Amador Gold Corp. Announces Drill Plans for Maskooch Property

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 08 (MARKET WIRE) --
Amador Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: AGX) (the "Company") is pleased to
provide an update on its drill plans for gold and base metal targets on
its wholly owned Maskooch Lake Property situated in the Confederation
Greenstone Belt, 95 km east of Red Lake, Ontario.. The property lies
approximately 12 km southeast of the past producing South Bay Mine, which
produced 1.6 million tons averaging 1.8% copper, 11.06% zinc and 2.12
ounces per ton silver.

Previous work done by the Company includes a sample of 1.16% copper taken
from a pyrite-sericite schist located stratigraphically below a buried
VTEM conductor. A massive sulphide sample grading 0.45% copper was also
taken from a showing uncovered via overburden trenching. The Company will
focus the current program on numerous untested conductors coincident with
hydrothermally altered rocks distributed about a late volcanic intrusive.

"A significant amount of surface exploration work has been completed by
the Company to advance the Maskooch property to drill-ready status. We
are looking forward to testing the potential of a number of priority
targets," comments Company President, Richard Hughes. "The proposed 1200
meter program will test 6-8 targets to increase the Company's
understanding of the underlying geology as well to test the property's
potential to host VMS mineralization. Numerous metals, including gold,
have been sampled at surface giving confirmation of their presence in the
system"

Work to date indicates the Maskooch Lake Property has many of the same
characteristics as the Scuddles VMS deposit in Western Australia. The
10.6 million ton Scuddles deposit is hosted within a sequence of
andesites and F1-type felsic volcaniclastic rocks and Algoma-type iron
formation with an average grade of 1.2% Cu, 11.7% Zn, 0.8% Pb, 2.6 oz/t
Ag.

Drilling is scheduled to commence on or about November 15th, 2009.
Distinctive Drilling Services Inc of Westbank, British Columbia has been
contracted to undertake the work program.

Mr. Andrew Tims, P.Geo will be operating as the Company's qualified
person under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Tims has reviewed the
technical content of this news release and confirms its accuracy.

About Amador Gold

Amador has assembled a portfolio of more than 20 properties of
exceptional merit in established mining camps and emerging mineral
districts of Canada. These projects include the Loveland
gold-copper-nickel project program and the Horwood gold project.

The statements made in this Press Release may contain forward-looking
statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual
events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations
and projections.

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Contacts:
Corporate Inquiries:
Amador Gold Corp.
Kevin Hull or Alan Campbell, Investor Relations
(604) 685-2222
info@amadorgold.com
www.amadorgoldcorp.com

AGORACOM Investor Relations:
AGX@agoracom.com
www.agoracom.com/ir/Amador

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