Auryn Resources Commences Spring Mobilization at the Committee Bay Gold Project and Provides Arctic Exploration Update

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(April 20, 2017) -Auryn Resources Inc. (TSX:AUG)(OTCQX:GGTCF) ("Auryn" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has initiated its spring mobilization at the Committee Bay gold project ("Committee Bay") located in Nunavut, Canada. The large-scale mobilization currently underway is transporting fuel and supplies to the region for the belt-wide summer exploration program, this will include 25,000 meters of drilling expected to start June 3, 2017. The focus of the program will be on making discoveries across the 12 newly identified high priority targets (Figure 1). Drilling will be focused within the Anuri, Four Hills, Three Bluffs, and Inuk corridors. In addition, regional till sampling will be completed on the 15% of the belt yet to be explored to delineate additional targets for 2018. 
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Wallbridge Exploration Drilling at Fenelon Intersects 7.06 Metres of 149.08 g/t Gold: Confirming Resource Expansion Potential

TORONTO, April 18, 2017  - Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM, FWB: WC7) ("Wallbridge") is pleased to announce that the initial results from Wallbridge's first drilling program on its 100% owned Fenelon Gold property ("Fenelon") in Quebec have exceeded expectations and have confirmed the resource expansion potential on the property.  The exploration drill program at Fenelon commenced in March 2017 and to date nine holes have been completed totaling 1,573 metres. An expanded drilling program will resume when the wet spring conditions subside.
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Asanko Gold Produces Record 58,187oz in Q1 2017

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(April 18, 2017) - Q1 2017 Highlights:
 
Record quarterly gold production of 58,187 ounces and gold sales of 57,812 ounces, in line with 2017 production guidance of 230,000 - 240,000 ounces 
US$69.3m in gold revenue at an average realized price of US$1,199 per ounce 
908,463 tonnes processed during the quarter, a new quarterly record, with a feed grade of 2.05 g/t 
Industry-leading safety record maintained, despite one LTI reported during the quarter, and a rolling 12 month LTIFR of 0.21. 
Strong balance sheet with unaudited cash and immediately convertible working capital balances of approximately US$65 million (March 31, 2017)
 
Asanko Gold Inc. ("Asanko" or the "Company") (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) is pleased to announce production results for the first quarter of 2017 ("Q1") from the Asanko Gold Mine, located in Ghana, West Africa.
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BGM intersects 19.20 g/t Au over 54.40 metres and 11.42 g/t Au over 28.55 metres at Shaft Zone

Two Wide Mineralized Stockworks Discovered at Island Mountain
TORONTO, April 17, 2017 - Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV: BGM) (the "Company" or "Barkerville") is pleased to announce a new discovery from the ongoing 130,000 metre Phase II Island Mountain and Valley Zone exploration drilling program at the Company's flagship Cariboo Gold Project. Detailed drilling results, a drill hole location plan map, vertical section and longitudinal section are presented at the end of this release.
 
New High Grade Stockworks Intersected at Shaft Zone
The Company is very pleased to announce that Island MountainShaft Zone drillhole IM-17-072 has discovered a formerly unidentified wide network of high tenor veining grading 19.20 g/t Au over 54.40 metres including 32.06 g/t Au over 30.70 metres. This new intersection consists of several higher-grade intervals including 272.00 g/t Au over 0.50 metres, 760.00 g/t Au over 0.85 metres, 64.20 g/t Au over 0.50 metres, 42.80 g/t Au over 0.50 metres, 65.40 g/t Au over 1.50 metres and 15.80 g/t Au over 1.15 metres. 
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Deep Drilling at the Marathon Deposit Extends Mineralization with Visible Gold to Depths Greater than 900 meters (3,000 ft.) Valentine Lake Gold Camp, Newfoundland

TORONTO, ON--(April 13, 2017) - Marathon Gold Corporation ("Marathon" or the "Company") (TSX: MOZ) is very excited to announce the intersection of wide intervals of stacked quartz-tourmaline-pyrite (QTP) veining with visible gold (VG) in the deepest holes drilled to date within the Marathon Deposit, Valentine Lake Gold Camp. Holes MA-17-174 and MA-17-175, drilled sub-vertical down through the mineralized corridor of the Marathon Deposit, have both intersected abundant wide intervals of QTP veining with numerous VG occurrences at depths of up to 950.5 meters (photo 1, www.marathon-gold.com). These new drill holes, covering approximately 200-meter of strike length of the mineralized corridor of the Marathon Deposit, have penetrated to depths up to 1000 meters into the Marathon Deposit and represent the deepest visible gold drilled to date within the Valentine Lake Gold Camp (Figure 1). Assays are pending for both MA-17-174 (upper 400 m of the hole in this news release) and MA-17-175. These drill holes have more than doubled the depth potential of the Marathon Deposit (Figure 1).
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