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Pershing Gold to Present at 7th Annual Precious Metals Summit Colorado

LAKEWOOD, Colo., September 18, 2017 —Pershing Gold Corporation (NASDAQ:PGLC), (TSX:PGLC), (FWB:7PG1) ("Pershing Gold" or the "Company") , an emerging Nevada gold producer, announces that Stephen Alfers (“Alfers”), Pershing Gold’s Executive Chairman, CEO and President, will present at the 2017 Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

The Precious Metals Summit will be held September 18-20, 2017, at the Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek, CO.  Alfers will be presenting at 1:30pm on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.

Alfers will provide a Company update during the live presentation and participate in one-on-one meetings with registered conference investors.  Registration is by invitation only to qualified investors, portfolio managers, and private wealth managers. 

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at:

http://www.gowebcasting.com/conferences/2017/09/18/precious-metals-summit

About Pershing Gold Corporation

Pershing Gold is an emerging gold producer whose primary asset is the Relief Canyon Mine in Pershing County, Nevada. Relief Canyon includes three historic open-pit mines and a state-of-the-art, fully permitted and constructed heap-leach processing facility. Pershing Gold is currently permitted to resume mining at Relief Canyon under the existing Plan of Operations.

Pershing Gold's landholdings cover approximately 25,000 acres that include the Relief Canyon Mine asset and lands surrounding the mine in all directions. This land package provides Pershing Gold with the opportunity to expand the Relief Canyon Mine deposit and to explore and make new discoveries on nearby lands.

Pershing Gold is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol PGLC and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 7PG1.

Contact Information

For more information, please contact:

Stephen Alfers, Executive Chairman, President and CEO

Jack Perkins, Vice President, Investor Relations

720.974.7254

investors@pershinggold.com

www.PershingGold.com

Swiss Resource Capital AG – Jochen Staiger

info@resource-capital.ch - www.resource-capital.ch