GOLD – Fire River Gold Corp. Sept. 1 announced it has engaged Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Inc. to prepare a preliminary economic assessment to evaluate the economic viability of resuming underground commercial production at the Nixon Fork gold mine. The PEA will present a preliminary mine plan for the project, including dilution and recovery analysis, stoping method selection, production and development forecasts, capital and operating cost estimations, revenue projection, and a financial model. The tentative date for completion of the study is mid December. This will be the third technical report that the Fire River will publish on Nixon Fork in 2010, the first being an updated NI 43-101 resource estimate (scheduled for September) and the second being a PEA evaluating the completion a carbon-in-leach circuit to reprocess the historic tailings pond. The Snowden PEA will incorporate the results of the prior two studies. Fire River is actively drilling the orebody both from surface and underground as part of a 28,000-meter drill program, which will be continued through winter and completed in spring of 2011. For timeliness, the results of this program will not be incorporated into the Snowden PEA.