Amador Gold Corp. Commences Drilling on Horwood Gold Property in West Timmins District

The estimated 1400 meter drill program will test numerous high-grade gold targets including:

--  The RHB zone: Recently returned assays as high as 183.5 g/t gold on grab
    samples taken from outcrop. Drilling on the RHB zone will advance
    pending results from a recent IP (induced polarization) geophysical
    survey.

--  The Labbe #1 Zone: Has never been drilled to depth although historic
    shallow drilling by Queensway Mines Ltd. Traced a gold bearing quartz
    vein for strike length of 76.2 meters (250 feet) with an average grade
    of 17.49 g/t (0.51 oz/t) Au over 0.91 meters (3.0 feet.) No subsequent
    deep drilling has occurred on this vein system.

--  The Bend Zone: 2008 drilling done by the Company intersected 12.35 g/t
    gold over 2.4 meters. This intersection is near the bottom of the
    deepest hole in the program and to date, no follow-up drilling has been
    done.

--  Drilling to test other induced polarization (IP) targets

An audio interview on the Horwood project has been prepared by Peter Caldbick, etc.. To listen to the interview please click on the following link (if the link does not work cut and paste it into your web browser address bar):

http://smallcapepicenter.com/executive/AGXbtpr06August2009/index.htm

To view a map of the Horwood Property please click on the following link:

http://www.amadorgoldcorp.com/i/pdf/Horwood_showings.pdf

About Amador Gold

Amador has assembled a portfolio of more than 20 properties of exceptional merit in established mining camps and emerging mineral districts of Canada. These projects include the Loveland gold-copper-nickel project program and the Horwood gold project.

The statements made in this Press Release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations and projections.

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