Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corp. Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire the Balance of its Majority Owned Subsidiary, Pediment Gold LLC

Key Assets Include Over 30 Additional Gold Exploration Targets in Nevada


RENO, Nev., Dec. 9, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corporation (OTCBB:BMGX) ("Battle Mountain Gold") is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire the balance of its majority owned subsidiary, Pediment Gold LLC. Pediment Gold holds the exclusive rights to the proprietary Ground Water Chemistry technology and the proprietary Ground Water Database for Nevada, which contains over 70,000 water samples. In addition, Battle Mountain Gold now has 100% control over 30 additional gold exploration targets in Nevada that will complement the Hot Pot and Fletcher Junction projects. As a result of the buy-in, Battle Mountain Gold now has increased visibility and flexibility with respect to its exploration program. Consideration for the purchase will be in the form of 3,000,000 previously issued shares, through a re-alignment of the founders' holdings. No new shares will be issued as a result of the transaction.

Commenting on the transaction, Battle Mountain Gold's Chairman and CEO, Mr. Mark Kucher, stated, "Coupled with the announced acquisition of the IAMGOLD gold royalty assets, the buy-in of the minority stake of Pediment Gold LLC will help us to consolidate and to accelerate our exploration program and further leverage our intellectual property and royalty assets. We are actively pursuing a number of opportunities to use our innovative exploration technology to identify, acquire and advance our own exploration targets, to attract the exploration resources of other companies and to help other exploration groups to significantly accelerate their own exploration programs in exchange for royalty positions."

About Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corp.

Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corp. (OTCBB:BMGX) is a gold royalty company with an active gold exploration program focused on the exploration and discovery of gravel-covered pediment gold occurrences in the State of Nevada.

The Company is among the first in Nevada to utilize ground-water geochemical exploration methods. Battle Mountain Gold's management team and advisory board are all respected mining professionals with more than 110 years of collective industry experience. The Company is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.



 On behalf of the Board of Directors,

 Mark Kucher
 Chairman and CEO

 Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corp.
 Sixth Floor, Suite 9
 One East Liberty Street
 Reno, Nevada 89504

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, expectations, beliefs, plans and objectives regarding the potential transactions and ventures discussed in this release. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are the risks inherent in mineral exploration, the need to obtain additional financing, the availability of needed personnel and equipment for future exploration and development, fluctuations in the price of minerals, and general economic conditions.



            

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