Harte Gold Grants Options

HARTE GOLD CORP. (TSX VENTURE: HRT)(FRANKFURT: H4O) announced today it has granted 2,800,000 options to its Board of Directors and Management. The options are exercisable at $0.15 and will vest for 5 years, effective May 15, 2008.

About Harte Gold Corp.

Harte Gold Corp. is a Canadian gold mining and development company with a corporate mission to become a gold producer in the heart of Canada's Abitibi Gold Belt. Currently, the Company holds a 100% interest in 35 claims of its Stoughton-Abitibi Property which now encompasses 80+ sq km (20,130 acres) of prime geology along the Destor-Porcupine Fault within the world renowned Abitibi Gold Belt. The Stoughton-Abitibi Property is located mid-way along the Destor-Porcupine Fault which extends 200 km east from Timmins, Ontario into the major gold camps of Quebec. In October 2007, the Company filed a geological report prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 on the Stoughton-Porcupine Property (Ontario side of the Stoughton-Abitibi Property). In addition, the Company continues to maintain its 49% interest in the Sugar Zone Property covering an area of 11,560 hectares located 70 km east of the world-famous Hemlo Gold Camp. The Sugar Zone Property holds a NI 43-101 gold resource of 953,600 tonnes grading 9.933 g/t Au.

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