Vancouver, British Columbia, February 9, 2012. The Smartstox Online TV Talk Show is alerting subscribers and other resource stock investors to project developments at Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. (PEX.V)(PQWA.F)(PEXZF.PK), and to the availability of an interview with management at www.smartstox.com/interviews/pex.

Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. (PEX.V)(PQWA.F)(PEXZF.PK) is advancing its Mariposa Gold Project in the Yukon's White Gold District. Active placer mining has been undertaken on the claims for over a century, and it looks like Pacific Ridge may have found a hard-rock source of that placer gold. In their first drill program at Mariposa, Pacific Ridge encountered many promising intersections including one of 38.9 m carrying 2.44 g/t gold and another with 1.67 g/t gold over 12.0 m.

The geology and emplacement of mineralization at Mariposa appears to be similar to that found at the Coffee Creek project 12 km to the southwest. Only a small section of the Skookum Trend was tested in 2011, and many other targets have yet to be drilled.

President John Brock told us more about the success of the 2011 drill program and the comprehensive exploration program planned for 2012 in our Smartstox Interview available at www.smartstox.com/interviews/pex. Our Smartstox Report at www.smartstox.com/reports/pex gives an overview of the company's many prospective holdings.

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