TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 2, 2012) -

Editors Note: There is one picture and one video associated with this press release.

Detour Gold Corporation, a Canadian gold mining exploration and development company, is currently looking for highly talented, motivated individuals to fill a variety of positions for their Detour Lake mine, currently under construction and located in northeastern Ontario. Detour Lake will be Canada's largest gold mine and boasts a projected mine life of + 20 years.

There are over 1,200 contractors and Detour Gold employees working hard to complete the construction phase during 2012. Ramping up to operations, Detour Gold will transition from contract workers to over 500 permanent employees. The Company is now actively recruiting to fill a range of positions in a variety of disciplines.

Detour Gold is an employer of choice and is an equal employment opportunity employer. Detour Gold strives to maximize local employment with priority hiring from Aboriginal communities and municipalities in the Ontario Cochrane region.

As an employee at Detour Lake you will benefit from:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Great work schedule - one week in / one week out
• Newly constructed mine camp with en-suite rooms - your "home away from home"
• Skill development and career growth opportunities
• Long mine life

This is an exciting time for Detour Gold. Want to know more? Click here to view our careers video.

Interested in joining the Detour Gold team? Check the careers page frequently at www.detourgold.com/careers to view the list of available positions and to submit your resume. If you do not see a posting listed on the site, you are encouraged to submit your resume and cover letter to the Human Resources department at hr@detourgold.com. Due to the large volume of applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains certain forward-looking information as defined in applicable securities laws (referred to herein as "forward-looking statements"). Specifically, this news release contains forward-looking statements regarding the projected mine life of Detour Lake. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are beyond Detour Gold's ability to predict or control and may cause Detour Gold's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any of its future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, gold price volatility, changes in debt and equity markets, the uncertainties involved in interpreting geological data, increases in costs, environmental compliance and changes in environmental legislation and regulation, interest rate and exchange rate fluctuations, general economic conditions and other risks involved in the gold exploration and development industry, as well as those risk factors discussed in the section entitled "Description of Business - Risk Factors" in Detour Gold's July 27, 2011 short form prospectus and in the continuous disclosure documents filed by Detour Gold on and available at www.sedar.com.
Such forward-looking statements are also based on a number of assumptions which may prove to be incorrect, including, but not limited to, assumptions about the following: the availability of financing for exploration and development activities; the estimated timeline for the development of the Detour Lake gold project; the supply and demand for, and the level and volatility of the price of, gold; the results of the feasibility study and the assumptions on which the feasibility study is based; the accuracy of reserve and resource estimates and the assumptions on which the reserve and resource estimates are based; the receipt of necessary permits; market competition; ongoing relations with employees and impacted communities; and general business and economic conditions. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Detour Gold undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements contained herein whether as a result of new information or future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. Certain information contained in this news release may be deemed "forward looking". All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, that address events or developments that Detour Gold or Trade Winds expect to occur, are "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are beyond Detour Gold's or Trade Winds' ability to predict or control and may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements.

To view a photo of Detour Gold employees at work at the Detour Lake mine project site, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/DetourGold.jpg.

To view our Detour Gold careers video and learn more about becoming part of our team, please visit the following link: http://youtu.be/L9sUcVKot6U.