Brigus Gold Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Brigus Gold Corp. ('Brigus? or the 'Company?) (TSX: BRD)(NYSE Amex: BRD)
announces that Dana Hatfield will be appointed Chief Financial Officer
following the retirement of Melvyn Williams, the Company′s current
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Hatfield will join Brigus′ senior management team in March 2011 and
will initially work alongside Mr. Williams who will remain with the
Company through a transition period ending the second quarter of 2011.
Mr. Hatfield, who joins the Company after serving as Senior Vice
President, Finance, at Gammon Gold Inc. ('Gammon?), will be based in the
Company′s head office located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Brigus′ President and Chief Executive Officer, Wade K. Dawe, said, 'Dana
Hatfield is a high-calibre financial executive and we are pleased to
have him join our senior management team as we continue to grow our
Company. We have been fortunate to have Mel Williams lead our finance
and accounting functions, especially over the past year, working through
the merger of Apollo Gold Corporation and Linear Gold Corp. to create
Brigus. The Board of Directors and I thank Mel for his many
contributions.?

Mr. Hatfield, a Chartered Accountant, has strong mining experience and
has held increasingly senior finance and accounting roles over his
career. Before his position with Gammon, he worked at Sysco Food
Services of Atlantic Canada and Grant Thornton LLP. Mr. Hatfield
graduated from Dalhousie University with a bachelor of commerce degree.

About Brigus

Brigus is a growing gold producer committed to maximizing shareholder
value through a strategy of efficient production, targeted exploration
and select acquisitions. The Company operates the wholly owned Black Fox
Mine in the Timmins gold district of Ontario, Canada. The Black Fox
Complex encompasses the Black Fox Mine and Mill, and adjoining Grey
Fox-Pike River property, all in the Township of Black River-Matheson,
Ontario, Canada. Brigus is also advancing the Goldfields Project located
near Uranium City, Saskatchewan, Canada, which hosts the Box and Athona
gold deposits. In Mexico, Brigus holds a 100% interest in the Ixhuatan
Project located in the state of Chiapas. In the Dominican Republic,
Brigus Gold has a joint venture covering three mineral exploration
projects.

Brigus Gold

Wendy Yang, 303-524-3203

Vice President of
Investor Relations

ir@brigusgold.com

www.brigusgold.com