Balmoral Resources Ltd. announced the successful expansion of the recently discovered, near-surface high-grade Ripley Gold Zone within the Area 51 gold system on its Fenelon Property in Quebec. The Fenelon Property forms part of the Company's district-scale Detour Gold Trend Project in Quebec. Balmoral's Detour Gold Trend Project adjoins the holdings of Detour Gold Corp. - the subject of a current $4.5+ billion takeover offer - on its western end, surrounds and controls a portion of the rapidly expanding Area 51 gold system, as further evidenced by today's results, and features Balmoral's wholly-owned Martiniere gold and Grasset nickel deposits. All nine holes completed during the second phase of drilling in Area 52 targeted the Ripley Zone, which was first intersected in drilling earlier this summer. The Ripley Zone is one of three zones of significant gold mineralization intersected in Area 52, which is located immediately south and along trend from Wallbridge Mining's Area 51 gold discovery. Near surface follow-up drilling at Ripley intersected anomalous to high-grade gold mineralization within the targeted sheared and sericite +/- silica-altered rock package from the bedrock surface to a vertical depth of approximately 220 metres. Below this the Zone remains open. Recent results from below the 450 metre vertical level on the adjacent Fenelon Mine Property have shown the potential for a significant increase in grade x thickness to depth within the Area 51 gold system. Gold grades in individual intercepts from the current program range from 0.12 g/t gold over 2.60 metres to a high of 32.70 g/t gold over 0.39 metres. Locally the gold mineralized zone reaches widths of over 22 metres. Higher grade, visible gold-bearing intervals in discovery hole A52-19-03, and holes A52-19-05, A52-19-08, A52-19-09 and A52-19-13 indicate a steep west-southwest plunge for the high-grade gold mineralization at Ripley.