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May 11, 2010
Miranda Gold and Ramelius Sign Agreement for Exploration on Big Blue
Vancouver, BC, Canada -- May 11, 2010 -- Miranda Gold Corp. ("Miranda") (TSX-V: MAD) announces that the Acceptance Letter, signed on January 28, 2010 by Ramelius Resources Ltd. ("Ramelius") (ASX: RMS) has been replaced with an Exploration and Option to Joint Venture Agreement ("Agreement") on the Big Blue Project in south-central Lander County, Nevada.

Under the terms of the agreement, Ramelius must spend US$4,000,000 over a five-year period as an initial expenditure requirement. The first year's commitment of US$250,000 is an obligation. Once Ramelius has completed the initial expenditure requirement they shall have the option and right to earn a vested 70% interest in Big Blue by either funding 100% of exploration costs required to complete a bankable feasibility study or by spending an additional US$10,000,000 within 10 years. On execution of the agreement, Ramelius will make a cash payment of US$50,000 to Miranda as reimbursement for staking and filing costs associated with Big Blue.

Ramelius is a successful Australian based gold miner and active explorer, currently producing gold from its 100%-owned high-grade Wattle Dam underground gold mine near Kalgoorlie in Western Australian.

The Big Blue project covers 7 sq mi (18 sq km) and is located approximately 13 mi (21 km) north of Austin, Nevada. The project is on the south margin of the Callaghan Window, a large area exposing Cambrian- through Silurian-age lower-plate carbonate rocks in the footwall of the Roberts Mountains Thrust. The lower-plate sequence includes the Roberts Mountains, Hanson Creek and Pogonip Formations, of which all are known to be favorable hosts for large, sediment-hosted gold systems in Nevada. A west-northwest structural corridor that extends through the central part of the project cuts upper- and lower-plate rocks. Hydrothermal alteration, elevated gold, arsenic, mercury and antimony values, and altered and gold-bearing dikes are located within the corridor. These geologic patterns are similar to those documented in the major sediment-hosted gold districts of northern Nevada.

Over 150 historic rock samples on the project define the Ox Corral Creek target, an anomalous area approximately 8000 ft (2440 m) long by 1200 ft (370 m) wide with values ranging from non-detectable to a high of 0.017 oz Au/t (0.590 g Au/t). A second anomaly extends over 2000 ft (610 m) by 1000 ft (300 m) and returns surface values ranging from non-detectable to a high of 1.65oz Au/t (56.6 g Au/t). This highest value is from a 3 ft (0.91 m) chip sample within fractured upper-plate argillite.

Initial field work by Ramelius will comprise of geologic mapping, rock sampling and a 1,200 station soil geochemistry program to infill and expand upon open-ended gold and arsenic anomalies identified by a previous operator.

For more detailed information on the Big Blue property please visit the project page at www.mirandagold.com/s/BigBlue.asp

The data disclosed in this press release have been reviewed and verified by Company Senior Geologist Steven Koehler, CPG, BSc. Geology and Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

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