Pretium Resources Inc.: Brucejack Drilling Continues to Intersect Bonanza-Grade Gold at Valley of the Kings Zone; High-Grade Gold Identified at Gossan Hill Zone

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 27, 2011) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report that drill results from its Brucejack Project continue to demonstrate the continuity of high-grade gold mineralization in the Valley of the Kings Zone, and drilling has also identified at least one high-grade gold structure in the Gossan Hill Zone. (See Table 1 for the 2011 results from all zones drilled to date.)

Valley of the Kings Zone

The Valley of the Kings Zone hosts several high grade structures, with mineralization now defined over a length of 400 meters extending from surface to depths of 600 meters below surface. The mineralization remains open at depth and to the east. Visible gold continues to be encountered, generating bonanza-grade intercepts. Selected drill highlights include:

• Hole SU-130 intersected 0.5 meters with uncut grades of 656 grams of gold and 378 grams of silver per tonne (1.6 feet averaging 19.1 ounces gold and 11.0 ounces of silver per ton);
• Hole SU-132 intersected 0.5 meters with uncut grades of 4,060 grams of gold and 1,660 grams of silver per tonne (1.6 feet averaging 118.4 ounces gold and 48.4 ounces of silver per ton);
• Hole SU-135 intersected 0.5 meters with uncut grades of 1,070 grams of gold and 255 grams of silver per tonne (1.6 feet averaging 31.2 ounces gold and 7.4 ounces of silver per ton).

Drilling at Valley of the Kings Zone is ongoing, with drill hole spacing now being tightened to 25-meter centres. This drill spacing was chosen based on statistical analysis of previous drilling as the minimum required to increase the confidence of these resources. The Valley of the Kings Zone will also be tested for high-grade gold at depth later in the season. The Valley of the Kings Zone is located 500 meters southwest of West Zone.

Gossan Hill Zone

The Gossan Hill Zone is located 300 meters north of the West Zone. This year's drilling has encountered high-grade gold as well as significant values over broad widths. Drilling indicates that Gossan Hill has the potential to host several high grade structures associated with broader envelopes of bulk tonnage mineralization. Highlights include holes SU-136 and SU-147:

• Hole SU-136 intersected 0.8 meters with uncut grades of 1,550 grams of gold and 836 grams of silver per tonne (2.6 feet averaging 45.2 ounces gold and 24.4 ounces of silver per ton), and 1.0 meters with uncut grades of 1,280 grams of gold and 1,050 grams of silver per tonne (3.3 feet averaging 37.3 ounces gold and 30.6 ounces of silver per ton);

• Hole SU-147 intersected 7.9 meters with grades of 16.4 grams of gold and 10.4 grams of silver per tonne (25.9 feet averaging 0.5 ounces gold and 0.3 ounces of silver per ton), and 3.0 meters with grades of 35.5 grams of gold and 16.1 grams of silver per tonne (9.8 feet averaging 1.0 ounces gold and 0.5 ounces of silver per ton).

Definition drilling at 50-meter spacings is now underway at Gossan Hill to expand and confirm the continuity of the mineralization intersected in these two drill holes, as well as to test other potential high-grade structures.

A drill program of over 70,000 meters now in progress on the Brucejack Project is focused on tightening the drill spacing to increase the level of confidence to move Inferred mineral resources to Measured and Indicated mineral resource categories, improving knowledge of the continuity of the high-grade mineralization for the Valley of the Kings and other high-grade zones, and delineating new high-grade resources. The program will also test new exploration targets along the length of the six-kilometer Brucejack Fault trend, from south of the Bridge Zone up to the southern limit of the Snowfield Zone.

Assay results for completed drilling will be reported as they are received over the course of the 2011 drilling season.

Table 1: Selected Brucejack Project Drill Results, July 2011 (Holes SU-129 to SU-148)⁽¹⁾

Hole No	Collar Coords	Dip/ Azimuth		From (meters)	To (meters)	Interval (meters)	Gold (g/t)	Silver (g/t)	Capping(2)
Valley of the Kings Zone
SU-129	6258015N 426455E	-57/ 180		43.5	72.0	28.5	2.5	9.9
			Incl	63.5	65.3	1.8	18.7	16.5
SU-130	6257931N 426506E	-50/ 360		91.5	114.0	22.5	0.9	13.9
				134.46	134.96	0.5	656.0	378.0	uncut
SU-132	6258000N 426350E	-47/ 360		55.0	98.9	43.9	3.4	27.0	1 Au sample cut
			Incl	57.68	58.18	0.5	4060.0	1,660.0	uncut
			Incl	93.0	98.9	5.9	8.4	17.3
				125.5	163.0	37.5	0.7	14.2
				211.4	240.0	28.6	6.9	15.1
			Incl	222.0	223.85	1.85	80.5	97.7
SU-135	6257955N 426311E	-50/ 360		75.0	80.5	5.5	13.5	30.6	1 Au sample cut
				75.0	75.5	0.5	1,070.0	255.0	uncut
				160.5	163.5	3.0	10.9	31.5
				202.0	203.5	1.5	17.5	51.8
				233.4	235.7	2.3	14.8	193.2
				343.0	344.5	1.5	126.5	33.1
SU-138	6258000N 426350E	-56/ 360		93.0	94.5	1.5	14.2	202.0
				242.0	243.5	1.5	14.8	6.0
SU-139	6257931N 426503E	-65/ 360		147.5	189.0	41.5	0.9	9.6
SU-140	6258000N 426350E	-65/ 360		90.0	108.0	18.0	1.1	10.5
				247.0	310.5	63.5	0.7	7.2
SU-141	6258023N 426481E	-50/ 180		91.0	92.5	1.5	7.3	45.1
				164.0	166.3	2.3	4.6	33.7
				224.5	226.0	1.5	4.1	223.0
				268.65	270.0	1.35	37.3	27.2
				298.5	301.5	3.0	5.5	23.2
SU-142	6257931N 426503E	-57/ 360		127.5	129.0	1.5	5.8	7.6
SU-148	6258023N 426481E	-65/ 180		105.5	122.0	16.5	3.4	17.0
			Incl	111.5	114.5	3.0	14.8	40.3
				184.0	185.5	1.5	34.9	26.6
Gossan Hill
SU-133	6259527N 426536E	-50/ 50		120.0	171.0	51.0	1.6	15.3
			Incl	166.7	171.0	4.3	12.8	60.2
				289.0	298.0	9.0	2.9	30.2
				361.5	376.5	15.0	0.9	4.7
SU-136	6259369N 426675E	-50/ 180		49.5	56.2	6.7	1.8	3.4
				219.5	243.0	23.5	11.4	79.0	2 Au samples cut
			Incl	228.31	229.15	0.84	1,550.0	836.0	uncut
			Incl	234.34	235.37	1.03	1,280.0	1,050.0	uncut
SU-137	6259405N 426583E	-50/ 180		2.3	48.0	45.7	0.9	9.1
				135.0	201.5	66.5	0.8	8.3
SU-147	6259246N 426501E	-50/ 180		213.0	264.8	51.8	3.1	7.1
			Incl	213.0	220.9	7.9	16.4	10.4
			Incl	213.0	216.0	3.0	35.5	16.1
Bridge Zone
SU-134	6257307N 426660E	-50/ 360		114.5	215.0	100.5	1.2	7.4
			Incl	140.0	141.5	1.5	30.6	18.6
				465.75	489.5	23.75	1.5	52.9
			Incl	468.75	470.0	1.25	12.4	683.0
				543.95	544.95	1.0	7.1	494.0
West Zone
SU-131	6258709N 426723E	-50/ 225		172.2	200.5	28.3	1.6	99.3
				254.0	286.5	32.5	1.9	11.5
			Incl	257.0	260.0	3.0	11.6	12.7
SU-143	6258819N 426625E	-50/ 225		207.0	260.5	53.5	3.8	99.7
			Incl	214.06	216.43	2.37	20.4	169.8
			Incl	249.96	259.0	9.04	7.7	413.2
				374.5	488.5	114.0	1.0	4.2
Galena Hill Zone
SU-146	6257852N 426605E	-50/ 360		181.0	203.5	22.5	1.4	11.6
			Incl	194.5	196.0	1.5	9.2	16.6
				275.8	276.34	0.54	156.0	218.0	uncut
Waterloo Zone
SU-145	6258097N 425990E	-65/ 45		20.5	37.0	16.5	2.1	11.2

(1) True thickness to be determined.

(2) All gold assays over 130 g/t were cut to 130 g/t and all silver assays over 2,100 g/t were cut to 2,100 g/t.

All samples were submitted for preparation and analysis by ALS Chemex at its facilities in Terrace, B.C. All samples were analyzed using multi-digestion with ICP finish. Samples over 100 ppm silver were reanalyzed using four acid digestion with an ore grade AA finish. Samples over 1,000 ppm silver were fire assayed with a gravimetric finish. Samples with over 10 ppm gold were fire assayed with a gravimetric finish. One in 10 samples was blank, one in 20 was a standard sample, and differing one in 20 samples was a field duplicate one-quarter split core assayed at ALS Chemex in Vancouver, B.C.

Kenneth C. McNaughton, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Chief Exploration Officer, Pretium Resources Inc. is the Qualified Person (QP) responsible for the Brucejack Project exploration program.

About Pretivm

Pretivm is creating value through gold at its advanced-staged exploration projects Brucejack and Snowfield, located in northern British Columbia. Pretivm is advancing the high-grade, underground gold opportunity at Brucejack and the open pit opportunities at both Brucejack and Snowfield. The combined bulk tonnage resource at Brucejack and Snowfield, one of the largest in North America, comprises over 34 million ounces of measured and indicated gold resources and 22 million ounces of inferred gold resources; and 192 million ounces of measured and indicated silver resources and 202 million ounces of inferred silver resources. Details on the mineral resources at Pretivm's Brucejack and Snowfield projects are available at www.pretivm.com.

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