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Fronteer Gold (FRG - TSX/NYSE Amex) reports new high-grade drill results from Silica Ridge, one of four gold deposits that comprise our Sandman project, and announces approval of an expanded Plan of Operations for the Nevada property. 

Newmont USA Limited, as project operator, completed a 19-hole drill program at Silica Ridge in April.  Results received from the first five holes show continued intersection of high-grade oxide gold mineralization. Highlights include:

• 15.00 grams per tonne gold (0.438 ounces per ton) and 22.19 g/t  silver (0.647 oz/ton) over 3.60 metres, including 43.87 g/t gold (1.280 oz/ton) and 51.50 g/t silver (1.502 oz/ton) over 1.13 metres, in NSM-172.
• 16.33 g/t gold (0.476 oz/ton) and 18.41 g/t silver (0.537 oz/ton) over 1.52 metres, in NSM-168.
• 2.47 g/t gold (0.072 oz/ ton) and 11.00 g/t silver (0.321 oz/ton) over 5.76 metres, including 13.94 g/t gold (0.407 oz/ton) and 27.91 g/t silver (0.814 oz/ton) over 0.58 metres, in NSM-174.
• 9.20 g/t gold (0.268 oz/ ton) and 11.23 g/t silver (0.327 oz/ton) over 1.10 metres, in NSM-165.

For a comprehensive table of new and previously reported drill results, please click:

http://www.fronteergold.com/sites/files/fronteer_admin/SandmanDrillResults1018.pdf 

The Winnemucca Bureau of Land Management recently approved a new Exploration Plan of Operations for the Sandman property, significantly increasing the area permitted for exploration and development work from two square miles to 39 square miles. This allows for work to be carried out beyond the Silica Ridge and Southeast Pediment deposits, which have been the primary focus for Newmont to date because of disturbance restrictions in the original BLM Notices.  Newmont will commence exploration work in early June to test up to eight new high-priority targets identified through geophysical surveys completed in 2008 and 2009. The ongoing development drilling program will focus on the known North Hill deposit, which will receive infill drilling and metallurgical test work, as well as further step-out drilling at the Southeast Pediment deposit.

Newmont continues to meet earn-in obligations and can elect to make a positive production decision by June 2011 to earn a 51% interest in Sandman. Thereafter, Newmont may earn an additional 9% interest by spending a further US$9 million on development.

All known deposits at Sandman, like the historical Sleeper mine to the north, are epithermal in origin and have high-grade gold mineralization hosted within zones of quartz-adularia replacement associated with faults and breccias. The deposits are also silver-bearing, with composite grades averaging approximately half an ounce silver per ton (see table).Silver could be an important economic attribute of this mineralized system, potentially providing by-product credits to effectively reduce cash costs of any future gold production.

The Sandman Property's four known high-grade gold deposits are located within trucking distance to Newmont's Twin Creeks mine, potentially eliminating the need for a stand-alone milling facility and other significant capital expenditures.  Given Sandman's proximity to established infrastructure, Fronteer Gold believes Sandman has the potential to be the nearest term production-stage project within the company's large Nevada gold platform. 

Drill samples and analytical data for the Sandman project are being collected under the supervision of Newmont, using industry standard QA-QC protocols.  Fronteer Gold's James Ashton P.E., who is the QP responsible for compiling the data contained in this release, has not verified all the data; however, the grades and widths reported here are consistent with Fronteer Gold's past results on the project.  Correspondence with the operator and review of portions of the data, has given him no reason to doubt the results authenticity.  The true width of the mineralized zones is estimated by Fronteer Gold to be approximately 90% of those stated. Primary composite intervals stated in this release were calculated using a cut-off of 0.3 g/t Au, 0.5 g/t Au and 2.0 g/t Au for the higher grade internal intervals.  No gold values below the 0.30 g/t Au cut-off were included as internal dilution.  The lower 0.3 g/t cut off is used to conform with the 43-101 compliant resources previously calculated on the Sandman Project.  For further details on Sandman, please view the technical report prepared by Mine Development Associates ("MDA"), as of May 31, 2007, on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com.

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We intend to become a significant gold producer.  Our solid financial position and strong operational team give us the ability to advance our key gold projects through to production.  Our future potential production platform includes our Long Canyon, Sandman and Northumberland projects - all located in Nevada, one of the friendliest gold-mining jurisdictions in the world.  Fronteer Gold aims to build regional production by advancing these projects sequentially over the near-term using existing cash resources - funding the company's growth with low-risk of dilution.  For further information on Fronteer Gold visit www.fronteergold.com or contact:

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