Drill Program To Be Completed At SMSZ Project

DELTA, BC - Desert Gold Ventures Inc. reported on the ongoing exploration program. As of June 20th, the Company has completed over 230 holes comprising 16,400 meters of drilling representing in excess of 82% of the planned 20,000 meter drill program. The Company expects to complete the drill program by next month. Results for approximately 14,000 samples or 80% of the drilling completed are pending. Based on the lab's schedule, the Company anticipates receiving results for approximately 1,500 samples per week.

The 410 km2 SMSZ Project is both named after and overlies a 38 km section of the Senegal Mali Shear Zone (SMS"). To the Company's knowledge, the SMSZ Project is the largest, contiguous, non-producer land package over this highly prospective structural feature. The goal is to discover a tier 1 gold deposit associated with the regional-scale, gold-bearing structural systems that pass through the SMSZ Project. Exploration at the SMSZ Project has discovered in excess of 20 gold zones with 2021 exploration data strongly suggesting that more will be discovered. 2021 drill holes have tested, or will test, approximately 75% of the targets generated from 2019 to 2021. Partial results have been received for drilling at the Gourbassi East and West Zones and no drill chip and core assays have been returned from the Barani East drill holes.