Pershing Gold Corp fka PGLC

[Vegas Matt]

PGLC thanks that is good news! Pershing Gold Announces Final Permits Approved to Start Mining at Relief Canyon

http://ir.stockpr.com/pershinggold/press-releases/detail/624

LAKEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Pershing Gold Corporation (OTCQB: PGLC) ("Pershing Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that state and federal regulatory authorities have approved the final permits needed to start mining at Pershing Gold's Relief Canyon Mine in Pershing County, Nevada. The permits issued by the Winnemucca District Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection/Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation ("NDEP") authorize mining within the existing open-pit mine. These agencies had already issued permits for the heap leach mineral processing facilities at Relief Canyon.

"This is a landmark event in the history of the Relief Canyon Mine," stated Stephen D. Alfers, Pershing Gold's Chairman and CEO.