March 10, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Affinity Gold Corp. (OTCBB: AFYG) said it has received $245,000 in the form of a private placement at a price of $1 per share from an existing long-standing shareholder.

In a statement, the company said the funds represent “substantial progress” against raising the anticipated $750,000 needed to purchase the necessary equipment and supplies Affinity requires to begin small-scale production operations.

Minnesota-based Affinity Gold is a mineral exploration and development company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of gold mineralization properties internationally. Affinity Gold Corp.’s current primary focus is gold exploration in Peru.

Through its 99.99% owned subsidiary AMR Project Peru, S.A.C., Affinity Gold is the owner of a mining concession title named “AMR Project,” located in the Inambari River Basin.

FinancialWire(tm) is committed to serving the financial community through true journalism and providing relevant resources to investors. Standards-based, independent equity research on numerous public companies is available through the Investrend Research Syndicate (http://www.investrend.com/reports) written by FIRST Research Consortium (http://www.investrend.com/FIRST) member-providers. Free annual reports and company filings for companies mentioned in the news are available through the Investrend Information Syndicate (at http://investrend.ar.wilink.com/?level=279). FinancialWire(tm), in cooperation with the Investrend Broadcast Syndicate, also provides complete, daily conference call and webcast schedules as a service to shareholders and investors via the FirstAlert(tm) Network’s “FirstAlert(tm) Daily” (http://www.financialwire.net/news-alerts/).

FinancialWire(tm) is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service. FinancialWire(tm) is not a press release service, and receives no compensation for its news, opinions or distributions. Further disclosure is at the FinancialWire(tm) website (http://www.financialwire.net/disclosures.php). Contact FinancialWire(tm) directly via inquiries@financialwire.net.

Legal Disclaimer:

EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.