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VANCOUVER, Aug. 22, 2011 /CNW/ -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 22, 2011 /CNW/ - Alpha Gold Corporation (TSXV: ALQ) ("Alpha Gold" or the "Company") today announced that Claus te Wildt has resigned from the Board of Directors, effective immediately. A dedicated director of Alpha over the past six years, Dr. te Wildt is stepping down from the Board of Directors due to other work commitments. Dr. Claus te Wildt said, "While I will miss the opportunity of working with Alpha Gold in the future, I feel the leadership and strategic direction of the company is in very good hands." Currently, follow-up crews are conducting geological mapping, soil sampling and reclamation work on the Lustdust Property. The 2011 exploration is intended to map and sample previously unexplored regions of the property with the purpose of extending the zones of known mineralization. About Alpha Gold Corporation Alpha Gold is a mineral exploration company whose 100%-owned, royalty-free, Lustdust Property is advantageously situated with nearby road and rail access in north-central British Columbia. Lustdust consists of 20 contiguous mineral claims covering 9,583 hectares and contains twelve known mineralized areas, of which the copper-gold-silver Canyon Creek Skarn Deposit has a NI 43-101 compliant resource. Alpha Gold Corporation has approximately 47.2 million shares issued and outstanding, 62.0 million fully diluted. Shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "ALQ". - Carl Pines, Interim-CEO, Director, on behalf of Alpha Gold Corp. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Statements in this release that are forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the Company's periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators. Such information contained herein represents management's best judgement as of the date hereof based on information currently available. The Company does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement.  To view this news release in HTML formatting, please use the following URL: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2011/22/c5435.html p /p p align="justify" bCHF Investor Relations  /bbr/ Cathy Hume, CEObr/ T: 416-868-1079 x 231br/ E: a href="mailto:cathy@chfir.com"cathy@chfir.com/a /p p align="justify" iShould you wish to receive Company news via email, please contact /ia href="mailto:stephanie@chfir.com"stephanie@chfir.com/ai and specify "Alpha Gold News" in the subject line./i /p

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