GPXM Golden Phoenix Minerals Inc (CE)

Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. ("Golden Phoenix" or the "Company") (OTCBB: GPXM) announced today that on April 26, 2012, the Court denied the Company's request for a preliminary injunction to stop the foreclosure and sale of the Company's 30% interest in the Mineral Ridge Gold, LLC, the joint venture entity that owns and operates the Mineral Ridge Gold Project in Nevada.

The balance of the issues in the lawsuit including conversion of property, accounting, breach of the covenant of good faith, fair dealing, and others are now ready to move forward through the normal litigation process, and the Company intends to prosecute the case vigorously to obtain the full benefit of all legal rights and remedies for its shareholders.

As part of the Court proceedings it was disclosed that a National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 Technical Report on the Mineral Ridge Gold Project, Nevada, was prepared by SRK Consulting (U.S.) Inc. ("SRK") for Golden Phoenix and has been filed on SEDAR.com.

Please visit the Golden Phoenix website at: www.goldenphoenix.us.

About Golden Phoenix: Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. is a Nevada-based mining company whose focus is Royalty Mining in the Americas. Golden Phoenix is committed to delivering shareholder value by identifying, acquiring, developing and joint venturing gold, silver and strategic metal deposits throughout North, South and Central America. Golden Phoenix owns, has an interest in, or has entered into agreements with respect to mineral properties located in the United States, Canada, Panama and Peru including its 30% interest in the Mineral Ridge gold project near Silver Peak, Nevada, and its 15% interest in Golden Phoenix Panama, S.A., the joint venture entity that owns and operates the Concessions constituting the Santa Rosa gold mine.

Forward-Looking Statements: Information contained herein regarding optimism related to the business, expanding exploration, development activities and other such statements are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. While Golden Phoenix believes such statements are reasonable, they are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business and are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual results could vary materially from the description contained herein due to many factors including continued market prices for the Company's mineral products, domestic and international business and economic conditions, and other risk factors listed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings under "risk factors" and elsewhere. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

For More Information Contact: Robert Ian Director of Corporate Communications (702) 589-7560 investor@goldenphoenix.us