VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 18, 2012) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report that drilling in Brucejack's Valley of the Kings continues to intersect high-grade gold, with numerous assays grading over 2,000 grams per tonne gold. (See Table 1 below for assays.)

Selected highlights from the Valley of the Kings include:

• Hole SU-502 intersected 8,151 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters (237.7 ounces of gold per ton over 1.64 feet);
• Hole SU-510 intersected 4,673 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.59 meters (136.3 ounces of gold per ton over 1.94 feet);
• Hole SU-526 (previously reported) intersected 4,195 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 1.16 meters (122.3 ounces of gold per ton over 3.81 feet);
• Hole SU-512 intersected 2,790 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters (81.37 ounces of gold per ton over 1.64 feet);
• Hole SU-523 intersected:
  • 2,370 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters (69.12 ounces of gold per ton over 1.64 feet) and
  • 1,060 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.80 meters (30.92 ounces of gold per ton over 2.62 feet);
• Hole SU-524 intersected:
  • 2,170 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.55 meters (63.29 ounces of gold per ton over 1.80 feet) and
  • 2,020 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters (58.92 ounces of gold per ton over 1.64 feet).

Hole SU-502 was collared on section 426612E, and the bonanza-grade gold interval noted above is located approximately 35 meters from the interval from hole SU-452 which intersected 41,582 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters. Hole SU-524 was collared on section 426312E, and the intervals noted above were intersected roughly three meters apart at a downhole depth of 124 meters. They are located approximately 46 meters from the interval from hole SU-150 which intersected 6,670 grams per tonne gold uncut over 0.50 meters.

The Valley of the Kings now extends over 800 meters in strike length and is open to the east, west, and at depth. A plan of the Valley of the Kings highlighting the location of the holes noted above is located at http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/819764.pdf.

Nine drills continue turning at Brucejack, with the 2012 Brucejack Exploration Program expected to be completed early in the fourth quarter. A Technical Session discussing the geological model of the Valley of the Kings and the results of the recently-announced Interim Mineral Resource Estimate for the Brucejack Project will be held on Wednesday, September 19^th at noon (EST) with a webcast at: http://services.choruscall.ca/links/pretium120919.html.

Table 1: Selected Brucejack Project Drill Results, September 2012 (SU-501 to SU-530)^(1,4)

Assay results for completed drilling will be reported as they are received over the course of the 2012 drilling season. The assays for all holes after SU-466 will be incorporated in the final 2012 Mineral Resource estimate for the Brucejack Project expected later in the fourth quarter of 2012 or in the first quarter of 2013.

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 high-grade gold Brucejack Project, located in northern British Columbia. Brucejack hosts a major undeveloped high-grade gold resource and mineralization remains open in all directions. A feasibility study for a high-grade underground mine in Brucejack's Valley of the Kings is underway and expected in the second quarter of 2013.

Forward Looking Statements

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