NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruby Creek Resources, Inc. (OTCQB: RBYC), a gold exploration and mining company with operations in Tanzania, is pleased to announce it is strengthening mining operations management in Tanzania.

Ruby Creek is pleased to announce the addition of James "Sonny" Dalzell as mining operations manager.  Sonny has over 40 years mining experience, primarily in the development and production of placer deposits.  He has spent 20 years of his career in gold mining where he has accumulated expertise in underground mining and placer mining.  Sonny had two operational gold mines in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) that were comprised of both hard rock and alluvial source gold.  He also has numerous years of experience with mining and cutting several types of gemstones such as emeralds, rubies and cat's eye.  Sonny developed and manufactured small scale mining equipment, which has been successfully demonstrated to the Austrian Government.

Ruby Creek is delighted to announce that Bob Gray has been promoted to Director of Operations.  Bob has set up mining operations in several African countries such as in South Africa for gold and diamonds, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Liberia and the Congo for mining a wide variety of mineral resources.  He has a broad knowledge of the minerals industry particularly in gold, dimension stone, diamonds, coal, tantalum, and titanium from a project management to consulting to brokering perspectives.  Bob has been associated with mining projects in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana and Tanzania.

Bob also has extensive general business management experience at the executive level, in large corporate environments as well as in smaller private and medium sized listed companies.  He has been a Managing Director of a public South African company and has done work initializing listings and is very familiar with market requirements for mining companies.  Bob has a Master of Business Leadership (MBL) degree and Bachelor of Science from the University of South Africa (UNISA).

Dan Bartley, CEO of Ruby Creek commented, "We have been very pleased with Bob's mobilization and project management skills in Tanzania.  His strong leadership has positively impacted mining operations.  Bob is now streamlining all areas of operations, which has saved money and improved logistics."  Dan continued, "Sonny brings to Ruby Creek a tremendous amount of mining experience.  Not many mining engineers have experience in placer operations, which encompasses a large part of Sonny's career.  His long mining experience in gemstones comes as an added benefit to Ruby Creek due to the wide array of stones we are presently recovering from our GS1 mining license area."

About Ruby Creek Resources, Inc.

Ruby Creek Resources, Inc. (www.rubycreekresources.com) is a gold exploration and mining company.  Ruby Creek operates in Tanzania through its subsidiaries, Ruby Creek Gold (Tanzania) Limited and Ruby Creek Resources (Tanzania) Limited.  Ruby Creek is the operator of the Tanzania Gold Plateau Project, establishing operations and infrastructure, along with the permitting process in support of the full development and commencement of gold mining operations on the project.

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On behalf of Ruby Creek Resources, Inc.

Dan Bartley
Chief Executive Officer

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