Pershing Gold (NASDAQ: PGLC) is an emerging Nevada gold producer on a fast-track to re-open the Relief Canyon Mine, which includes three open-pit mines and a state-of-the-art, fully permitted and constructed heap-leach processing facility. Pershing Gold is currently permitted to resume mining at Relief Canyon under the existing Plan of Operations.

Pershing Gold's landholdings cover approximately 25,000 acres that include the Relief Canyon Mine asset and lands surrounding the mine in all directions. This land package provides Pershing Gold with the opportunity to expand the Relief Canyon Mine deposit and to explore and make new discoveries on nearby lands. The Company is currently listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

Pershing Gold's key asset, the Relief Canyon Mine and processing facility, includes three open-pit mines and a state-of-the-art, fully permitted and operational heap leach facility. The plant has the capacity to process gold bearing solutions from the leaching of 8 million tons of ore per year. The leach pad is now permitted to hold 21 million tons and can be readily expanded. The facility is ideally situated to process ore from future discoveries of satellite deposits. Learn more at: http://www.pershinggold.com