Columbus Gold Corp. announced that a drill rig has arrived at Columbus' 100% owned Montagne d'Or Gold deposit in French Guiana, in preparation for an exploration drilling program. Montagne d'Or hosts Indicated mineral resources of 3.9 million ounces (contained within 83.2 million tonnes grading 1.45 g/t gold) and Inferred mineral resources of 1.1 million ounces (contained within 22.4 million tonnes grading 1.55 g/t gold) using a cut-off grade of 0.4 g/t gold. In anticipation of the forthcoming completion of a Bankable Feasibility Study on the Montagne d'Or gold deposit, an exploration focused drilling program will be carried-out, with the objective of assessing expansion potential. Drilling equipment is now on site and road and drill pad construction is underway. The program will consist of 36 core holes, for a total 5,520 meters, designed as a first pass investigation of exploration targets on strike of, and in very close proximity of the currently defined mineral resources that form the deposit. Three separate targets will be tested outside of the deposit envelope: the west extension of the Montagne d'Or deposit (holes 2 to 24); the Gustave geochemical anomaly 750 meters east of the Montagne d'Or deposit (holes 25 to 33); and mesothermal quartz-gold vein systems (holes 34 to 36). In addition, within the Montagne d'Or deposit envelope one hole (hole 01) will test the depth extension of the gold mineralization. To date the vertical depth of drilling has averaged only about 250 meters.