Serafino Iacono, Executive Co-Chairman of Gran Colombia Gold, purchases 1,165,000 shares of the Company

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, April 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM)\n announced today that its Executive Co-Chairman, Serafino Iacono, has\n purchased an aggregate of 1,165,000 common shares of the Company\n (705,000 shares purchased on April 19, 2012 and 460,000 shares\n purchased on April 20, 2012) at an average price $0.427 per share, on\n the open market.  As at today's date, Mr. Iacono holds 8,421,416 shares\n of the Company (representing 2.02% of the issued and outstanding\n shares).\n\n\nMr. Iacono commented, \"My investment in Gran Colombia Gold reflects my\n commitment and confidence in the Company's strategy and our objective\n to expand the Maria Dama Mill at our Segovia Operations and develop the\n Marmato Project.\"\n\n\nAbout Gran Colombia Gold Corp.\n\n\nGran Colombia is a Canadian-based gold and silver exploration,\n development and production company with its primary focus in Colombia.\n Gran Colombia is currently the largest underground gold and silver\n producer in Colombia with several underground mines in operation at its\n Segovia and Marmato operations. In addition, Gran Colombia is advancing\n a project to develop a large-scale, gold and silver mine at its Marmato\n operations.\n\n\nAdditional information on Gran Colombia can be found on its website at www.grancolombiagold.com and by reviewing its profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.\n\n\nCautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information:\n\n\nThis news release contains \"forward-looking information\", which may\n include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the future\n financial or operating performance of the Company and its projects.\n Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by\n the use of words such as \"plans\", \"expects\", \"is expected\", \"budget\",\n \"scheduled\", \"estimates\", \"forecasts\", \"intends\", \"anticipates\", or\n believes\" or variations (including negative variations) of such words\n and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results \"may\",\n \"could\", \"would\", \"might\" or \"will\" be taken, occur or be achieved.\n Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,\n uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,\n performance or achievements of Gran Colombia to be materially different\n from any future results, performanc...

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