[PR Newswire] – LAKEWOOD, Colo., July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Pershing Gold Corporation (PGLC) (“Pershing Gold” or the “Company”) announces an upgraded NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate (the “resource”) for its Relief Canyon Project in Pershing County, Nevada. The upgraded resource shows a Measured and Indicated Resource of 739,000 ounces of gold and an Inferred Resource of 70,000 ounces of gold (see Table 1). “This resource update immediately creates additional shareholder value. The last phase of the 2014 drilling program focused on development drilling to tighten up drill hole spacing in the high-grade zones of the North Target Area,” stated Stephen D. Alfers, Pershing Gold President, CEO, and Executive Chairman.