PCFG - Approval of Permit Changes

TORONTO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Pacific Gold Corp. (OTCBB: PCFG)
announced today that its subsidiary, Nevada Rae Gold, Inc. has received
approval for the proposed plant modifications at the Black Rock Canyon Mine.
Nevada Rae Gold has received a formal notification from the Nevada Department
of Environmental Protection (NDEP) approving the proposed modifications to the
screening plant. The Company can now begin preparations to implement the
changes.
The Company is hopeful that the proposed changes to the screening plant at the
Black Rock Canyon Mine will solve the desanding difficulties and allow the
Company to achieve a more sustainable throughput level.

About the Company

The Company's business plan provides for the acquisition and development of
production-ready and in-production mining operations. The Company is focused
on alluvial gold and base metals operations located in western North America.
Pacific Gold Corp. owns five operating subsidiaries: Nevada Rae Gold, Inc.
("Nevada Rae") owns and operates the Black Rock Canyon gold mine, located in
north-central Nevada; Pilot Mountain Resources Inc. ("Pilot Mountain") owns
Project W, a large tungsten based deposit in Nevada; Fernley Gold, Inc.
("Fernley Gold") acquired exclusive lease rights to mine the Lower Olinghouse
Placers in north-western Nevada; Oregon Gold, Inc. ("Oregon Gold") owns the
Bear Bench claims and Defiance mine, located in south-western Oregon; and
Pacific Metals Corp. ("Pacific Metals") owns claims in San Juan and Delores
Counties, Colorado, encompassing the historic Graysill Mine.

This news release includes forward-looking statements that reflect Pacific
Gold Corp.'s current expectations about its future results, performance,
prospects and opportunities. Pacific Gold Corp. has tried to identify these
forward-looking statements by using words and phrases such as "may", "will",
"expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "should",
"typical", "we are confident" or similar expressions. These forward- looking
statements are based on information currently available to Pacific Gold Corp.
and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause the Company's actual results, performance, prospects of
opportunities in the remainder of 2008 and beyond, to differ materially from
those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Pacific Gold Corp.

about Pacific Gold Corp. (OTCBB: PCFG), visit our website at
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