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Adventure Gold Inc.: Adventure Gold: Stephane Le Bouyonnec Appointed to the Board of Directors

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, March 19th 2009 at 8:05 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-03-19 08:06:01 by Market Wire}  

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 19, 2009) - Adventure Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AGE) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Stephane Le Bouyonnec to the Board, effective March 12th, 2009. Mr. Le Bouyonnec fills the vacant seat created by Mr. Todd Opalick, who recently resigned from the Board.

Stephane Le Bouyonnec is the co-founder and President of Synergis Capital and possesses a strong background in corporate strategic planning, M&A activities and financing initiatives. Prior to co-founding Synergis, Stephane was COO for Orthosoft (TSX:OSH.V). In previous years, he was a Senior Partner at Secor Consulting, President of Innovitech Consulting, Senior Vice-President at the Solidarity Fund (QFL), Executive VP of Hypocrat (today Medisolution) (TSX:MSH) and CEO of Metaforia Entertainment. Mr. Le Bouyonnec is an industrial engineer who graduated from l'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.

"We are delighted to welcome Mr. Le Bouyonnec. His solid business and financial background and skills will be a valuable addition to the Adventure Gold Board of Directors," stated Mr. Andre Audet, Chairman of the Board. "We would also like to take the opportunity to thank Mr. Opalick for his contribution to the Board over the last two years."

Profile:

Adventure Gold Inc. is a mining exploration company focused on discovering high quality gold deposits in the Abitibi greenstone belt located in north-west Quebec and north-east Ontario - one of the richest gold deposit areas in the world. Adventure Gold holds quality assets in the Val-d'Or, Quebec and Timmins, Ontario areas and is led by a resolute management and technical teams with extensive exploration and mine production experience. The Company will be active in 2009 with $1,150,000 slated for exploration in the Val-d'Or and Timmins regions and will continue to aggressively seek new properties in compliance with the corporate strategy.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.