Pretium Resources Inc.: Valley of the Kings Drilling Continues to Confirm Continuity

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 15, 2012) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report that drill results from its high-grade gold Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia continue to confirm the projection and continuity of high-grade mineralization in the Valley of the Kings. (See Table 1 below for assays).

Selected highlights from the Valley of the Kings include:

• Hole SU-316 intersected 1,855 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.54 meters (54 ounces gold per ton over 1.8 feet);
• Hole SU-325 intersected 1,590 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.59 meters (46 ounces gold per ton over 1.9 feet).

The high-grade intercept (previously unreported) from hole SU-316 was intersected 566 meters down-hole in an area of projected Inferred mineral resources, and approximately 264 meters down-hole from the previously reported SU-316 intercept of 9,110 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.5 meters (see news release dated April 30, 2012). All assays for hole SU-316 have now been reported.

The high-grade intercept from hole SU-325, which occurred in a longer interval grading 169.1 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 9.13 meters, was collared in the eastern area of the Valley of the Kings in the vicinity of holes SU-230 and SU-237 from the 2011 drill program. Step-out holes SU-312 and SU-321 were drilled on the eastern margin of the Valley of the Kings, and confirm the high-grade mineralization is open down plunge to the east.

Hole SU-322 intersected 64.3 grams of gold per tonne over 5.7 meters, 30 meters up dip from the bonanza-grade intercept in hole SU-115 grading 18,755 grams of gold per tonne over 0.6 meters, confirming the projection of high-grade gold along trend.

Hole SU-314, which was drilled as a test of the extension of the R8 Zone in the West Zone, encountered 27.2 grams of gold per tonne over 20.57 meters, demonstrating the potential to add to West Zone mineralization at depth.

Table 1: Selected Brucejack Project Drill Results, May 2012 (SU-311 to SU-325)^(1,4)

Hole No.	Collar Coords.	Dip/ Azimuth		From (meters)	To (meters)	Interval (meters)	Gold (g/t)	Silver (g/t)	Capping (2)
VALLEY OF THE KINGS
SU-311	6257885N 426575E	-45/360		389.5	392.5	3.0	10.68	244.0
				403.0	406.0	3.0	11.83	13.40
SU-312	6257849N 426683E	-65/360		320.5	342.5	22.0	15.46	39.65
			incl	339.5	342.5	3.0	96.72	50.75
SU-313	6258045N 426680E	-55/180		217.12	217.63	0.51	189.5	62.60
				307.5	309	1.5	11.60	733.0
SU-315	6257885N 426575E	-65/360		260.5	262.0	1.5	727.0	411.0
				316.0	329.5	13.5	39.29	35.52
			incl	325.0	326.5	1.5	311.0	247.0
SU-316(3)	6257930N 426473E	-75/30		302.62	326.75	24.13	29.71	119.66	2 Gold samples cut
			or	302.62	326.75	24.13	225.85	119.66	Uncut
			incl	302.62	303.12	0.5	9,110	4,030	Uncut
			incl	325.95	326.75	0.8	1,035	781	Uncut
				430.28	446.62	16.34	11.35	11.00
			incl	430.28	430.86	0.58	141.0	85.00
				522.34	522.94	0.6	53.00	17.30
				566.21	566.75	0.54	1,855	586.0	Uncut
SU-317	6258105N 426475E	-50/180		211.5	221	9.5	35.55	22.34
			incl	218.0	221.0	3.0	93.20	45.10
SU-318(3)	6257857N 426500E	-70/270		29.5	36.75	7.25	3.06	45.14
				61.41	71.0	9.59	42.38	68.58	1 Gold sample cut
				61.41	71.0	9.59	114.64	68.58	Uncut
			incl	61.41	62.11	0.7	1,490	856	Uncut
				261.0	262.5	1.5	47.8	67.0
				297.5	299.0	1.5	21.7	9.8
SU-319	6258090N 426612E	-45/180		174.08	177.4	3.32	25.52	28.61
			incl	176.75	177.4	0.65	120.00	60.4
SU-320(3)	6257900N 426550E	-45/0		9.56	20.82	11.26	14.88	32.87
			incl	9.56	10.06	0.5	305.0	239.0
				134	135.5	1.5	29.60	8.8
				422.5	424.0	1.5	97.7	42.2
SU-321	6258100N 426705E	-45/180		161.5	169.0	7.5	12.28	10.94
			incl	161.5	163.0	1.5	52.1	25.0
				399.47	405.5	6.03	7.52	22.81
SU-322	6257975N 426450E	-45/180		25.88	31.55	5.67	64.31	67.60
			incl	25.88	27.58	1.7	37.56	31.22
			incl	30.97	31.55	0.58	514.0	528.0
SU-324	6258165N 426475E	-50/180		264.0	268.5	4.5	10.33	9.97
SU-325	6258090N 426612	-55/180		15.36	16.53	1.17	31.40	757.0
				215.5	224.63	9.13	96.56	93.11	2 Gold samples cut
				215.5	224.63	9.13	169.1	93.11	Uncut
			incl	217.94	218.2	0.26	574.0	232.0	Uncut
			incl	224.04	224.63	0.59	1,590	744.0	Uncut
				286.0	290.5	4.5	14.84	11.30
				395.15	395.65	0.5	124.5	62.00
WEST ZONE
SU-314	6258863N 426677E	-75/135		289.5	310.07	20.57	27.18	398.71
			incl	299.0	302.0	3.0	85.45	854.50
			incl	306.5	309.0	2.5	104.12	1,049.20

(1)	True thickness to be determined.
(2)	Unless otherwise indicated as uncut, all gold assays over 500 g/t were cut to 500 g/t.
(3)	Previously reported: Hole SU-316 intervals 302.62 to 326.75; Hole SU-318 intervals 29.5 to 62.11 and Hole SU-320 intervals 9.56 to 135.5.
(4)	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.

Assay results for completed drilling will be reported as they are received over the course of the 2012 drilling season.

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.

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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, which hosts a significant undeveloped high-grade gold resource.

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