Mr. Ewan Downie reports April 29, 2009 News Release

HARDROCK TENACITY DRILLING CONTINUES TO RETURN HIGH-GRADE GOLD; 15.97G/T AU ACROSS 32.1M Premier Gold Mines Ltd.'s continued drilling at the Hardrock project in Geraldton, Northwestern Ontario, continues to return high-grade gold mineralization in the Tenacity zone. Initial drilling at the Tenacity zone has been focused on defining potentially open-pit-style mineralization which is being confirmed by intersections of up to (uncut) 15.97 grams per tonne gold across 32.1 metres and 2.38 g/t gold across 23 m. Drilling is now directed on extending the Tenacity zone down-plunge to follow up on recent intersections of up to 16.86 g/t gold across 5.5 m. Highlights of recent tenacity drilling include: ------.