VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 11, 2011) - Scorpio Gold Corporation ("Scorpio Gold" or the "Company") (News - Market indicators) is pleased to report assay results from sampling of material in the Drinkwater Pit that was left behind by the former operators and previously thought to be waste material.

Of 156 samples collected from blasted material, approximately 52% report values of interest (Table 1). Detailed surveying has determined there is approximately 10,000 tons of mineralized material that the Company's mining contractor, Ledcor, can retrieve and deliver to the crushing unit for subsequent placement on the heap leach pad.

Table 1. Selected Stockpile Sample Results

Average sample weight of the 76 samples presented in Table 1 is 8.9 lb. Samples designated with an "x" are re-check analyses. Analytical results were performed by American Assay Laboratory Inc. (AAL) in Sparks, Nevada, USA. AAL does not have ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation but implements a quality management system following ISO/IEC 17025 standards and maintains a paperwork trail for ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. AAL participates in a number of testing and certification programs, details of which are presented in the Company's quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) program for the Mineral Ridge project at: www.scorpiogold.com/Documents/QAQC-MR.pdf. External check assays to verify lab accuracy are routinely completed by ALS Chemex, an ISO 9001:2000 certified and ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited laboratory.

For additional information please see the Company's website at www.scorpiogold.com.

President & CEO, Mr. Peter J. Hawley, PGeo, is the Company's Qualified Person for the various Company projects. Mr. Hawley is responsible for the current exploration and development programs and has reviewed the content of this release.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

SCORPIO GOLD CORPORATION

Peter J. Hawley, President & CEO

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