number of testing and certification programs, details of which are presented in the Company's quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program for the Mineral Ridge project at: www.scorpiogold.com/Documents/QAQC-MR.pdf. External check assays to verify lab accuracy are routinely completed by ALS Chemex, an ISO 9001:2000 certified and ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited laboratory.

For additional information please see the Company's website at www.scorpiogold.com.

President & CEO, Mr. Peter J. Hawley, PGeo, is the Company's Qualified Person for the various Company projects. Mr. Hawley is responsible for the current exploration and development programs and has reviewed the content of this release.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD SCORPIO GOLD CORPORATION

Peter J. Hawley
President & CEO



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