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FAU: TSX.V

FVGCF: OTCQX

FWR: FSE


VANCOUVER, April 4 /CNW/ - Fire River Gold Corp. (TSXV: FAU) (OTCQX:
FVGCF) (FSE: FWR) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr. C. Douglas Lang to the Board of Directors.


On behalf of the Board of Directors of Fire River Gold, Richard Goodwin
-- President of the company would like to welcome Mr. Douglas Lang to
our board. The members of the Board of Directors are looking forward
to working closely with Mr. Lang to further develop our corporate
objectives.


Mr. Lang is a Certified General Accountant who obtained his professional
designation while employed with the City of Campbell River. His
position with the City was that of Chief Financial Officer (1991 to
2005) and he regularly managed complex annual budgets in excess of $60
million. Under Mr. Lang's stewardship the city twice received the
Canadian Award for Financial Reporting.


Mr. Lang presently serves as a director and is the past board chair
(2005/06) of Coastal Community Credit Union. He is also member of
their Audit and Risk Committee and is presently the chair of the
Conduct Review & Corporate Governance Committee. The Credit Union has
assets of $1.6 billion dollars and employs over 600 people.


He is currently working as an independent consultant for local
governments in British Columbia and has done some consulting work for
the junior mining industry.


Mr. Lang brings to the board an extensive and varied financial
background.


About Fire River Gold Corp.


Fire River Gold Corp. is a near term production company with an
experienced technical team focused on bringing its flagship project,
the Nixon Fork Gold Mine, back into production in 2011. The Nixon Fork Gold Mine is a permitted
and bonded mine which include a ~200 tpd processing plant with a
gravity gold circuit, sulphide flotation circuit and a gold recovery
system (CIL circuit) that is scheduled to be completed by Summer 2011.
The mine also includes a fleet of surface & underground mining
vehicles, a self-contained power plant, maintenance facilities,
drilling equipment, an 85 person camp, office facilities and a 1.2 km
long landing strip.


A 28,000 metre exploration and ore definition drill program is in
progress to expand the current resources and support the detailed mine
plan. Fire River Gold Corp. is a member of the International Metals
Group (http://www.internationalmetalsgroup.com/">www.internationalmetalsgroup.com).


On behalf of the Board of Directors, I look forward to keeping you
updated with our corporate developments.


(signed)

_________________

Richard Goodwin

President & COO