Pershing Gold to Exhibit at 2016 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada International Convention & Investors Exchange

LAKEWOOD, Colo., March 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Pershing Gold Corporation PGLC (FWB:7PG1) ("Pershing Gold" or the "Company"), an emerging Nevada gold producer, today announces that it will be exhibiting at the 2016 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada International Convention ("PDAC").

PDAC will be held March 6-9, 2016 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Pershing Gold invites all interested investors to visit the Company at booth #2646 in the Investor's Exchange at PDAC.  

About Pershing Gold Corporation
Pershing Gold is an emerging gold producer whose primary asset is the Relief Canyon Mine in Pershing County, Nevada. Relief Canyon includes three open-pit mines and a state-of-the-art, fully permitted and constructed heap-leach processing facility. Pershing Gold is currently permitted to resume mining at Relief Canyon under the existing Plan of Operations.

Pershing Gold's landholdings cover approximately 25,000 acres that include the Relief Canyon Mine asset and lands surrounding the mine in all directions. This land package provides Pershing Gold with the opportunity to expand the Relief Canyon Mine deposit and to explore and make new discoveries on nearby lands.

Pershing Gold is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol PGLC and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 7PG1.

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