Rye Patch Leases Additional Land on the Rochester Project

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 29, 2012) - Rye Patch Gold Corp (TSX VENTURE:RPM)(OTCQX:RPMGF)(FRANKFURT:5TN) (the "Company") announces its wholly owned subsidiary, Rye Patch Gold US Inc., has entered into a lease agreement with New Nevada Land, LLC on four parcels of private land in Pershing County, Nevada, totaling approximately 4.12 square kilometres (1,015 acres) located within the LH unpatented mining claims on the Company's 100% owned Rochester project.

The leased lands will give Rye Patch surface access to and from drilling sites on its LH claims. The parcels are located in Township 28 North, Range 34 East, Sections 19, 27, 29 and 33. The lands cover ground adjacent to the Mystic zone, Nevada Packard mine, and immediately south of the Lincoln Hill project. This brings the total lands leased from New Nevada Land, LLC to 6.2 square kilometres (1,530 acres).

Rye Patch Gold US Inc. controls over 100 square kilometres (40 sq. miles) along the Oreana trend. The Rochester Property - LH Claims - covers 30.3 square kilometres (7,493.2 acres), and mineral title is disputed by Coeur Rochester Inc. The Sixth District Court of Nevada has enjoined Rye Patch Gold US Inc., for safety reasons, from conducting exploration activities on approximately 7.4 square kilometres (1,839.3 acres) covering the active open pit, mine dumps and leach pads in the immediate Rochester Mine area. It is the position of Rye Patch Gold US Inc. that all the LH claims are valid senior unpatented mining claims, including those claims within the court-ordered enjoined area. Geologic assessment and drilling confirm discoveries on the LH claims and the land area which covers up to 20% of Rochester's published proven and probable silver and gold reserve along with a significant portion of the published silver and gold resource based on Coeur's December 5, 2011, news release.

The Company is a Tier 1, Nevada-focused and discovery-driven company seeking to build a sizeable inventory of gold and silver resource assets in the mining friendly state of Nevada, USA. The Company's seasoned management team is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of quality resource-based gold and silver projects. Rye Patch Gold US Inc. is developing gold and silver resources along the emerging Oreana trend, located in west-central Nevada, and is exploring 66 square kilometres along the Cortez trend near Barrick's two new gold discoveries. The Company has established gold and silver resource milestones and time frames in order to build a premier resource development company. For more information about the Company, please visit our website at www.ryepatchgold.com.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

William C. (Bill) Howald, CEO & President