Agreement For Banner Group Patented Claims

OTTAWA - Gold79 Mines Ltd. has completed a Definitive Lease and Option to Purchase Agreement for the Banner Group patented claims that further expands the Company's Gold Chain project in western Arizona. Gold79 has also made its required share payments with respect to the Purchase and Sale Agreement for the Tip Top Gold-Silver Project in Nevada. Derek Macpherson, President & CEO, said, "Mapping and sampling to date have revealed that the Banner claims occupy an important part of the recently identified zone of gold mineralization hosted by rhyolite dikes. The Banner mine, developed in 1916, followed this mineralization up to 100 meters below the surface along the dike's contact. Additionally, we view these 93 acres as strategic to the Company as they help de-risk a future development scenario and provide immediately accessible drill targets."

The Banner Group claims are surrounded by the Company's recently staked claims which now encompass a broad rhyolite dike complex hosting previously productive quartz veins and broader zones of quartz veinlets. Since the initial visit, approximately 140 rock samples have been collected along the surface traces of several major veins within the Banner Group claims. Results from this work are expected.

Rob Johansing, Vice-President Exploration, said, "Our recent work at Gold Chain, along with the expansion of our land position, highlights that this is a larger, more pervasively mineralized system than evidenced in the historic mining activities. Along with the pending assay results, we are awaiting a multispectral analysis focused on the altered rocks associated with the gold system. Combined with the geochemistry, we believe new targets will emerge."

The Company plans to drill test the Roadside, Black Dyke and Gold Chain targets later this quarter, once a drilling contractor is secured.