Gold Standard Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pinion Gold Deposit

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 24, 2014) - Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:GSV)(NYSE MKT:GSV) ("Gold Standard" or the "Company") reports that it has today filed a technical report prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") on the Pinion Gold Deposit (the "Report"). The Report supports the disclosure made by the Company in its news release on September 10, 2014 entitled " Gold Standard completes initial resource estimate for the Pinion Gold Deposit, Carlin trend Nevada" and there are no material differences in the mineral resources contained in the Report from those disclosed in the news release.

The Report dated October 24, 2014 is entitled "Technical Report Maiden Resource Estimate Pinion Project, Elko County, Nevada USA " and was prepared by independent "Qualified Persons" (as that term is defined in NI 43-101) under the direction of Michael Dufresne, M.Sc., P.Geol., P.Geo.,Steven Nicholls, BA.Sc., M AIG and Andrew Turner, B.Sc., P.Geol. of APEX Geoscience Ltd. of Edmonton, Canada.

The Report is available for review on both SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and the Company's website (www.goldstandardv.com).

The scientific and technical content and interpretations contained in this news release have been reviewed, verified and approved by Steven R. Koehler, Gold Standard's Manager of Projects, BSc. Geology and CPG-10216, a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

ABOUT GOLD STANDARD VENTURES - Gold Standard is an advanced stage gold exploration company focused on district scale discoveries in Nevada. The Company's flagship project, the Railroad-Pinion Gold Project, is located within the prolific Carlin Trend. The recent Pinion gold deposit acquisition offers Gold Standard a potential near-term development option and further consolidates the Company's premier land package in the Carlin Trend. The Pinion deposit now has an NI43-101 compliant resource estimate consisting of an Indicated Mineral Resource of 20.84 million tonnes grading 0.63 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au), totaling 423,000 ounces of gold and an Inferred Resource of 55.93 million tonnes grading 0.57 g/t Au, totaling 1,022,000 ounces of gold, using a cut-off grade of 0.14 g/t Au (announced September 10, 2014).