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TORONTO, ONTARIO - March 15, 2012 Auriga Gold Corp. (TSX-V: "AIA") ("Auriga Gold" or the "Company") announces that it has amended the terms of its private placement, which was previously announced on February 14, 2012. The Company intends to work with Industrial Alliance Securities Inc. and Secutor Capital Management Corporation (collectively, the "Agents"), in connection with a brokered private placement offering (the "Brokered Offering"). In addition, the Company intends to complete a non-brokered private placement offering (the "Non-Brokered Offering" and collectively with the Offering, the "Offerings"). The Offerings, in aggregate, will be for up to 10,144,927 "flow-through" units at $0.345 per "flow-through" unit (the "Flow-Through Units") for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of up to approximately $3,500,000 and up to 5,000,000 units at $0.30 per unit (the "Units") for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of up to $1,500,000.

Each Flow-Through Unit will consist of one "flow-through share", as defined in subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Flow-Through Warrant"). Each Flow-Through Warrant issued in connection with the Offerings shall entitle the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company (on a non-flow-through basis) at a price of $0.45 until the date which is 24 months following the date of issuance. Each Unit will consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company (on a non-flow-through basis) at a price of $0.40 until the date which is 24 months following the date of issuance.

The first tranche of the Offerings is scheduled to close on or about March 23, 2012. All securities issued in connection with the Offerings will be subject to a hold period of four months and a day from the applicable closing date of the Offerings. The Offerings are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. In connection with the Brokered Offering, a cash commission of 7.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the Brokered Offering will be paid to the Agents. A finder's fee and finder's warrants may be paid and issued on the Non-Brokered Offering.

About Auriga Gold
Auriga Gold Corp. is a Canadian mine development and exploration company focused on developing the Puffy Lake Mine and expanding gold resources on its Puffy Lake and Nokomis deposits (the "Maverick Gold Project"). The Company plans to work towards upgrading and expanding the resources at the Maverick Gold Project, initiate test mining, complete feasibility studies of mineral reserves, and bring the Puffy Lake Mine back into production. The Puffy Lake Mine includes a 1,000 tpd flotation mill, a developed underground ramp to 135 metres depth, is fully road accessible and close to existing mining infrastructure. The Maverick Gold Project is located in the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt of Central Manitoba.

For more information please contact:
Auriga Gold Corp.
Dr. Richard H. Sutcliffe, President and CEO
Alison Tullis, Manager, Investor Relations
Phone: 416-214-2785
atullis@aurigagold.ca
info@aurigagold.ca
http://www.aurigagold.ca

This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, information with respect to the Offerings, use of proceeds, the future develop the Maverick Gold property and move towards targeted open pit test mining. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "does not anticipate", or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", or "will be taken", "occur", or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the information is made, and is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including risks associated with the exploration, development and mining such as economic factors as they effect exploration, future commodity prices, changes in foreign exchange and interest rates, actual results of current exploration activities, government regulation, political or economic developments, environmental risks, permitting timelines, capital expenditures, operating or technical difficulties in connection with development activities, employee relations, the speculative nature of gold exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities of grades of reserves, contests over title to properties, and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined as well as those risk factors discussed in the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the Three and Six Months ended September 30, 2011, available on www.sedar.com. Although Auriga Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Auriga Gold does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.