Renaissance Gold Inc. reported on the progress and status of its Nevada, USA projects and anticipated drilling plans for the remainder of 2018. The company had a productive season of generative exploration, bringing two new high-quality projects into the portfolio, including the Mars Project, and the recently acquired Ghost Ranch Project. Ghost Ranch, located in Elko County, Nevada was acquired through staking on open ground. The project is a shallow pediment target located SE of Newmont's Long Canyon Mine and along a proposed northwest trend of gold occurrences. The target is indicated through gravity data, enzyme leach soil geochemistry and a pH survey. The Mars project lies within the Coeur Exploration Alliance area for 2018, and the Ghost Ranch Project lies within the Kinross ROFR area. The Ecru Project, located in Lander County, Nevada is subject to an earn-in agreement with S2 Resources Ltd. S2 has completed additional gravity and audio magnetotellurics (AMT) surveys over the project and is planning to begin drilling in the coming weeks. The Ecru project is a Carlin-type target in the heart of the Cortez Trend, located to the north of Barrick's Pipeline Complex and Robertson property, which was recently acquired from Coral Gold for USD 15,750,000 and a sliding scale royalty. Barrick is currently conducting development work including pre-feasibility, metallurgy, engineering and drilling. The Silicon Project, located in Nye County Nevada is under option to AngloGold Ashanti NA. AngloGold Ashanti has reported plans to drill a 17,000 meter follow-up program beginning in fourth quarter of 2018. The Jake Creek Project, located in Humboldt County, Nevada is subject to an earn-in agreement with Ginguro Gold Pty. Ltd. Ginguro is planning a 1000-sample soil geochemistry program, utilizing ALS Minerals' Ionic LeachTM method. The results of this survey will be integrated with geophysical and drill data to plan the next phase of drilling on the project in 2019. The Spruce East Project, located in Elko County, Nevada, is subject to an earn-in agreement with Kinross Gold U.S.A. Inc. A Phase 2 follow-up drilling program was designed to offset mineralization in the Cicada target, as well as test additional targets throughout the project. The program consisted of 9 reverse circulation drill holes, totaling 2316 meters (7600 feet) and was completed in August. Drilling intercepted multiple zones of anomalism in the Cicada and Beetle target areas. Hole SE18-04, drilled to deepen hole SE17-04, which bottomed in mineralization, intercepted anomalous mineralization, but did not significantly increase the grade. SE18-12 and SE18-13 intercepted lower grade anomalism to the north and west. Drilling on the Beetle target intercepted low grade gold anomalism associated with the Beetle antiform in holes SE18-09 and SE18-10. RenGold and Kinross will evaluate the results to decide on future exploration on the project.