Gryphon Gold Successfully Completes First Test Production Pour at ADR Plant

Carson City, Nevada--(Newsfile Corp. - April 3, 2012) - Gryphon Gold Corporation (TSX: GGN) (OTCQB: GYPH), a gold exploration, development and production company focused on its Borealis property in Nevada, announced today that it has successfully completed a test production run at its Adsorption Desorption Recovery (the “ADR”) plant. The test included the pouring of two doré bars from loaded carbon extracted from the Company’s Borealis Oxide Heap Leach Project (the “Borealis Project”). The doré bars have been sent for laboratory testing and full results of the weight and the percentage of gold and silver contained in the bars are expected to be received in the next one to two weeks.

James T. O’Neil Jr., CEO of Gryphon Gold Corporation commented, “This is a significant step forward for our Borealis Project as we have overcome the issues that slowed the ADR project start-up. As planned, a successful test pour was made at the end of March that demonstrates our ability to convert loaded carbon into doré bars, and this process is expected to provide measurable value for our heap leach production. We expect the ADR facility construction and start up to be fully completed in the next few weeks, while we continue to process doré bars. Our heap leach process is operating significantly better and the leaching cycle continues to advance, which we believe bodes well for future production.”

For further information please contact:

James T. O’Neil Jr., CEO
1-775-883-1456 [email protected]

Lisanna Lewis, Vice President, Treasurer
1-604-261-2229 [email protected]