Pretium Resources Inc.: Valley of the Kings Intersects 9,110 g/t Gold as Drilling Resumes

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 30, 2012) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report initial results from the 2012 drill program at its high-grade gold Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia (see Table 1 below for assays).

Selected highlights from the Valley of the Kings include:

• Hole SU-316 intersected 9,110 grams of gold per tonne over 0.5 meters (266 ounces gold per ton over 1.6 feet) and 1,035 grams of gold per tonne over 0.8 meters (30 ounces gold per ton over 2.6 feet);
  
  
• Hole SU-318 intersected 1,490 grams of gold per tonne over 0.7 meters (43 ounces gold per ton over 2.3 feet).

2012 Drill Program

An initial 25,000-meter in-fill drill program is underway with seven drills turning and numerous intersections of electrum encountered to date. The first drill holes of the 2012 drill program continue to build on the success of the 2011 drill program with a focus on delineating the eastern end of the Valley of the Kings and testing for extension of the zone to the east. The primary objective of the 2012 drill program is to increase drill density at the Valley of the Kings to upgrade Inferred gold resources to the Indicated resource category in support of the feasibility study underway.

An updated high-grade resource estimate based on the initial 2012 drill program is anticipated in the third quarter. Planning is underway for an expanded drill program anticipated to commence this summer on completion of the in-fill drill program to test extensions of the Valley of the Kings along strike and at depth as well as test the six other high-grade gold zones identified to date, but not included in the high-grade resource estimate.

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.

About Pretivm

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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