Piedmont Reports Exploration Progress At Willow Creek Gold Project,
Nevada

Reno, NV � August 19, 2008 - Piedmont Mining Company, Inc. (OTC BB: PIED)
today reported good exploration progress at the Willow Creek gold project
in Elko County, Nevada.  In the past six weeks a ground magnetic survey
has been completed as well as some infill sampling of surface rock
outcrops and soils.  These results confirm and further define previously
identified geochemical and structural patterns.  Strong and coincident
patterns of arsenic, antimony, thallium and mercury anomalies with
anomalous gold values are controlled by structure and alteration and help
to define drill targets.  The geochemical patterns are typical of
Carlin-style gold orebodies.  The 42 million year (Eocene) age of a felsic
dike on the property is also encouraging since it is similar to the age of
the intrusives and mineralization in the main Carlin-style gold orebodies
in Nevada.

An initial drill program of 5 to 6 angled reverse circulation holes to
1,000 ft. or more has been permitted, bonded and fully funded.  Drilling
is expected to commence within the next two months.

The Willow Creek property consists of 480 acres of private fee land plus
158 lode claims, for a total of almost 6 square miles along the western
range front of the Snake Mountains and about 30 air miles north-northwest
of the town of Wells. It covers about 5 miles of strike length along the
famous Roberts Mountain Thrust, a regional geologic break that is
associated with many of the gold deposits in Nevada. Favorable
stratigraphy and rock types are exposed at the surface and are extensively
altered. Felsic and lamprophyre dikes have been mapped in several areas of
the property.

Piedmont is working on this project with Carlin Gold US Inc., the wholly
owned U.S. subsidiary of Carlin Gold Corporation (TSXV: CGD).  Carlin Gold
holds the property and is managing the exploration program while Piedmont
is earning into a 51% interest by funding the exploration.


Piedmont is an exploration-stage company, exploring for gold and silver in
Nevada.  It has entered into agreements with experienced and respected
exploration groups on 7 properties in Nevada.  It participates through
funding exploration costs utilizing highly skilled people only on an as
needed basis thus minimizing G&A costs. It can drop properties that don�t
meet expectations.  The Company�s Common Stock is traded on the OTC
Bulletin Board under the symbol:  PIED.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: �Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements relating to the
company�s business activities and other statements in this press release
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. and are based on current expectations.
Words such as expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, estimates
and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such
forward-looking statements that involve risks difficult to evaluate.
Actual results can vary due to many factors such as changes in metal
prices, business conditions, the competitive environment, laws and
regulations; problems encountered in exploration and obtaining permits;
technological advances; shortages of skilled workers, drill rigs and
equipment; the need for additional capital and other risks listed in the
Company�s Securities and Exchange Commission filings under "risk factors"
and elsewhere. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they
were made. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update
forward-looking statements.

Piedmont Mining Company, Inc.         Reno, Nevada
www.piedmontmining.com

Contact: Robert M. Shields, Jr.  212-734-9848;
Investor Relations: Maria Da Silva   877-261-4466

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