Marathon Gold Corp.

TORONTO, Aug. 10, 2011 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, Aug. 10, 2011 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation ('Marathon' or the 'Company') (MOZ:TSX) is pleased to announce a drill intercept of 5.5 meters of 8.26 g/t gold
(True Thickness) in drill hole GC 11-11 from the core drilling program
underway at the Golden Chest Mine in Murray, Idaho. The Golden Chest
Mine is owned 50% by Marathon, and 50% by New Jersey Mining Company

TORONTO, Aug. 9, 2011 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, Aug. 9, 2011 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation ('Marathon' or the 'Company') (MOZ:TSX) is pleased to announce the continued success of its 2011 drilling
program at the Leprechaun Gold Deposit with the intersection of wide
intervals of high grade mineralization in VL-11-306 with 16.15g/t Au
over 13.3m, as well as additional mineralization in VL-11-304 with 1.56
g/t Au over

TORONTO, July 27, 2011 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, July 27, 2011 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation ('Marathon' or the 'Company') (MOZ: TSX) is pleased to announce continued success of its 2011 drilling program.
With the intersection of wide intervals of mineralization in VL-11-296
with 2.18g/t Au over 32.2m, in VL-11-291 with 3.53 g/t Au over 14.4m,
and in VL-11-292 with 1.60 g/t Au over 12.0m, substantial success is

TORONTO, July 13, 2011 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, July 13, 2011 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation (MOZ-TSX)
('Marathon' or 'the Company') is pleased to announce a significant
drill intercept of 29.6 meters of 1.56 g/t gold over 29.6 meters in
drill hole GC 11-16 from the core drilling program currently underway
at the Golden Chest Mine in Murray, Idaho. This result is part of the
open pit program announced in the

TORONTO, June 29, 2011 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, June 29, 2011 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation ('Marathon' or 'the Company') (MOZ-TSX) is pleased to announce today the intersection of a wide interval of gold
mineralization in the northeast section of the Leprechaun Gold Deposit.
Drill hole VL-11-288 intersected 2.09 g/t Au over 65.6m including
16.49g/t Au over 3.2m and 76.0 g/t over 0.8m  (Figure - SZ). Additional new

TORONTO, June 14, 2011 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, June 14, 2011 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation (MOZ-TSX) ('Marathon') announced today its financial results for the three months ended March
31, 2011.

Marathon ended the period ended March 31, 2011 with $7.6 million in cash
and no debt.

Highlights:

    --  Completing Marathon's earn-in into a 50% interest in the
        Valentine Lake property by making a payment of

TORONTO, June 9, 2011 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, June 9, 2011 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX:MOZ) is pleased
to report continuing results from the core drilling program underway at
the Golden Chest Mine near Murray, Idaho.  The Golden Chest Mine is a
joint venture with New Jersey Mining Company (OTCBB:NJMC), where NJMC
is the operator of the venture.

Surface core drilling has focused on extending the current

TORONTO, May 4 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, May 4 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation (MOZ-TSX) announced today the near surface intersection of a wide interval of gold
mineralization in the Sprite Zone, located 700 m northeast along strike
from the Leprechaun Gold Deposit. Drill hole VL-11-264 intersected 1.85
g/t Au over 20.0m including 16.86 g/t Au over 1.0m within 20m of the
surface  (Figure - SZ). Previous historical

TORONTO, April 26 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, April 26 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation (MOZ:TSX) ('Marathon' or 'the Company') announced today the near surface
intersection of a wide interval of gold mineralization at the
Leprechaun Gold Deposit; the first defined gold resource within the
highly prospective Valentine Lake Property in central Newfoundland.
Drill hole VL-11-282 intersected 2.57 g/t Au over 20.25m

TORONTO, March 29 /CNW/ --
TORONTO, March 29 /CNW/ - Marathon Gold Corporation (TSX: MOZ) ('Marathon') announced today its financial results for the year ended December 31,
2010.

Marathon ended the year ended December 31, 2010 with a strong balance
sheet, with $7.6 million in cash and no debt.

Highlights:

    --  Completing an earn-in into a 50% interest in the Valentine Lake
        property by making a