Fire River Gold Corp.

The Nixon Fork Gold Mine in Alaska has the potential to be a near term gold producer. Nixon fork is a turn key mining operation which is fully permitted and bonded. The property hosts an NI 43-101 indicated resource of 128,500 ounces and inferred 74,600 ounces of gold. A 28,000 m drill program is now in progress.

over 12 years ago

December 21, 2011 Vancouver, BC, Canada - Fire River Gold Corp. and Mystery Creek Resources Inc. [TSX.V: FAU| OTCQX: FVGCF| FSE: FWR] (collectively "the Company") are pleased to provide this update for the Nixon Fork Mine.

A $1.0 million provisional advance was paid by Glencore this week for the fifth shipment of gold-rich copper concentrate (24 X 1 tonne bags).

The Company has also received a $417,000 payment for a sale of 230 ounces of gold doré to Auramet.

Approximately 600 troy ounces of doré has also been shipped off site to a third party for further purification before shipping to Johnson Matthey in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

"Richard Goodwin"

Richard Goodwin