Gondwana Gold commences 2012 drilling program

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TORONTO, May 25, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Gondwana Gold Inc. (GON: TSXV) today provided an update on its 2012 exploration program in Burkina Faso.

Work is being carried out on three properties, Gabou, Dianvour and Ouaraba. All are easily accessible by paved road from the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, and situated in southwest Burkina Faso, within the Birimian Boromo Greenstone Belt hosting the Kalsaka and Poura gold mines.

• The Gabou Property covers 181.6 sq. km and is located 135 km west southwest of Ouagadougou
• The Dianvour Property covers 248.5 sq. km and is located 210 km southwest of Ouagadougou,
• The Ouaraba Property covers 129.5 sq. km and is located 260 km south southwest of Ouagadougou,

The exploration program is being carried out in several phases with work that includes detailed soil surveys, pitting, trenching and litho-structural analysis from satellite imagery.  The first phase 10,000 meters of RC drilling program on both the Dianvour and Ouaraba property is underway. Results are anticipated in the third quarter of 2012.

Following the results of the current RC drilling program, a second phase of 10,000 meters of RC drilling is planned for the fourth quarter of 2012, and will focus on the best results from the first phase.   Partial results received to date from the soil and trenching program on the Dianvour property, confirm a well-defined gold in soil anomaly in the north-west corner of the property. This is an area which has held artisanal mining and is characterized by important fracturing with quartz veining and stock works. Some of the quartz veins observed in the trenches have displayed widths of up to 6 meters.

The RC drilling program was initiated on the Dianvour property on May 12^th, 2012 in the north western zones known as the Lopal and Memer prospects. These zones have been the subject of artisanal mining activities.  As of April 30^th, 2012, 608 soil samples and 1188 trench samples from 2 036.7 meters of trenching had been submitted for analysis.

On the Ouaraba property, a 2,650 meters trenching program is underway and a 5,000 meters RC drilling program is underway and is expected to be completed by the end of June.

A global amount of $2.75 million for exploration has been approved for 2012.

This press release has been reviewed for accuracy and compliance under National Instrument 43-101 by François Auclair, PGeo, MSc., Gondwana Gold Inc's Lead Geologist and Qualified Person.

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Gondwana Gold Inc.
Yves Grou
President
Phone: (514) 744‐4408 ext 3347