Radius Gold Inc.TSXV: RDU

Correction on Eastern Guatemala Update

May 5, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) --

VANCOUVER, May 5 /CNW/ - Radius Gold Inc. (TSXV: RDU) is publishing this release to correct a typographical error in the current drill results contained in our news release issued earlier today.  There is a decimal point error in two of the gold values for hole 10-014.  Please refer to the corrected table below:

Hole* From (m)   To (m) Width (m)   Au g/t   Ag g/t  
10-008 73.43 77.03 3.60 0.84 12.0
10-009 NSV** - - - -
10-010 NSV - - - -
10-010A   NSV - - - -
10-011 NSV - - - -
10-012 192.32 193.60   1.28 0.32 36.6
10-013 61.53 62.53 1.00 38.35 159.9
10-013 68.75 75.30 6.55 0.56 239.8
incl. 68.75 69.75 1.00 1.34 95.4
10-014 25.08 27.43 2.35 1.46 14.0
10-014 74.00 75.10 1.10 0.82 48.1
10-014 136.64 137.64 1.00 1.23 37.3
10-014 179.65 181.00 1.35 1.81 20.9

*All holes carry the prefix BDD **NSV=No Significant Values (<250 ppb Au, <10 ppm Ag)

Qualified Person

Roger Hulstein, BSc, is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia and is the Company's Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.  Mr. Hulstein is responsible for the accuracy of the technical information in this news release.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
     "Simon Ridgway"
Simon Ridgway, President & CEO

Investor relations:  Ralph Rushton / Erin Ostrom

Symbol: TSXV-RDU; OTCBB-RDUFF
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Forward-Looking Statement

Some of the statements in this news release contain forward-looking information that involves inherent risk and uncertainty affecting the business of Radius Gold Inc.  Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statement.

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