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1 ASX AND MEDIA RELEASE ASX Code: CRE TSX Code: CRA FFT Code: CRE5 SHARE INFORMATION ASX Share Price: Issued Shares: Market Cap: A$ ,077.9m A$55.0m Unlisted options: 32.3m By Electronic Lodgement 6 April 2011 Not for Distribution to United States newswire services or for dissemination in the United States. STRONG GOLD RESULTS IN DIAMOND DRILLING LAVERTON GOLD PROJECT Crescent Gold Limited (ASX:CRE, TSX:CRA), the Australian gold miner and resources developer today reported encouraging results from diamond core drilling at the Company s Apollo, Aurora and Calypso gold resources, part of its broader Laverton gold project in Western Australia. The purpose of the drilling was to supply material for density testwork, provide high quality samples for comparative work against previous RC drill samples and to build a better understanding of geological controls on mineralisation. The most significant recorded intersections from the diamond drilling include: g/t Au, including g/t Au 3.62 g/t Au 1.27 g/t Au (A full table of intercepts > 0.8 g/t received in this programme is included below along with a list of collars). Crescent Gold s Managing Director, Mr Mark Tory, commented: We are very excited with the continuation of encouraging drilling results from the Apollo, Aurora and Calypso gold resources. These results and further planned drilling on the resources will likely enable the Company to extend its resource base. The Apollo deposit is located 8 kilometres southwest of Laverton and approximately 20 kilometres from Barrick s Granny Smith Mill (BGSM). Crescent has an Ore Purchase Agreement (OPA) with subsidiaries of Barrick Gold for the sale of Crescent s gold ore to Barrick for processing at BGSM. CONTACT DETAILS Level 2, Subiaco Square Subiaco WA 6008 Phone: Fax: info@crescentgold.com ABN The Apollo, Aurora and Calypso gold projects, are part of an 11 km trend of gold mineralisation that also includes the Liberty, Eclipse and Emerald projects. These six projects as at 30 June 2010 were estimated to contain combined indicated and inferred resources of 502,000 ounces gold. A breakdown of these resources is provided in the Crescent Gold 2010 Annual Report. The projects are located on mining leases 38/49, 38/535 and 38/101, held 100% by Crescent Gold Limited. This announcement is based on results from 8 diamond core holes totalling 604 metres. Four holes were drilled at Apollo, 2 holes at Aurora and 2 holes at Calypso. Crescent is continuing the development of these deposits, with further infill RC, diamond core drilling and associated development studies set to commence. The Apollo area is also currently being assessed for additional deep RC / diamond core drill targets.

2 HOLE No. FROM TO DD DRILLING SIGNIFICANT RESULTS INTERVAL GRADE (g/t Au) SIGNIFICANT INTERCEPTS MGA MGA WHDD g/t Including g/t INDD g/t WHDD g/t WHDD g/t WHDD g/t INDD g/t BCDD g/t WHDD g/t WHDD g/t WHDD g/t INDD g/t Selection criteria: 0.8g/t gold lower cut-off, minimum down-hole width of 2m and maximum down-hole internal dilution of 2m. The tables list only those intercepts with a gram-metre product greater than or equal to 5 gram-metres. Core recovery was excellent, at typically better than 97 % over intervals reported. HOLE No. CRESCENT GOLD DD DRILLING COLLARS RL AZI DIP TOTAL DEPTH LOCAL_ LOCAL_ LOCAL_RL BCDD BCDD INDD INDD WHDD WHDD WHDD WHDD The information in this report that relates to gold Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr Jeff Ion, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and is employed by Crescent. Mr Ion has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves and a Qualified Person under Canadian National Instrument Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. He consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. PAGE 2

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5 ABOUT CRESCENT GOLD Crescent Gold Limited is a top 10 listed Australian gold producer and explorer based in Perth, Western Australia. With a primary focus on gold mining and exploration, the Company is actively advancing its flagship asset, the Laverton Gold Project located 250km north east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Crescent maintains a dominant land position of over 1,400km 2 of highly prospective tenements in a world recognised and well endowed mineralised geological domain. With 30Mt of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources that contain over 2.1Moz of gold, and a Probable Ore Reserve position of 445,000 ounces (both as at 30 June 2010), Crescent has a plan to carry on building its presence in the Laverton district. The Company plans to continue exploration and development to grow its reserve and resource base, and further leverage its production base to grow reserves, production, cash flow and earnings. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT This discussion and analysis contains certain forward-looking statements. These include statements about our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies for the future, and are indicated by words such as budget, anticipate, intent, believe, estimate, forecast, expect, and similar words. While all forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events, they are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in these statements for a number of factors, including those which are described in the Corporation s periodic filings with securities regulatory authorities. We base our forward-looking statements on information currently available to us and we do not assume any obligation to update or revise them, except in accordance with applicable securities laws, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. In accordance with the requirements of Canadian National Instrument further information on the geology and mineralising setting can be found within the "Independent Technical Report on the Laverton Gold Project Western Australia which is available on SEDAR ( or the Company s website Additional information related to the Company is available for review at sedar.com or on the Company s website at For further information please contact: In Australia: In Canada: Mark Tory Renee Brickner Managing Director PAGE 5