Renaissance Gold Inc. provided the following update from earn-in partner S2 Resources Ltd. regarding the results from the initial stratigraphic drilling program at its Ecru Project, Lander County, Nevada. Two holes, totaling 4,105 feet were drilled with the following combined objectives: determining the thickness of the upper plate stratigraphy; determining the depth to the more prospective lower plate carbonate stratigraphy; collecting preliminary data on the subsurface geochemistry and alteration within the project area; and testing two geophysical anomaly scenarios, namely an audiomagnetotelluric (AMT) conductivity high coincident with a gravity high, and an AMT low coincident with a gravity low adjacent to interpreted intersecting structures which may have acted as conduits for mineralizing fluids. Hole NECD001 intersected a number of narrow low grade gold-silver intervals, with a best result of 3.66 metres @ 1.65 g/t gold and 9.7 g/t silver from 99.06 metres, including 1.22 metres @ 3.4 g/t gold and 3.6 g/t silver. There were no significant intercepts in hole NECD002. The intervals of elevated gold and silver occur in zones of brecciation, silicification and overprinting argillic alteration, within broader haloes of antimony, arsenic, mercury, copper, zinc, molybdenum and tellurium anomalism. This multi-element association is similar to that at Barrick's 2.7 million ounce Robertson gold deposit, located immediately south of the Ecru project, which is reported to be an intrusion related gold- silver skarn deposit. Neither hole successfully penetrated into the more prospective lower plate carbonate sequence beneath the upper plate siliciclastic sequence, but hole NECD0001 intersected a 229 foot (83 metre) thick section of limestone and calcareous mudstones within the siliciclastic sediments. It is not yet known if this represents part of the upper plate siliciclastic sequence, or a thrusted wedge of prospective lower plate carbonates structurally interleaved into the upper plate sequence. The main part of the AMT anomaly, which appears to be open along the project's southern and western boundaries adjacent to Barrick's property, is as yet untested. Samples will be submitted for biostratigraphic age dating using microfossils in order to clarify the stratigraphy and the potential for such structural repetition and interleaving of upper and lower plate rocks. Following the completion of the biostratigraphic dating and a comprehensive evaluation of the Phase 1 results, the next steps for further exploration on the project will be decided. The Ecru project is located to the north of Barrick's giant Cortez gold mining complex, which comprises a number of individually significant gold deposits. These include Pipeline (20Moz), Cortez Hills (15Moz), Goldrush (12Moz) and also the Robertson deposit located on ground immediately to the south of the Ecru project, which comprises a resource of 2.74Moz.