Xtra-Gold Intercepts 50.5 Metres of 2.03 g/t Gold and 28 Metres of 3.14 g/t Gold on Zone 3 of Its Kibi Gold Project in Ghana, West Africa

Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. ("Xtra-Gold" or the "Company") (XTG.TO) (XTGR), is very pleased to report that recent diamond drilling indicates good down-plunge continuity of gold grades on the Double 19 Shoot on Zone 3 of the Company's wholly-owned Kibi Gold Project, located in the Kibi -- Winneba greenstone belt ("Kibi Gold Belt"), in Ghana, West Africa. Today's assay results for a 3 hole drill section (489 m) successfully expanded the high grade Double 19 gold shoot to a down-plunge distance of approximately 150 m from surface. Rush assay service was requested on these 3 holes so the assay results would help guide follow up drilling efforts. Highlights of the drill results reported today include:

• 50.5 m grading 2.03 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold, including 4.71 g/t gold over 14 m, in #KBDD12231 from 57.5 m down-hole (Double 19 Shoot);
• 28 m grading 3.14 g/t gold, including 5.01 g/t gold over 12 m, in #KBDD12233 from 39 m down-hole (Double 19 Shoot);
• Drilling / trenching to date appears to indicate that the high grade Double 19 gold shoot consists of a moderately, ENE-plunging vein system centred on an apparent fold nose developed within the host diorite body; with the gold shoot having an asymmetrical convex geometry possibly reflecting a fold-hinge stockwork vein zone; and
• 2 new, typical Kibi-type, diorite -- hosted, quartz stockwork systems discovered proximal to Double 19 gold shoot within Zone 3 -- East gold-in-soil anomaly.

The Double 19 gold shoot lies at the south-eastern extremity of the approximately 1,250 m long Zone 3 gold-in-soil trend, approximately 600 m southwest of the South Ridge Zone on the Zone 2 gold-in-soil anomaly. A map depicting the location of the Double 19 shoot in relation to the Zone 2 mineralization zones has been posted on the Company website (see April 24, 2012 news release).

The present drilling located approximately 50 m northeast of the KBDD12201-203-205 section was designed to further test the down-plunge extension of the mineralization and gain additional insight on the geometry and structural controls of the gold shoot. The KBDD12201-203-205 section yielded mineralized intercepts of 19 m grading 3.26 g/t gold and 26 m grading 3.06 g/t gold, including 5.67 g/t gold over 10 m, in holes #KBDD12203 and #KBDD12205, respectively (see April 24, 2012 news release).

The 3 hole, scissor-pattern, drill section encompasses a SE-trending borehole (#KBDD12231) and a pair of NW-trending, vertical fan boreholes (#KBDD12233 - #KBDD12234) collared approximately 80 m to the southeast, and at a 30 m lower elevation, than the #KBDD12231 collar position. Hole #KBDD12231 (-55^o) returned a mineralized intercept of 50.5 m grading 2.03 g/t gold, including 4.71 g/t gold over 14 m, from a down-hole depth of 57.5 m. The upper #KBDD12233 borehole (-60^o) of the #KBDD12233-234 vertical fan pattern returned an intercept of 28 m grading 3.14 g/t gold, including 5.01 g/t gold over 12 m, from a down-hole depth of 39 m, and the steeper #KBDD12234 hole (-75^o) yielded an intercept of 26.8 m grading 2.69 g/t gold, including 4.73 g/t gold over 11 m, from a down-hole depth of 35.5 m; with both these intercepts cross-cutting the lower portion of #KBDD12231 mineralized intercept. Borehole #KBDD12233 returned a second, deeper intercept of 10 m grading 1.47 g/t gold from a down-hole depth of 138 m but insufficient drilling information is available at this time to determine if this mineralization forms part of the Double 19 shoot or reflects a new deeper gold zone.

Drilling / trenching to date appears to indicate that the Double 19 shoot consists of a moderately, ENE-plunging vein system centred on an apparent fold nose developed within the host diorite body; with the gold shoot having an asymmetrical convex geometry possibly reflecting a fold-hinge stockwork vein zone. Today's drilling results extends the Double 19 shoot to a down-plunge distance of approximately 150 m from surface; with the relatively shallow vertical depths of the mineralized intercepts reflecting the position of the zone along a steep slope exhibiting approximately 80 m in topographical relief.

Recent trenching efforts on the Zone 3 -- East gold-in-soil anomaly discovered 2 new, typical Kibi-type, diorite -- hosted, quartz stockwork systems located approximately 100 m west-southwest (Trench #TAD031) and 250 m north-northwest (Trench #TAD036) of the Double 19 gold shoot, respectively. Assay results for these trenches are pending from the laboratory. Mechanized trenching and geological mapping is currently ongoing on these new prospective zones to further define the structural controls of the mineralization and the geometry of the host diorite bodies.

Yves P. Clement, P. Geo, Vice President, Exploration for Xtra-Gold is acting as the Qualified Person in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") with respect to this announcement. He has prepared and or supervised the preparation of the scientific or technical information in this announcement and confirms compliance with NI 43-101. The NI 43-101 Technical Report entitled "Kibi Project, Eastern Region, Ghana", prepared by Simon Meadows Smith and Joe Amanor of SEMS and dated July 12, 2010 is filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Xtra-Gold has implemented a rigorous quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) program to ensure best practices in sampling and analysis of drill core, reverse circulation samples and trench channel samples, the details of which can be viewed on the Company's website at www.xtragold.com.

About Xtra-Gold Resources Corp.

Xtra-Gold is a gold exploration company with a substantial land position in the Kibi greenstone belt ("Kibi Gold Belt") located in Ghana, West Africa. The Kibi Gold Belt, which exhibits many similar geological features to Ghana's main gold belt, the Ashanti Belt has been the subject of very limited modern exploration activity targeting lode gold deposits as virtually all past gold mining activity and exploration efforts focused on the extensive alluvial gold occurrences in many river valleys throughout the Kibi area.

Xtra-Gold holds five (5) Mining Leases totaling approximately 226 sq km (22,600 ha) at the northern extremity of the Kibi Gold Belt. The Company's exploration efforts to date have focused on the Kibi Project located on the Apapam Concession (33.65 sq. km), along the eastern flank of the Kibi Gold Belt. Xtra-Gold's Kibi Project consists of an over 5.5 km long mineralized trend delineated from gold-in-soil anomalies, geophysical interpretations, trenching and drilling along the northwest margin of the Apapam Concession.

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