Midway Reports Additional Long and High Grade Gold Intercepts at Spring Valley, Nevada

Midway Gold Corp. ('Midway' or the 'Company') (MDW:TSX-V; MDW:NYSE-MKT)
announces continuing progress by Barrick Gold Exploration Inc.
('Barrick'), which is earning into Midway's Spring Valley Project,
Nevada. Second quarter drill results calculated by Midway from data
provided by Barrick are shown in Table 1. Multiple holes have long
intercepts with good grades which include shorter sections with higher
grades.

Other higher grade intercepts include

• 
  1.2 meters of 14.16 gpt gold in SV12-571c
  
• 
  1.5 meters of 8.30 gpt gold in SV12-572c
  
• 
  1.5 meters of 12.14 gpt gold in SV12-579
  
• 
  3.0 meters of 10.39 gpt gold in SV12-589
  

Ken Brunk, Midway′s President and CEO said 'We are very pleased with
Barrick′s continued progress at our Spring Valley project.The
exploration phase of this year′s program continues to show growth
potential, particularly in the north, as well as identifying new targets.Emphasis is now shifting to complete this year′s Project Development
program in support of an initial economic evaluation.Barrick
continues to fund its earn-in requirement ahead of schedule. '

Barrick has two drill rigs operating on the property and has completed
6,035 meters of reverse circulation and 2,970 meters of core drilling
during the second quarter. The map below shows locations for drill holes
included in Table 1. Exploration drilling is focused on step-out
drilling to the south of the defined resource and in-fill drilling in
the resource area to convert and expand resource areas into higher
confidence categories. Additional surface work continues to identify
exploration targets beyond known resource areas.

Development drilling is gathering metallurgical, hydrological and
geotechnical data for a scoping-level economic evaluation. Hydrology
studies are underway and geotechnical drilling will follow. A second
round of metallurgical testwork is expected to begin later this year.

Barrick budgeted $11.5 million in 2012 for work at Spring Valley. This
amount is $3.5 million, or more than 43%, above the minimum expenditure
level that Barrick must spend to maintain its earn-in schedule. Barrick
has the right to earn a 60% interest in the project by completing
expenditures totaling US$30 million before December 31, 2013.

Reverse circulation drilling was conducted by Hard Rock Drilling of
Elko, Nevada. Core drilling was conducted by TonaTec Exploration of
Mapleton, Utah. Drill hole numbers ending with a 'C' indicate core
holes. Samples were assayed by ALS-Chemex Labs, in Sparks, Nevada using
30 gram fire assay methods (FA) and by metallic screen assay methods
(MS). Results reported represent thickness along the trace of the drill
hole and do not necessarily represent true thickness. Intervals may not
match to the nearest tenth due to arithmetic rounding.

To view the graphics titled Spring Valley Project Q2 2012 Drill Results,
please click on the following link:

http://www.usetdas.com/pr/midway08132012.jpg

Spring Valley is a large, porphyry-hosted gold system, located about 20
miles northeast of Lovelock in Pershing County, Nevada. A May, 2011
updated resource estimate released by Midway reported 2.16 million
ounces of gold in the combined Measured and Indicated categories at a
cut-off grade of 0.14 gpt. There is an additional Inferred resource of
1.97 million ounces of gold at the same cut-off grade. The Measured
resource is 0.93 million ounces contained within 59.0 million tonnes
grading 0.49 gpt, the Indicated resource is 1.23 million ounces
contained within 85.8 million tonnes grading 0.45 gpt, and the Inferred
resource is contained within 103.9 million tonnes grading 0.59 gpt. The
estimate was prepared for Midway by Gustavson Associates, LLC of
Lakewood, Colorado (Midway press release dated May 2, 2011). The updated
resource includes Barrick′s 2009 and 2010 drill results and
significantly increased the resource in the Measured and Indicated
categories and added additional Inferred resources.

This release has been reviewed and approved for Midway by William S.
Neal (M.Sc., CPG), Vice President of Geological Services of Midway, a
'qualified person' as that term is defined in NI 43-101.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

'Kenneth A. Brunk'

Kenneth A. Brunk, Chairman, President and CEO

About Midway Gold Corp.

Midway Gold Corp. is a precious metals company with a vision to explore,
design, build and operate gold mines in a manner accountable to all
stakeholders while assuring return on shareholder investments. For more
information about Midway, please visit our website at www.midwaygold.com
or contact R.J. Smith, Vice President of Administration, at (877)
475-3642 (toll-free).

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this release.

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Company and its business. Forward looking statements are statements that
are not historical facts and include, but are not limited to, reserve
and resource estimates, estimated NPV of the project, anticipated IRR,
estimated strip ratio, anticipated mining methods at the project, the
estimated economics of the project, anticipated gold recoveries and
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Cautionary note to U.S. investors concerning estimates of reserves
and resources: This press release and the technical reports referred to
in this press release use the terms 'resource', 'reserve', 'measured
resources', 'indicated resources' and 'inferred resources', which are
terms defined under Canadian National Instrument 43-101 and the Canadian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Classification system. Estimates of
mineral resources in this press release and in the technical report
referred to in this press release have been prepared in accordance with
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Industry Guide 7 standards, a 'final' or 'bankable' feasibility study is
required to report reserves, the three-year historical average price is
used in any reserve or cash flow analysis to designate reserves and the
primary environmental analysis or report must be filed with the
appropriate governmental authority. Mineral resources are not mineral
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cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in
these categories will ever be converted into reserves as defined in the
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uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their
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part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher
category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources
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Midway Gold Corp.

R.J. Smith, 877-475-3642 (toll-free)

Vice
President of Administration

www.midwaygold.com