Lago Dourado Completes Successful Reconnaissance-Style RC Drill Program at Juruena Project, Brazil

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 29, 2012) - Lago Dourado Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:LDM), (the "Company") is pleased to announce the remaining assay results for the recently completed reconnaissance-style RC drill program completed on its flagship 100%-owned Juruena Project located in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The 6,000 metre program was successful in identifying two new near-surface highly mineralized zones that returned gram-metre intercepts greater than 50 (Tomate and Mauro) and also resulted in numerous encouraging intercepts with gram-metres greater than 20 at an additional three zones (Donna Maria, Chico and Noventa Graus). Follow up diamond drilling at these zones, as well as the central IP anomaly, is currently underway through an 8,000 metre diamond drill program. Initial assay results from this program are expected to be received in early 2013 (see Figure A for a plan map of the project with highlight intercepts).

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"We have been very pleased with the RC drill campaign. RC drilling has proven to be a very cost-effective tool in exploring the giant gold-in-soil anomaly and near-surface expressions of geophysical targets at Juruena. It was very successful in identifying new mineralized zones and furthering our geological understanding of the area. We now look forward to drilling deep diamond holes to test the central IP anomaly as well as testing known existing zones at depth as we look to demonstrate the overall system potential at Juruena," commented Forbes Gemmell, CEO.

Highlights from the last set of assay results from the RC drill campaign include:

• JRNRC089 drilled at the Tomate Zone intercepted 46 metres of 0.77g/t gold from surface and ended in mineralization. This hole was drilled 240 metres to the north of hole JRNRC032 (see September 6, 2012 press release) which returned 59 metres of 2.22g/t gold. Drilling at Tomate has demonstrated a potential strike length of this zone of approximately 800 metres.
  
  
• JRNRC081 intercepted 26 metres of 1.00g/t gold from surface at the Chico Zone. This hole was drilled to follow up an intercept of 9.7 metres of 2.43g/t gold from auger drilling and the associated Au-Cu silica breccia zone intersected in Phase 1 diamond drilling. The Chico target lies directly along strike of Crentes on the Juruena Fault and is associated with a circular and prominent magnetic low feature. The Au-Cu mineralization at Chico is potentially related to the same Au-Cu mineralized body at the eastern end of Crentes, 700 metres along strike.
  
  
• JRNRC077 intercepted 25 metres of 1.01g/t gold at the northern end of the Noventa Graus soil anomaly. This intercept provides the company with significant upside to expand the mineral resource potential at Juruena as it successfully proves the existence of potentially economic zones of mineralization within the volcanic rocks in the south of the property (Noventa Graus and South Mag). The source of the mineralization and its relation to the known mineralized zones hosted in the granites to the north is not yet known.
  
  

Tomate Zone

Step out holes from JRNRC032 (59 metres of 2.22g/t gold) all intercepted short to broad zones of near-surface lower-grade mineralization. Highlight intercepts from these holes include 46 metres of 0.77g/t gold and 31 metres of 0.66g/t gold. The strike length of the Tomate Zone is approximately 800m and intersects Crentes to the north while possibly terminating in the south at the Gleba Fault. The Tomate Zone remains open at depth, with five of the 14 RC drill holes ending in mineralization. Mineralization at Tomate is associated with a porphyry intrusive unit (disseminated sulfides) and zones of intense hydrothermal activity (fracture fill). The Tomate Zone is located on the eastern margins of the central IP anomaly and was only previously intersected by hole JRND050 which intersected narrower, but higher grade, mineralization (7.5 metres of 6.30g/t gold).

Central IP Anomaly

Seven shallow holes (average depth of 70 metres) were drilled above the central IP anomaly. None of these holes reached the depth of the IP anomaly and none returned economic zones of mineralization however, highly anomalous zones of Au-Cu-Mo mineralisation were intercepted. Deep diamond drilling to test whether this mineralization is related to a porphyry intrusive body at depth, coincident with the IP anomaly, is currently underway.

Noventa Graus

Four short holes were drilled at Noventa Graus as part of the RC drilling program, with three of these drilled above or adjacent to South Mag, an ovoid magnetic high that corresponds with multi-element geochemical anomalies. Two of the three holes intersected a fine grain mafic intrusive unit while the third intersected the breccia zone within the felsic volcanic rocks at the southern margin of the South Mag anomaly. The fourth hole, JRNRC077, intersected a highly mineralized zone of 25m @ 1.01g/t gold within the felsic volcanic rocks at the northern end of the Noventa Graus gold-in-soil anomaly. The discovery of this mineralization within a new host environment is particularly encouraging as it provides further evidence there is potential for additional mineral resources within the volcanic sequence in the southern part of the property (Noventa Graus and South Mag).

Arrastro Hills

Nine RC holes were drilled to test the gold-in-soil, multi-element (Bi-Ag-As-Hg-Mo-Pb-Sb-Zn) and IP anomalies at Arrastro Hills within a 3.5 x 1.5km ovoid-shaped target area. Drilling encountered multiple rock types, consistent with a volcanic edifice that had been intruded by various intrusive bodies causing the massive alteration footprint defined by the radiometric survey and multi-element geochemistry. Whilst no significant mineralization was encountered, drill chips confirm that the holes were drilled high in a large hydrothermal system capable of hosting porphyry-epithermal related mineralization. Diamond holes will be required to fully evaluate the deeper porphyry-related mineralization potential at Arrastro Hills (see Figure B for an interpreted geological model of Arrastro Hills).

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Table 1 - RC Assay Result Summary

Hole Number	Zone	From	To	Length (m)	Au (g/t)	Ag (g/t)
JRNRC069	Tomate	42	73	31	0.66	0.81
JRNRC071	Tomate	54	67	13	0.74	0.61
JRNRC072	Tomate	16	20	4	2.27	0.29
		51	66	15	0.27	0.36
JRNRC073	Tomate	0	13	13	0.45	0.05
		43	68	25	0.53	0.63
		77	94	17	0.39	0.44
JRNRC074	Tomate	0	16	16	0.29	0.21
JRNRC075	Tomate	0	23	23	0.42	0.05
		40	52	12	0.26	0.26
JRNRC084	Tomate	57	77	20	0.20	0.29
		88	89	1	2.54	10.02
JRNRC085	Tomate	41	81	40	0.44	1.22
JRNRC086	Tomate	0	5	5	0.39	nsm
		40	42	2	1.21	0.26
JRNRC087	Tomate	No significant mineralization
JRNRC088	Tomate	0	20	20	0.39	0.10
JRNRC089	Tomate	0	46	46	0.77	0.41
		33	43	10	1.52	0.96
JRNRC059	Mauro	34	37	3	0.54	0.25
		59	69	10	0.25	0.12
JRNRC060	Mauro	0	27	27	0.52	1.82
		59	63	4	1.19	4.12
JRNRC090	Mauro	29	41	12	1.24	2.68
JRNRC056	Chico	No significant mineralization
JRNRC067	Chico	No significant mineralization
JRNRC081	Chico	0	26	26	1.00	0.88
including		17	18	1	12.90	1.45
		57	59	2	2.04	tba
		78	79	1	1.15	tba
JRNRC058	Uiliam	39	40	1	1.59	0.91
		72	75	3	0.92	1.75
JRNRC061	Uiliam	19	21	2	1.32	0.31
JRNRC062	Uiliam	22	24	2	3.16	0.46
		34	35	1	2.57	1.87
JRNRC077	Noventa Graus	0	5	5	0.45	tba
		20	45	25	1.01	tba
JRNRC078	Noventa Graus	No significant mineralization
JRNRC079	Noventa Graus	No significant mineralization
JRNRC080	Noventa Graus	No significant mineralization

Note - Intervals are based on a bottom cut-off of 0.15g/t gold and do not necessarily indicate true widths.

Qualified Person

Murray Paterson, P.Geo, Vice President Exploration and Development for Lago Dourado Minerals Ltd, is the Qualified Person, within the meaning of NI 43-101, who reviewed the technical data in this news release. Samples were fire assayed by Acme Analytical Laboratories S.A. in Santiago, Chile.

About the Company:

Lago Dourado Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on advancing its 100%-owned Juruena gold project in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Extensive gold mineralization has been identified over 15 square kilometres of the property, and at least 450,000 oz of gold has been mined from surface workings. The Company has conducted systematic exploration programs over portions of the property and priority target areas will be drill tested with a Phase 2 drill campaign that is expected to be ongoing through 2012.

For further information about the company, please visit www.lagodourado.com or www.sedar.com.

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