Terraco Gold Announces Second Royalty Transaction on the Spring Valley Gold Deposit, Nevada

Vancouver, BC, March 9, 2012 - (TSX.V TEN | US: TCEGF ). Terraco Gold Corp. (�the �Company�) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a transaction whereby the Company and its wholly-owned Nevada subsidiary, TGC Holdings Ltd. (collectively with the Company, �Terraco�), will acquire a portion of a pre-existing net smelter returns royalty (�NSR �) described below and will have the option to acquire an additional NSR interest on private fee land (the �Fee Land�) covering part of the Spring Valley Gold Project (� Spring Valley Project�), located in Pershing County, Nevada (the �Transaction �).  The Spring Valley Project is a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corp. (�Barrick�) and Midway Gold Corp. (� Midway�) pursuant to which Barrick has the right to earn a 60% interest in the Spring Valley Project by completing work expenditures totaling US$30,000,000 before December 31, 2013.  Terraco�s 100% owned Moonlight Property encompasses over 5,000 acres and is located along trend immediately to the north of the Spring Valley Project.

�This NSR Transaction, on Fee Land consisting of 920 acres, covers the remaining portion of land covering the known gold deposit in the Barrick-led Spring Valley Project and is in addition to the first NSR transaction announced by Terraco on December 21st and December 23rd, 2011.  The two transactions give Terraco direct royalty ownership, a royalty option and a first right of refusal on a perimeter royalty that collectively covers the gold deposit currently outlined in the Spring Valley Project�s National Instrument 43-101 technical report on the project filed by Midway.  Terraco is excited to add significant value for its shareholders by having an opportunity to enjoy cash flow when Barrick brings the Spring Valley Project to production�, stated Todd Hilditch, President and CEO of the Company.

Transaction Terms

Under the terms of the Transaction between Terraco, the current royalty owner (the �Royalty Vendor�) and a third party investor (the � Strategic Investor�):

• Terraco will acquire from the Royalty Vendor a 0.5% NSR on the Fee Land in consideration for 2,500,000 common shares of the Company;

• the Strategic Investor will acquire from the Royalty Vendor a 1.5% NSR on the Fee Land (the �Purchased NSR Interest�) for US$2,368,421.00; and

• Terraco will be granted an option to acquire, for US$983,211.00, 0.5% of the Purchased NSR Interest from the Strategic Investor for a period of 5 years from closing of the Transaction or within 1 year of a change of control of Terraco.

The Transaction is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Terraco is fully funded to continue its 2012 exploration programs at its Almaden and Moonlight Projects.

Terraco Gold Corp. (TSX.V TEN | US: TCEGF), ("Terraco") project portfolio includes an advanced-stage gold project in Idaho, a Royalty Option on an evolving Nevada gold discovery and a neighbouring early-stage gold/silver project in Nevada, USA.
         
The 100% owned Almaden Project is located 126 kilometres north of Boise, Idaho. The project hosts a National Instrument 43-101 compliant measured plus indicated and inferred resource of 948,000 ounces of gold within 90 m of surface. The advanced- stage Almaden project has excellent access with good infrastructure and includes over 66,000 m of drilling in 903 drill holes. Terraco has completed a drill program to explore the extension of the near surface mineralization that is open to the north and south, as well as test for high-grade, bonanza-style structurally controlled gold mineralization at depth. Project comparisons for Almaden are The Ken Snyder "Midas Mine" (Newmont) and the Hollister Mine (Great Basin Gold) located in northeast Nevada.

Terraco has the option to acquire a 2.5% net smelter royalty ("NSR royalty") on The Spring Valley Gold Project ("Spring Valley"), located in Pershing County, Nevada. Spring Valley is a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corp. ("Barrick") and Midway Gold Corp., where Barrick has the right to earn 60% interest in the project by completing work expenditures totalling US $30 million before December 31, 2013. Terraco's 100%-owned Moonlight Project, which currently encompasses over 5,000 acres, is located along trend and adjoins the north side of Spring Valley.

The 100% owned Moonlight Project is located 380 kilometres northeast of Reno, Nevada and approximately 8 kilometres north of the Coeur d'Alene Rochester silver-gold mine. The Rochester Mine has produced over 125 million ounces of silver and 1.2 million ounces of gold in its 25 year history and has recently returned to production.

Terraco's exploration is conducted by Charles Sulfrian , CPG (Vice President, Exploration) and Ken Snyder , PhD (Lead Consulting Geologist). Both Mr. Sulfrian and Dr. Snyder were instrumental in the discovery of major Nevada gold mines including Barrick's Goldstrike Mine and Newmont's Ken Snyder Midas Mine respectively.   
               

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