TORONTO, April 9, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Sierra Gold Corp. (Pink Sheets:SGCP) today announced that production from it's initial joint venture partner resulted in slightly in excess of 1 Kg of Alluvial Gold during the month of March 2008. The Company also announced that, in the case of other local Joint Venture partnerships mentioned in an earlier press release, three of the joint venture properties have begun the gravel extraction process and will begin processing extracted ore in the coming weeks. The other three joint ventures anticipate reaching the gold bearing gravels in their areas of operation this week and will commence the extraction process shortly thereafter
Doug Evans, CEO of Sierra Gold, commented, "We are very pleased with how quickly we have been able to expedite the extraction of Gold from our recently announced Joint Venture properties. Our local joint venture partners continue to work hard for us, as we in-turn strive to enrich their lives." He continued, "We anticipate that as the other three joint venture properties come on line and begin producing in the coming weeks the Company will have meaningful production data to release to shareholders once production is in full swing on these properties."
Sierra Gold is currently in the process of updating and reformatting its Web site and has posted some current pictures of JV gold and local activities. To view the pictures, please visit www.sierragoldcorp.com
About Sierra Gold Corp.
Sierra Gold is engaged in the exploration and development of gold properties in West Africa. The greenstone belt of West Africa has had a long history of gold mining and prospecting. The region has been one of the fastest gold producing areas worldwide. Sierra Leone's neighbors, Guinea and Mali, are some of the largest gold producers in all of Africa.
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