Cassidy Gold Corp. ("Cassidy") (TSX VENTURE:CDX) is pleased to announce that a
planned exploration program consisting of multi-stage Rotary Air Blast (RAB) and
Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling has begun on the Nassile Gold Project located
in the Republic of Niger, West Africa. RAB drilling is currently testing several
areas of anomalous soil and rock geochemistry. RC drilling will begin testing
specific targets in the first week of January, 2010. Cassidy, the project
operator, is earning up to a 70% interest in Nassile from Island Arc Exploration
Corp. ("Island Arc").


The Nassile permit covers 576.7 square kilometres of the Sirba greenstone belt
in the lower Proterozoic Birimian volcano-sedimentary series adjacent to the
Burkina Faso border 100 kilometres southwest of Niamey, the capital of Niger.
The Nassile project lies 35 kilometres south of the Samira Hill gold mine and
200 kilometres southeast of IAMGold's Essakane Project.


During the 2008 and 2009 field programs, Island Arc geologists identified a
number of prospects hosting significant gold mineralization along at least 20
kilometres of the regional, northeast-trending Tampena shear zone. These targets
include gold-quartz veins, potential sheeted veins, and quartz stockwork vein
systems in a variety of host rocks, representing both high-grade and bulk
tonnage targets. The planned program of approximately 16 RAB lines and 74 RC
holes is aimed at aggressively testing priority gold targets in the Bamperi,
Forbemi, Songonduari, Koutougou, and Tirboye areas.


Bamperi Prospect

The northern section of the Bamperi Prospect is marked by several large
northeast-trending quartz veins extending over a distance of up to 1.5
kilometres. Significant artisanal diggings expose sections of the veins. Grab
sampling from the central portion of one such vein returned several high-grade
assays, including 109 g/t and 105 g/t Au (grams per tonne gold). Grab samples
400 metres to the northeast returned assays of 58.2 g/t Au and 30.0 g/t Au, with
seven more grading greater than 10 g/t Au. Sulphides including galena, pyrite,
chalcopyrite and bornite appear related to high gold values in quartz veining.


A prominent chargeability high runs northeast through the Bamperi Prospect and
the central part of the Tampena structure. Much of the area, particularly to the
south, is covered by alluvial laterite but one trench (No. 17) excavated during
the 2008 program intersected 7.55 g/t Au over three metres at the south end of
the anomaly. A number of north-south, east-west, and northeast-trending veins
have been mapped and sampled. Grab samples from one such vein returned assays of
35.7 g/t Au, 25.1 g/t Au, and 21.8 g/t Au. Another grab sample 500 metres
farther northeast assayed 132 g/t Au. RAB drilling is currently testing this
mineralized zone.


Forbemi Prospect

Located five kilometres southwest of Bamperi, Forbemi is marked by prominent
northeast-trending chargeability highs covered by hard laterite that may mask
mineralization at depth. Significantly, the Forbemi area hosts at least two
northwest-to-west-trending quartz-sulphide veins. The southern vein is exposed
in extensive artisanal workings over a distance of almost 200 metres. Two grab
samples from the workings returned assays of 9.20 g/t Au and 6.77 g/t Au.


Songonduari Prospect

Early in 2009, a gold rush of approximately 10,000 local artisanal miners
descended on the Songonduari Prospect. Coarse gold was recovered from hard
lateritic cover at surface, and from smoky grey, quartz veining at depths of up
to 15 metres. Eleven of 60 grab samples returned assays greater than one gram
per tonne Au, including 13.1 g/t and 15.5 g/t Au from quartz veins in graphitic
sedimentary rocks near the southern limit of the trend. A sample from a
sulphide-rich quartz vein, approximately 750 metres to the east, assayed 8.28
g/t Au. RAB and RC drilling will look to define a number of mineralized
structures identified in artisanal workings.


Koutougou Area

Veins mapped at Bamperi continue to the northeast into the adjoining Koutougou
area. Grab samples collected from quartz veins at Koutougou returned assays from
less than 0.01 g/t Au to 11.8 g/t Au, but to date work in the Koutougou area has
been limited to prospecting. Soil and/or termite mound geochemistry will cover
projected mineralized trends followed by RAB and RC drilling.


Tirboye Prospect

Regolith mapping at Tirboye, 15 kilometres northeast of Bamperi, has identified
several prospective quartz structures in highly sheared metavolcanic and
metasedimentary rocks. These vein structures trend north-easterly and strongly
resemble the veins mapped at Bamperi North. Grades from 28 grab samples
collected from these quartz vein structures at Tirboye ranged from less than
0.01 g/t to 20.8 g/t Au with 12 samples returning values greater than 1.0 g/t
Au. Drilling will test a number of these large quartz vein structures.


Kouroussa, Guinea

Cassidy Gold Corp. ("Cassidy") is also proceeding with a gradient Induced
Polarization (IP) survey at the Kouroussa Gold Project, located in Guinea, West
Africa. Cassidy holds a 100% interest in the project. This grid, totalling 145
line-kilometres, will cover the entire project resource area including Koekoe
and extending over to Sodyanfe and northeast to Kinkine, areas considered most
prospective for the identification of additional gold resources at Kouroussa.
Based on results of the survey, targets will be prioritized ahead of a planned
drill program. IP surveys have been used to successfully identify priority
targets at Crew Gold's Lefa Gold Mine and Semafo's Kiniero Mine, 120 kilometres
north and 35 kilometres south of Kouroussa, respectively.


Christopher J. Wild, P.Eng, V.P. Exploration, is Cassidy's Qualified Person for
this release.


This news release contains certain statements that may be deemed
"forward-looking statements". Forward looking statements are statements that are
not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words
"expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates",
"projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions
"will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur. Although Cassidy Gold Corp.
believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based
on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual results or realities may differ materially from those in
forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs,
estimates and opinions of Cassidy Gold Corp.'s management on the date the
statements are made. Except as required by law, Cassidy Gold Corp. undertakes no
obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that
management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.


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