HRT Harte Gold Corp (Tier 2)

HARTE GOLD CORP. ("Harte") (TSX VENTURE: HRT)(FRANKFURT: H4O) announces it has granted 500,000 options to acquire common shares of Harte to Robert L. Leclerc (250,000) and Arthur Dalfen (250,000). The Stock Options are exercisable at $0.70 per common share and expire November 9, 2015.

Robert L. Leclerc, QC, has been retained to provide business and legal advice to Harte. Mr. Leclerc is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Minefinders Corporation Ltd. and Quest Rare Minerals Ltd., both Canadian publicly listed companies.

Mr. Leclerc was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Echo Bay Mines Ltd., then one of North America's largest gold producers, from April 1997 until February 2003. A long-time corporate and securities lawyer based in Montreal, Quebec and later in Edmonton, Alberta, Mr. Leclerc's last position before leading Echo Bay was Chairman, CEO and Partner of the Western Canadian law firm of Milner Fennerty, now Fraser Milner Casgrain with more than 500 lawyers in six Canadian cities.

Mr. Leclerc graduated Magna Cum Laude with an Honours B.A. degree from the Universite de Montreal in 1965. He subsequently graduated with a Baccalaureate in Civil Law from McGill University in Montreal where, in 1968, he was awarded the Gold Medal by the Faculty of Law.

Arthur Dalfen has been retained to provide corporate finance and business development advice to Harte. Mr. Dalfen has provided strategic advisory services to several junior mining exploration companies over the past several years.

Stephen G. Roman, President and CEO, stated: "We are extremely pleased that Robert Leclerc and Arthur Dalfen have accepted our invitation to become strategic advisors to Harte. As we accelerate our gold exploration efforts on the Sugar Zone Property in Ontario, their knowledge and experience will be invaluable to management as Harte enters the most dynamic stage in its development."

About Harte Gold Corp.

Harte Gold Corp. is a Canadian gold exploration company with interests in the Sugar Zone and Stoughton- Abitibi properties located in Ontario, Canada. The Sugar Zone Property is located 60 kilometres east of the Hemlo Gold Camp and holds an NI 43-101 compliant Indicated Resource of 1,117,000 tonnes, grading 8.41 g/t Au for 302,000 ounces of contained gold and an Inferred Resource of 417,000 tonnes, grading 7.13 g/t Au for 95,000 ounces of contained gold. Harte is the operator of the Sugar Zone Property and currently owns a 49% interest with the option to acquire the remaining 51% for consideration equal to $90,000 every six months until payment of $2.5 million by May 28, 2012 or $3 million by May 28, 2013. Harte also holds the Stoughton-Abitibi property located on and adjacent to the Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone in close proximity to the 2.5 million ounce Holloway-Holt Gold Mine in the Timmins Porcupine gold camp.

Common Shares Outstanding: 133,109,528

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Contacts: Harte Gold Corp. Stephen G. Roman President and CEO 416-368-0999 sgr@hartegold.com Harte Gold Corp. David Ellis Investor Relations Consultant 416-704-0937 davidellis@hartegold.com