Baru Gold Corp. announced the arrival of the drill rig on Sangihe Island. The initial area targeted for this drilling program is covered in the Sangihe 2010 NI 43-101 report which identified 835,000 ounces of gold as an inferred resource between Binebase and Bawone villages over approximately 1.2 kilometres of strike length. An infill drilling program will be conducted in this area to upgrade some of the inferred resources into indicated and measured resource status. Over the past few months, the Company has prepared 27 drill pad sites which will be the focus of activity over the next two months. Thereafter, exploration drilling will continue over an additional 1.45 kilometres from Bawone to South of Salurang village following the continuation of the known geochemical anomaly and with guidance from the ongoing structural study. Once that program has been completed, the identified resources will then be infill drilled to bring some of these resources into indicated and measured status. The rig will then be further deployed for regional target work. Construction is currently in progress. Preparation of the laydown area is now 90% complete and widening of the access bridge to the laydown has been completed. All mobilization requirements for construction are in place, including security, labour clearing crew, heavy equipment, fuel, electrical team, and facilities. Catering facilities at camp are operational and on-site laundry facilities will be running next week.