Atlanta Gold delivers bulk sample to test processing facility

TORONTO, July 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Atlanta Gold Inc. (TSXV: ATG; OTCQX: ATLDF) announces that 145 tons of bulk sample material from surface trenches at the Atlanta project, across the Main Shear Zone immediately east of the Monarch Shaft, have been delivered to, and are being stockpiled at test processing facilities in Boise, Idaho. Test processing and sample results are expected in the third quarter of 2012.

"The bulk sample initiates the testing required to determine the viability of using a pilot-scale test processing plant which would not use chemicals to concentrate the oxide and sulphide open pit materials. If successful, water would be the only liquid used in on-site processing," said Wm. Ernest Simmons, President and CEO of the Company. Details of the 2012 work program and trench sampling results were previously announced in the Company's news releases of June 6^th and 19^th.

"We also took the opportunity on return trips to the mine site to deliver 128 tons of bedding chips / filter rock and this filter material will be used for improvements to the quality of water drainage from the historic mine 900 Adit being treated at the Pilot Water Treatment Facility (PWTF)," added Simmons.

The Company's 2012 Supplemental Plan of Operations (SPOO) and Remedial Action Plan (RAP) are expected to be initiated, subject to approval, by the U.S. Forest Service in July 2012.

Inspectorate America Corporation of Sparks Nevada will provide the bulk sample concentrate results using fire assay method. The facility is ISO certified 9001:2008.

About the Company
Atlanta Gold Inc. holds through its 100% owned subsidiary, Atlanta Gold Corporation, leases, options or ownership interests in its Atlanta properties which comprise approximately 2,159 acres (8.74 square kilometers) located 90 air kilometers east of Boise, in Elmore County, Idaho. A long history of mining makes Atlanta very suitable for development of new mining projects.  The Company is focused on advancing its core asset, Atlanta, towards mine development and production.

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