Scorpio Gold Drilling Intersects 7.62 Metres Grading 2.92 g/t Gold on the Mary LC Zone, Mineral Ridge Project

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire - July 9, 2012) - Scorpio Gold Corporation ("Scorpio Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SGN) announces initial drill results from its 2012 drilling program on the Mary LC Zone, located adjacent to the Mary pit which is currently undergoing pre-stripping in advance of commencing full-scale open pit production at the 70% owned Mineral Ridge project, Nevada. Production from the Mary pit will add to and supplement current production from the Drinkwater pit.

Peter J. Hawley, President, CEO reports; "Our initial 2012 drilling on the Mary LC Zone has targeted a previously un-drilled area thought to be sterile ground between the current Mary pit operations and the Mary LC Zone. Positive results obtained to date lead management to believe that the Mary Deposit and the Mary LC Zone represent one continuous zone of mineralization. With this in mind, the current drilling program is designed to support modification of the Mary pit design, extending the pit wall from its current planned location, which is based on drilling up to the end of 2011, to the southwest to include the continuation of mineralization into the Mary LC Zone."

Scorpio Gold's exploration work to date has determined that the Drinkwater, Mary and Mary LC zones represent one continuous zone of mineralization, with the LC area being the least defined to date. The results presented in Table 1 are from an area which had no previous drilling and was considered to be sterile. A drill hole plan is available at www.scorpiogold.com/i/maps/mr/MaryLC_DHplan.jpg.


Table 1. Mary LC Zone - Significant Drill Results

           From    To     Width      From      To      Width     Gold     Gold
Hole No.   (ft)   (ft)    (ft)       (m)       (m)      (m)      (OPT)    (g/t)
MR12392 	120 	125 	5 	36.59 	38.11 	1.52 	0.020 	0.69
	180 	195 	15 	54.88 	59.45 	4.57 	0.105 	3.60
	225 	230 	5 	66.60 	70.12 	1.52 	0.018 	0.62
MR12394 	140 	145 	5 	42.68 	44.21 	1.52 	0.021 	0.72
	190 	200 	10 	57.93 	60.98 	3.05 	0.206 	7.06
	210 	215 	5 	64.02 	65.55 	1.52 	0.018 	0.62
MR12395 	230 	235 	5 	70.12 	71.65 	1.52 	0.039 	1.34
MR12396 	115 	120 	5 	35.06 	36.59 	1.52 	0.024 	0.82
	205 	225 	20 	62.50 	68.60 	6.10 	0.092 	3.15
	330 	345 	15 	100.61 	105.18 	4.57 	0.023 	0.80
MR12397 	75 	85 	10 	22.87 	25.91 	3.05 	0.020 	0.69
	170 	195 	25 	51.83 	59.45 	7.62 	0.085 	2.92
MR12399 	150 	165 	15 	45.73 	50.30 	4.57 	0.016 	0.56
	230 	240 	10 	70.12 	73.17 	3.05 	0.038 	1.30
MR12400 	100 	105 	5 	30.49 	32.01 	1.52 	0.025 	0.89
	155 	160 	5 	47.78 	48.78 	1.52 	0.079 	2.71

All holes presented in the above table were completed by reverse circulation (RC) drilling. True width is estimated at ~90% of downhole width. 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/i/pdf/reports/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.

Scorpio Gold's President & CEO, Peter J. Hawley, PGeo, is a Qualified Person for the Mineral Ridge project and has reviewed and approved the content of this release. For additional information please see the Company's website at www.scorpiogold.com.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD SCORPIO GOLD CORPORATION

Peter J. Hawley
President & CEO



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