Freegold Continues to Extend High-Grade Mineralization at Rob with 4.5 m of 18 g/t Gold in Step-Out Holes

VANCOUVER, Sept. 16  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Freegold Ventures Limited (TSX: ITF, OTCBB: FGOVF, Frankfurt: FR4) is pleased to announce that it is continuing to intersect high-grade gold mineralization at its 100% controlled Rob property. Holes 19 and 20 were collared from the same pad as Hole 18 which recently intersected 2.4 m grading 62 g/t gold. These holes encountered the main Grey Lead vein along with numerous other veins within the hanging wall that may either represent stacked veins, or possible eastern dipping off-shoots of the main westerly dipping vein.

Hole 19 was drilled to the east at angle of -75 degrees and was designed to intercept the vein 15 to 25 m down dip from the intercept in hole 18 that was drilled at a -45 degree angle. The veins in hole 19 contained banded to disseminated arsenopyrite and pyrite which varied from mottled grey vitreous quartz to pure sugary white quartz. These veins look identical to the vein material which contained high-grade gold mineralization from the 2007 drilling, which intersected the main Grey Lead vein from pads located a further 100 and 250 feet to the north. Quartz stockwork, which has not yet been seen in any of the previous holes, was also found in the footwall below the vein. Select intervals from two of the veins were submitted on a rush assay basis. The thicker Grey Lead vein included an interval of 4.5 m grading 18 g/t, while a smaller vein approximately 9 m above the Grey Lead vein included a 0.4 m section grading 86.4 g/t. Higher grade intersections from this material included:

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   From            To           Interval       Gold Grade       Gold Grade
  (foot)         (foot)          (feet)         (g/tonne)        (oz/ton)
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  57.9            59.2             1.3             86.4             2.52
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  87.8            88.8             1.0             10.3             0.30
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  88.8            91.8             3.0             26.0             0.76
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  91.8            95.2             3.4             53.7             1.57
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Hole 20 was drilled vertically, and was designed to intercept the vein a further 15 to 25 m down from the vein intersected in hole 19. The veins and stock work mineralization in this hole appear similar to those seen in hole 19. Selected intervals submitted for rush assay (which does not include other quartz veins and stockwork in this hole that have not been rushed) include the following:

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   From            To           Interval       Gold Grade       Gold Grade
  (foot)         (foot)          (feet)         (g/tonne)        (oz/ton)
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  48.6            51.8             3.2              4.7             0.14
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  51.8            56.7             4.9              1.9             0.05
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  79.1            81.7             2.6             18.8             0.55
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  81.7            82.7             1.0              1.3             0.04
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Drilling at Rob has now been completed. A total of 12 holes were drilled from 6 different pad locations. These holes were designed to further test the strike and depth extension of the high-grade, near surface gold mineralization intersected in last year's program. In addition to further tracing the Grey Lead vein along surface, prospecting and sampling in the Grey Lead area has also identified two parallel gold-bearing veins to the east, suggesting that the Grey Lead vein may be one of a series of veins, comparable to the multiple vein system which is currently being mined at the nearby Pogo Mine.

Assay results cited herein were based on drill core collected by Avalon Development Corporation, consultants to Freegold, under the supervision of Curt Freeman, MS., PGeo, Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. All samples are shipped to ALS Chemex at its Fairbanks Preparation Laboratory for pulping. Pulps are shipped to ALS Chemex Laboratories in Reno, NV for gold analysis using fire assay with an AA finish. Multi-element analysis using ICP-AES with aqua regia digestion are done by ALS Chemex in Vancouver, B.C.

The Qualified Person with respect to scientific and technical information contained herein is Michael P. Gross, M.S., P. Geo., VP Exploration, Freegold Ventures Limited, who has reviewed and approved the contents of this release.

About Freegold Ventures Limited

Freegold Ventures Limited is a North American exploration and development company with a management team experienced in mine development and production that has a proven track-record in transitioning exploration companies into gold producers. The Company is currently exploring advanced-stage gold projects in Idaho and Alaska. Freegold holds a 100% lease interest in the Almaden gold project in Idaho. This large tonnage epithermal gold deposit was the subject of a feasibility study in 1997 calling for the development of a 95,000 oz/year open pit, heap leach mine. Freegold has finalized a 54,700-foot drilling program which has successfully identified numerous extensions to the gold mineralization, along with newly identified open-ended areas of molybdenum mineralization. The Company is in the process of generating a new 43-101 resource which will be followed with the commencement of new economic evaluations. Freegold's 40,100-foot drill program in 2007 continued to discover new high-grade veins and bulk tonnage shear zones on its 93% controlled Golden Summit project outside Fairbanks, Alaska. Historically over 6.75 million ounces have been recovered from streams that drain the Golden Summit project area and an additional 500,000 ounces of lode gold were recovered from past producing mines on the Golden Summit project which is situated less than 5 miles to the north of the +7 million ounce Fort Knox Mine. Further evaluation and expansion of the mineralization is currently being undertaken with a combination of closely spaced shallow drilling, deeper, systematic core drilling and on-going bulk sampling program using an on-site gravity-based concentration plant. Drilling in 2008 is also being conducted on the company's 100% controlled Rob property, where the Company has intersected high-grade gold in near surface quartz veins similar in appearance and grade to those being mined at the nearby 5.6 million ounce Pogo Mine. Work programs are also planned on the Vinasale property, where the Company has entered into an exploration agreement with option to lease which contains the previously identified Vinasale gold deposit.

  On behalf of the Board of Directors     For further information:
                                          Mark Feeney - Investor Relations
  "Steve Manz"                            1.604.786.2587
  Steve Manz, President and C.E.O.        



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