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Detour Gold Completes $65.2 Million Bought Deal Private Placement

02/21/2008

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Detour Gold Corporation (TSX: DGC) ("Detour Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced bought deal private placement of 4,000,000 special warrants (the "Special Warrants"). The Special Warrants were issued to investors under applicable prospectus exemptions at a price of $16.30 per Special Warrant, representing an aggregate amount of $65,200,000. Each Special Warrant entitles the holder to acquire, for no additional consideration, one common share of Detour Gold. The net proceeds of the offering will be used mainly to advance the exploration and development of the Detour Lake project in Ontario. The private placement was underwritten by a syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets ("BMO").

The Special Warrants and the underlying common shares are subject to a four-month hold in Canada. Detour Gold has agreed with BMO and the other underwriters to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a receipt for a final prospectus qualifying the issuance of common shares issuable on exercise of Special Warrants within 60 days from today's date.

The securities offered have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

About Detour Gold
Detour Gold is a Canadian gold exploration and development company with a highly experienced management and technical team whose primary focus is to advance the development of its flagship Detour Lake project located on the northern most, relatively under-explored Abitibi Greenstone Belt in northeastern Ontario.

For further information, please contact:

Gerald Panneton

President and CEO
Tel: (416) 304.0800

Laurie Gaborit

Director Investor Relations
Tel: (416) 304.0581

Detour Gold Corporation, Royal Bank Plaza, North Tower, 200 Bay Street, Suite 2040, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J1

Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements herein may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information appears in a number of places and can be identified by the use of words such as "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information includes statements regarding the Company's exploration plans with respect to the Property and the estimation of mineral resources and are subject to such forward-looking risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks include gold price volatility, change in equity markets, the uncertainties involved in interpreting geological data, increase in costs and exchange rate fluctuations and other risks involved in the gold exploration and development industry as well as those risk factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's final prospectus dated January 22, 2007 available at www.sedar.com. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information referenced herein will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements or information. Also, many of the factors are beyond the control of Detour Gold. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. All forward-looking information herein is qualified by this cautionary statement. The Company does not undertake to update such forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.


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