Luna Gold announces start of commissioning of the gravity gold circuit at its Aurizona gold project

	    VANCOUVER, March 1 /CNW/ - Luna Gold Corp. (TSXV-LGC) ("Luna" or the
"Company") is pleased to provide a further summary of progress on its wholly
owned Aurizona gold project in Maranhco State, Brazil. Photographs of
construction activity are taken at regular intervals and may be viewed on the
Company's website at http://www.lunagold.com/s/Building_Aurizona.asp.
	    Luna's CEO, Jim Bahan, comments, "Further to our announcement of January
12, I am pleased to confirm that commissioning of the process plant gravity
circuit has started. The stand-by diesel generators and two of the three ball
mills are being used in this phase of plant start up. The plan is to produce
gold from gravity only until the carbon-in-leach plant (CIL) plant comes on
line, which is expected in the second quarter of 2010. The gravity tailings
generated in the coming months, and those from previous garimpeiro workings,
will then be directly treated in the CIL, as supplementary feed to run-of-mine
(ROM) ore."
	    Further progress highlights:

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	    -   Tailings dam civil construction is completed and finishing works are
	        in progress.
	    -   Construction of the CIL plant, apart from the feed thickener,
	        continues with completion expected in the second quarter of this
	        year. The feed thickener is completed and will be utilized in
	        commissioning the gravity circuit.
	    -   Mining has commenced in the Piaba pit and currently there are in
	        excess of 100,000 tonnes of ore on stockpile for feeding the plant in
	        the event of pit stoppages.
	    -   Construction of the 69Kv power line is in progress with planned
	        completion in the second quarter of this year.
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	    About Luna Gold Corp.

	    Luna is a mineral exploration and development company engaged in the
acquisition, exploration, and development of gold resources and advanced stage
gold exploration projects in Brazil. The Company is currently developing its
Aurizona gold project in Maranhco, Brazil.

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	    On behalf of the Board of Directors

	    LUNA GOLD CORP.

	    Jim Bahan - CEO

	    Website: www.lunagold.com
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news release are forward-looking information that involve various risks and
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plans and expectations of the Company in relation to its Arizona gold project.
These statements are identified through the words "plan" and "expected" (or
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