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Re:   News Releases - Wednesday, February 18, 2009
      Tonogold Resources Announces Drilling Results and 4th Quarter
      Exploration Update for Tonopah Divide
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La Jolla, California.  February 18, 2009.  Tonogold Resources, Inc.
(PINK OTC: TNGL) announces the 4th quarter exploration update including
drilling results for the Tonopah Divide Gold Project located five miles
south of the town of Tonopah, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 

The best two drill holes, located approximately 400 feet apart, were:
TD08-007 which encountered 30 feet grading 2.93 g/t gold including 10
feet of 6.74 g/t gold and 105 g/t silver, and TD08-015 with two
intercepts of 25 feet at 0.92 g/t gold and 45 feet grading 0.98 g/t
gold, the latter including 10 feet of 3.95 g/t gold and 549 g/t silver.

Centerra (U.S.) Inc., a subsidiary of Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX: CG), is
the operator of the exploration program as part of its Exploration and
Option Agreement with Tonogold Resources, Inc.

Centerra's report to Tonogold for the quarter ending December 31, 2008
includes the following key points of interest:

.. Drilling Program:  the initial reverse circulation (RC) drill program
was completed between October 2, 2008 and November 10, 2008.  Fifteen
angle holes were drilled on five different targets for a total of
13,695 feet.
.. The principal host rock targeted was the Siebert Formation, but a
number of intercepts occur in the underlying Fraction Tuff, which was
not previously considered as a favorable host rock.
.. Gold and silver mineralization were encountered in all 15 holes.
There were 48 mineralized intercepts, at a cutoff of 10 feet of 0.3 g/t
Au Equivalent (Au Equiv = Au + Ag/75).  The more significant intercepts
with gold grades >0.650 g/t (0.019 oz/ton) are as follows:

Hole    Depth ft    Width ft     Au g/t      Ag g/t     Au Equiv. g/t
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 TD08-003    305        10           1.36        1.60        1.381
 incl.       405        20          0.903        0.98        0.916
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 TD08-006    230        40          1.229       54.63        1.957
 incl.       240        15          2.825      116.68        4.381
             785        25          1.276        2.11        1.304
 incl.       790        10          2.438        2.71        2.474
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 TD08-007    240        30          2.926        43.3        3.503
 incl.       255        10          6.735       104.6        8.130
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 TD08-008    830        15          1.130        1.44        1.149
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 TD09-009    555        10          0.774       20.65        1.049
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 TD08-010    275        20          0.896        7.61        0.997
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 TD08-011    355        10          1.468        2.76        1.505
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 TD08-012    495        50          0.654       13.08        0.828
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 TD08-013    470        25          0.990        5.12        1.058
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 TD08-015    450        25          0.919        5.02        0.986
 incl.       464        10          1.898        9.88        2.030
             545        45          0.981       137.0        2.808
 incl.       545        25          1.687       234.4        4.812
 incl.       545        10           3.95       548.5       11.263
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.. Some intercepts are in oxidized rock, some are in unoxided rock, and
some are in mixed oxidized and unoxidized rock.
.. Depending on hole orientation, the horizontal width of intercepts
ranges from 40% to 70% of the reported downhole width, and vertical
depth ranges from 70% to 90% of the downhole depth.
.. Assay results suggest presence of at least some coarse gold and a
test assay program has begun along with conventional check assays.
.. Anomalous gold and silver values occur extensively in all holes
within which there are broad zones of gold-silver mineralization that
are lower grade than the intercepts cited above.  Examples include:

Hole       Width ft   Au g/t     Ag g/t     Au Equiv. g/t
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 TD08-003   135        0.337       0.59      0.345
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 TD08-007   75         1.271      18.69      1.520
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 TD08-012   90         0.476       7.62      0.578
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 TD08-015   85         0.322      75.41      1.327
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Tonogold Resources, Inc. is a minerals exploration company based in La
Jolla, California. For more information on the Company visit their
website www.tonogold.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995
This press release contains certain forward-looking information about
Tonogold Resources, Inc. ("Tonogold") which is intended to be covered
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uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally
beyond the control of Tonogold Resources, Inc., that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or
projected by, the forward-looking information and statements.  These
risks and uncertainties include:  our lack of operating revenue and
earnings history, our need for additional capital to pursue our
business strategy, the grade and quantity of minerals in our projects
may not be economic, we do not have fee title to our properties, but
derive our rights through leases and the Mining Law, we are a
non-reporting company and as such do not make periodic filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, we trade on the Pink Sheets and
there can be no assurances that a liquid market will develop in our
securities, mining is subject to extensive environmental regulations
and can create substantial environmental liabilities, gold and silver
are commodities which have substantial price fluctuations, a drop in
gold and/or silver prices could adversely affect future profitability
and/or capital raising efforts, and mining can be dangerous and present
operational hazards for employees and contractors.  Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements.  Tonogold does not undertake any obligation to republish
revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events. 

Contact:

Phillip Winter
Jeff Janda
858-456-1273
ir@tonogold.com
www.tonogold.com

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