Hawthorne Gold Corp. and Eureka Resources Inc.’s independent mineral resource estimate has been completed using information from the 2007-2008 drill program on the Main zone of the Frasergold project, located approximately 100 kilometres to the east of Williams Lake, B.C.

“Hawthorne is pleased to see not only the completion of the estimate at Frasergold, but also the results of that estimate at Frasergold, and looks forward to publishing the National Instrument 43-101 technical report and mineral resource estimate. The mineralized system has been traced for 10 kilometres and completing a resource estimate on approximately 1.5-kilometre portion of the zone is an important milestone for the project. The company is now determining its action plan for both the Frasergold project and the surrounding exploration camp,” commented Richard Barclay, president and chief executive officer of Hawthorne.

                SUMMARY OF MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE AT
                    A 0.30-GRAM-PER-TONNE AU CUT-OFF

Zone   Class            Tonnes    Au (g/t)      Au (grams)   Au (ounces)

Main   Measured     11,470,000      0.595       6,824,650       219,418
Main   Indicated    22,610,000      0.540      12,209,400       392,541
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       M+I          34,080,000      0.559      19,034,050       611,959
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Main   Inferred     26,530,000      0.473      12,548,690       403,450
NW     Inferred     45,790,000      0.538      24,635,020       792,034
SE     Inferred      2,990,000      0.343       1,025,570        32,973
                    ----------      -----      ----------     ---------
       Inferred     75,310,000      0.507      38,209,280     1,228,457
                    ----------      -----      ----------     ---------

“Eureka originally acquired the Frasergold project as our management team believed it to contain a significant gold system that extended over an approximate length of 10 kilometres. This estimate confirms Eureka’s historical exploration work on the property in the 1980s and 1990s, and Hawthorne’s work over the past two years. The resource estimate only tested a small portion of the mineralized system and we look forward to defining the full potential of this deposit through our continued relationship with Hawthorne Gold,” stated John J. O’Neill, chief executive officer and president of Eureka Resources.

The Frasergold project is a large-tonnage, low-grade gold deposit, and is located in the Cariboo gold district of British Columbia. The resource estimate was prepared by Dr. K.V. Campbell, PhD, PGeo, of ERSi Earth Resource Surveys Inc., and G.H. Giroux, MASc, PEng, of Giroux Consultants Ltd.

The 2009 Frasergold resource estimate is based on a total of 160 diamond drill holes and 242 reverse circulation holes sampling a combined 49,691 metres. The drilling was completed by Eureka and optionees, from 1983 to 1993, and Hawthorne Gold Group in 2007 and 2008. Hawthorne geologists determined three-dimensional solids for a high-grade zone surrounded by a lower-grade envelope and two less densely drilled extensions, one projecting the mineralization to the northwest and the other to the southeast. Individual drill hole assays were tagged, sample statistics were run and erratic high assays were capped for each zone. Uniform five-metre downhole composites were formed and modelled using pairwise relative semi-variograms. Blocks 10 by 10 by five metres in dimension were estimated for gold by a combination of ordinary and indicator kriging. The bulk density was established from 128 core samples measured at site. Blocks were classified as measured, indicated or inferred based on grade continuity as established from the semi-variograms analysis.

Due to the uncertainty of inferred mineral resources it cannot be assumed that all, or any part of this resource will be upgraded to an indicated or measured resource as a result of continued exploration. To justify upgrading of the mineral resource to a mineral reserve, demonstrated economic viability is required. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing or other relevant issues.

About Frasergold project

The Frasergold project, optioned from Eureka Resources, is located in the Cariboo gold camp, situated in the historic Quesnel trough area of central British Columbia, and has a long history of continued exploration since the 1970s. A combination of quartz veins and knotted phyllites host gold mineralization containing coarse free gold and finer-grained sulphide-bearing gold. Previous operators identified a 10-kilometre belt of gold mineralization on the property through drilling, soil sampling, induced polarization geophysical surveys and surface exploration.

In 2007, the Hawthorne completed a 16-hole diamond drill program (3,617 metres), a series of 211 vertical channel samples taken across the entire 130-metre strike length of the underground workings and a series of 11 200-kilogram bulk samples across the same length of the channel samples. In addition, an airborne geophysical survey was completed by Aeroquest International Ltd. The survey covered the entire area between the Frasergold project and Crooked Lake, encompassing the Eureka Frasergold claims, the optioned Dajin Resources Corp. claims and claims acquired or optioned in 2007.

Subsequently, in 2008, Hawthorne completed a 58-hole 10,405-metre diamond drill program, a soil sampling program and a reconnaissance exploration exercise. Total drilling on the property now exceeds 50,000 metres, including work from 2007-2008 and in the 1980s and 1990s. The 2008 exploration program focused within the Main zone, located in the centre of the identified 10-kilometre mineralized zone. The total land position, totalling 11,293 hectares or 41 claims, is under option agreements with Eureka Resources and Dajin Resources.

For further information on the Frasergold project, including additional information on lab and assay procedures, please refer to Hawthorne’s website.

Mr. Giroux carried out the mineral resource estimate of the Frasergold deposit, and both Mr. Campbell and Mr. Giroux are qualified persons in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. They have verified the mineral resource information presented in this news release. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Giroux are currently preparing the National Instrument 43-101 technical report and mineral resource estimate on the property, which will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days from the date of this press release. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Giroux have visited the site and reviewed all the quality assurance-quality control data received to date.

Michael Petrina, PEng, the company’s vice-president of mining and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release.

About the Frasergold option agreement

Pursuant to an option agreement dated Oct. 31, 2006, between Hawthorne and Eureka, Hawthorne can earn a 51-per-cent interest in the Frasergold project by completing sufficient exploration expenditures totalling $3.5-million (expended), completing a feasibility study by April 30, 2010 (April 30, 2012, with extensions), and making cash payments totalling $175,000 ($125,000 paid to date) before Oct. 31, 2009. Hawthorne can earn a further 9 per cent (for a total of 60 per cent) by arranging financing for 70 per cent of the estimated capital costs for production.