Argonaut Gold Inc.

PEA Shows NPV of $278 Million, Projected Gold Equivalent Production of 480,000 Ounces

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/09/12 -- Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX: AR) ('Argonaut Gold', 'Argonaut' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce the results from a new National Instrument 43-101 compliant ('N.I. 43-101'), Preliminary Economic Assessment ('PEA') for the 100% owned La Colorada gold-silver project, located 45 km southeast of Hermosillo, Mexico. The updated PEA was completed by SRK Consulting Inc. of Denver, CO. Argonaut acquired the La Colorada project (along with the San Antonio Gold Project) through the acquisition of Pediment Gold Corp. in February of 2011. (All dollar values in this release are expressed in $US).

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 12/14/11 -- Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX: AR) ('Argonaut Gold', 'Argonaut' or the 'Company') has named Mr. Richard Rhoades as the new Chief Operating Officer for the Company. This is in conjunction with the retirement of Mr. Edgar Smith, the current COO. Mr. Rhoades is the former General Manager of the Mission

Favorable Results Indicate Further Work Necessary

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/28/11 -- Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX: AR) ('Argonaut Gold', 'Argonaut' or the 'Company') announces initial results regarding possible heap leaching of El Castillo sulphides. SRK's November 6, 2011 technical report includes a measured and indicated ('M&I') sulphide resource of 1.5 million ounces at an average grade of 0.32 g/t (please see foot note #1) which underlies oxide and transitional gold mineralization at El Castillo.

Q3 Earnings per Basic Share of $0.07

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/14/11 -- Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX: AR) ('Argonaut Gold', 'Argonaut' or the 'Company') announces financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. All dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise specified. All financial results are presented in accordance with IFRS, unless otherwise noted.

14 million Silver Ounces up 173%

The Company is moving forward on the development of La Colorada Project

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/24/11 -- Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX: AR) ('Argonaut' or the 'Company') is pleased to report that the Measured and Indicated ('M&I') gold resource at its 100% owned La Colorada Project located near Hermosillo, Mexico has increased from 605,000 M&I ounces to 1,067,000 M&I ounces.

East Side Plant has Been Commissioned for Production

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/17/11 -- Argonaut Gold Inc. ('Argonaut Gold' or the 'Company') (TSX: AR), announced today that the Company produced 16,884 ounces of gold during the 3rd quarter of 2011 (ended September 30, 2011) at its 100% owned El Castillo Mine ('El Castillo'), located 100 km north of the city of Durango, Mexico.

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/14/11 -- Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX: AR) ('Argonaut' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that Standard & Poor's Index Operations will be adding Argonaut Gold to the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index, effective upon the close of trading on Friday, September 16, 2011. The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index provides an investable

Q2 Earnings per share of $0.06

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 08/15/11 -- Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX: AR) ('Argonaut' or the 'Company') announces financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. All dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise specified. All financial results are presented in accordance with IFRS, unless otherwise noted.