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AGT News Apollo Gold Announces Adoption of Shareholder Rights Plan

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apollo Gold Corporation ("Apollo" or the "Company") (AMEX: AGT)(TSX: APG) announced today that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan (the "Rights Plan"). The Rights Plan has been adopted to ensure the fair treatment of shareholders in connection with any take-over bid for common shares of Apollo. The Rights Plan seeks to provide shareholders with adequate time to properly assess a take-over bid without undue pressure. It also is intended to provide the Board with more time to fully consider an unsolicited take-over bid and, if applicable, to explore other alternatives to maximize shareholder value.

The Rights Plan is not intended to prevent take-over bids that treat shareholders fairly. The rights issued under the Rights Plan will become exercisable only when a person, including any party related to it, acquires or announces its intention to acquire 20 percent or more of the outstanding common shares of the Company without complying with the "Permitted Bid" provisions of the Rights Plan or without approval of the Board. Under the Rights Plan, those bids that meet certain requirements intended to protect the interests of all shareholders are deemed to be "Permitted Bids." Permitted Bids must be made by way of a take-over bid circular prepared in compliance with applicable securities laws and, among other conditions, must remain open for 60 days. In the event a take-over bid does not meet the Permitted Bid requirements of the Rights Plan, the rights will entitle shareholders, other than any shareholder or shareholders making the take-over bid, to purchase additional common shares of the Company at a substantial discount to the market price of the common shares at that time.

The Rights Plan is not being adopted in response to any proposal to acquire control of the Company.

The Rights Plan is subject to approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange and will be presented for ratification by the shareholders at the Apollo Annual Meeting expected to be held in May 2007. If approved by the shareholders, the Rights Plan expires after five years, with the requirement that the shareholders reapprove it within three years.

Apollo Gold Corporation

Apollo is a gold mining and exploration Company with a mine in Montana, the Black Fox advanced stage development project in Ontario, Canada, and the Huizopa Project, an early-stage exploration project in the Sierra Madres in Chihuahua, Mexico.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release includes “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “intends,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. All statements regarding the approval of the Rights Plan by the Toronto Stock Exchange or by shareholders of the Company and the timing of the annual meeting of Apollo shareholders are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include: the shareholders of the Company may vote against the adoption of the Rights Plan at the annual general meeting expected to be held in May 2007, and the other factors disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in Apollo documents filed from time to time with the Toronto Stock Exchange, The American Stock Exchange, The United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to Apollo on the date hereof. Apollo assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.