Pretium Resources Inc.: Continued High-Grade Results From Valley of the Kings Drilling

 Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report results from drilling at its high-grade gold Brucejack Project in northern British Columbia which continue to confirm the projection and continuity of high-grade mineralization in the Valley of the Kings, and include a significant number of assays grading over 1,000 grams per tonne gold. (See Table 1 below for assays).

Selected highlights from the Valley of the Kings include:

• Hole SU-345 intersected:
  • 2,470 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.7 meters (72 ounces gold per ton over 2.3 feet); and
  • 1,470 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.5 meters (43 ounces gold per ton over 1.6 feet);
• Hole SU-338 intersected 2,350 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.64 meters (68 ounces gold per ton over 2.0 feet);
• Hole SU-341 intersected 1,840 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.5 meters (54 ounces gold per ton over 1.6 feet);
• Hole SU-334 intersected 1,160 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.5 meters (34 ounces gold per ton over 1.6 feet).

All holes reported were drilled in the western half of the Valley of the Kings, and include 32 intervals grading over 30 grams per tonne gold. A number of reported intervals are outside of currently defined mineral resources.

A total of 26,230 meters of drilling in 60 holes has been completed in this first phase of the 2012 Brucejack Exploration Program, which has now concluded. An updated high-grade Mineral Resource estimate for Brucejack is expected in the third quarter and will be used as the basis for the mine plan for the feasibility study currently underway.

Phase two of the 2012 Brucejack Exploration Program is now underway and focused on high-grade definition drilling of the shallow high-grade resources at the Valley of the Kings and testing extensions of the Valley of the Kings and other high-grade zones.

About Pretivm

Pretivm is creating value through gold at its advanced-staged exploration projects Brucejack and Snowfield, located in northern British Columbia. Pretivm is advancing the high-grade, underground gold opportunity at Brucejack, which hosts a significant undeveloped high-grade gold resource.

(SEDAR filings: Pretium Resources Inc.)

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