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Detour Gold Obtains Excellent Results From Its Ongoing Drilling Program at Detour Lake in Ontario

Friday, Feb 06, 2009

Detour Gold Corporation ("Detour Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to report assay results for an additional 35 holes totaling 11,160 metres from its 2008 infill diamond drilling program at the Detour Lake project in northern Ontario. Of the 231,104 metres (621 holes) drilled in the 2007-08 programs, the last 12,000 metres of drill results are expected to be released next month. Thus far in 2009, the Company has completed an additional 5,000 metres of drilling.

Today's results continue to show good continuity of the main mineralized zones and confirmation of additional gold mineralization within the US$700 pit shell (mineral resource reported in Press Release July 2, 2008), which should positively impact the final pit design, including the reduction of the waste to ore ratio, for the feasibility study expected in 2009.

In the area of the former pit (West Pit), results from 33 drill holes (including eight holes abandoned) between sections 19,320E and 20,160E encountered significant gold mineralization within the US$700 pit shell. Wide intersections of gold mineralization were encountered in holes DG-08-452A with 0.86 g/t over 88.0 metres and 2.48 g/t (uncut) or 1.14 g/t (cut) over 100 metres; DG-08-473B with 3.51 g/t (uncut) or 1.28 g/t (cut) over 66.0 metres, 6.39 g/t (uncut) or 1.56 g/t (cut) over 80.0 metres; DG-08-503 with 4.79 g/t (uncut) or 3.24 g/t (cut) over 54.0 metres; and DG-08-508 with 1.37 g/t over 64.0 metres. In general, good continuity of the mineralized zones was established in the Chert Marker Horizon (CMH) and the hanging wall massive and pillow flows.

At the eastern end of the deposit (area of former pit), four holes intersected gold mineralization outside the US$700 pit shell in the footwall rocks (Sunday Lake Deformation Zone) (e.g. hole DG-08-519 with 4.42 g/t over 13.0 metres). The potential to find additional mineralization in the footwall rocks, from surface to 200 metres on the south side of the former pit, is excellent. The Company has started to test this area with a 10,000 metre drilling program with the addition of two more rigs. The program is expected to be completed by the end of March. The footwall mineralization is also open at depth (below the US$700 pit shell).

Results from two holes infilling the centre of the deposit (Gap Zone on sections 18,700E and 18,760E) showed excellent continuity especially in the core of the mineralized corridor at the contacts between the massive and pillow flows. Hole DG-08-501 intersected 3.61 g/t (uncut) or 3.04 g/t (cut) over 16.0 metres, 3.11 g/t (uncut) or 1.18 g/t (cut) over 46.0 metres, and 2.67 g/t (uncut) or 1.29 (cut) over 42.0 metres. Hole DG-08-517 intersected 4.73 g/t (uncut) or 1.92 g/t (cut) over 38.0 metres, 6.86 g/t (uncut) or 1.73 g/t (cut) over 27.5 metres and 6.47 g/t (uncut) or 1.5 g/t (cut) over 9.0 metres.

For significant mineralized (uncut) intervals encountered click here.