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Samples 183.5 g/t Gold at Horwood Property

On October 23 2009

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Re:   News Releases - Thursday, October 22, 2009
      Amador Gold Samples 183.5 g/t Gold at Horwood Property
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.. NOVEMBER DRILL PROGRAM TO TEST STRUCTURES DOWN DIP AND ON STRIKE WITH
HIGH GRADE GOLD SHOWINGS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL GEOPHYSICAL TARGETS

.. LATEST SAMPLE TAKEN 15 METERS FROM HIGH-GRADE RHB ZONE WHICH
RECENTLY RETURNED GRAB SAMPLES AS HIGH AS 75.0 G/T

.. PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF SPLAY OFF DESTOR-PORCUPINE FAULT, 60 KM
SOUTHWEST OF WEST TIMMINS MINING/LAKE SHORE GOLD'S THUNDER CREEK
DISCOVERY OF 12.75 G/T GOLD OVER 83.4 METERS

.. CHANNEL SAMPLING AND TRENCHING COMPLETED ON OTHER SHOWINGS ON
PROPERTY WITH ASSAYS PENDING

VANCOUVER -- Amador Gold Corp. (TSX-V:AGX) (the "Company") is pleased
to announce that a grab sample taken 15 meters from the RHB zone has
returned an assay of 183.5g/t gold. The RHB zone, which previously
returned grab samples as high as 75.0 g/t gold, was discovered in
August, 2009 (see news release dated August 6, 2009).

An audio interview providing an overview of this release and the
Horwood property has been prepared with Peter Caldbick, the Company's
PGeo. for the Horwood Project, and is available via the following link
(link will go live at approximately 9:30am EST, October 22, 2009):

http://www.smallcapepicenter.com/executive/AGXbtpr21October2009/index.
htm

"The extremely high grades of gold from surface samples along with
existing geophysical targets will guide the Company's upcoming drill
program, scheduled for early November. Drilling will attempt to
identify gold mineralization and controlling structures at depth."
comments Company President, Richard Hughes.

Recent stripping and trenching programs have exposed a series of
narrow, parallel quartz veins hosted within granodiorite part of the
Horwood Peninsula Pluton (HPP) proximal to a granodiorite mafic
metavolcanic contact. High-grade showings have been discovered along
this contact as well as within the granodiorite.

The quartz veins are described as shallow northwest dipping quartz
veins with pyrite and carbonate alteration up to 0.5 meters in width
and trending 060 degrees. Previous RHB grab samples returned grades of
75.0 g/t Au, 60.68 g/t Au, 57.1 g/t Au, 48.3 g/t Au and 43.3 g/t Au.

Amador's exploration team is currently compiling geological and
geophysical data on the Horwood project to select additional drill
targets.

The Horwood Project is located approximately 60 km southwest of recent
gold discoveries made by Lakeshore Gold Corp. and West Timmins Mining
Inc.

To view a map of the Horwood property please click on the following
link or cut and paste the link into your web browser:

http://www.amadorgoldcorp.com/i/pdf/HorwoodGeoV5.pdf

Peter Caldbick, P.Geo., and Charles Hartley, P.Geo. are the qualified
people for the purposes of National Instrument 43-�101 for the
Company's Horwood Project. The Horwood project is supervised by Charles
Hartley.

About Amador Gold

Amador has assembled a portfolio of more than 20 properties of
exceptional merit in established mining camps and emerging mineral
districts of Canada. These projects include the Loveland
gold-copper-nickel project which recently completed its spring drill
program and the Horwood gold project.

For information on active projects and to see Smartstox interviews with
Company president, Richard Hughes, please visit the Company's website
at www.amadorgoldcorp.com.

Contact Information

Corporate Inquiries:   Kevin Hull or Alan Campbell, Investor Relations
Phone: (604) 685-2222
Email: info@amadorgold.com
Website: www.amadorgoldcorp.com

AGORACOM Investor Relations:
Email: AGX@agoracom.com
Website: http://www.agoracom.com/ir/Amador

The statements made in this Press Release may contain forward-looking
statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's
expectations and projections.

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

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Copyright (c) 2009 AMADOR GOLD CORP. (AGX) All rights reserved. For
more information visit our website at http://www.amadorgoldcorp.com/ or
send mailto:info@amadorgoldcorp.com
Message sent on Thu Oct 22, 2009 at 6:21:10 AM Pacific Time
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