TORONTO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Pacific Gold Corp. (OTCBB: PCFG Gold Stock) announced today that its subsidiary, Nevada Rae Gold, Inc. has received approval for the proposed plant modifications at the Black Rock Canyon Mine.

Nevada Rae Gold has received a formal notification from the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection (NDEP) approving the proposed modifications to the screening plant. The Company can now begin preparations to implement the changes.

The Company is hopeful that the proposed changes to the screening plant at the Black Rock Canyon Mine will solve the desanding difficulties and allow the Company to achieve a more sustainable throughput level.

About Pacific Gold Corp

The Company's business plan provides for the acquisition and development of production-ready and in-production mining operations. The Company is focused on alluvial gold and base metals operations located in western North America. Pacific Gold Corp. owns five operating subsidiaries: Nevada Rae Gold, Inc. ('Nevada Rae') owns and operates the Black Rock Canyon gold mine, located in north-central Nevada; Pilot Mountain Resources Inc. ('Pilot Mountain') owns Project W, a large tungsten based deposit in Nevada; Fernley Gold, Inc. ('Fernley Gold') acquired exclusive lease rights to mine the Lower Olinghouse Placers in north-western Nevada; Oregon Gold, Inc. ('Oregon Gold') owns the Bear Bench claims and Defiance mine, located in south-western Oregon; and Pacific Metals Corp. ('Pacific Metals') owns claims in San Juan and Delores Counties, Colorado, encompassing the historic Graysill Mine.

This news release includes forward-looking statements that reflect Pacific Gold Corp.'s current expectations about its future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. Pacific Gold Corp. has tried to identify these forward-looking statements by using words and phrases such as 'may', 'will', 'expects', 'anticipates', 'believes', 'intends', 'estimates', 'should', 'typical', 'we are confident' or similar expressions. These forward- looking statements are based on information currently available to Pacific Gold Corp. and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results, performance, prospects of opportunities in the remainder of 2008 and beyond, to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Pacific Gold Corp.