Continental Gold Issues First Sustainability Report

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - September 26, 2016) - Continental Gold Inc. (TSX: CNL) (OTCQX: CGOOF) ("Continental" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the publication of its first Sustainability Report, prepared using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 standards as a guide. The Report provides information on the Company's safety, environmental, social and economic performance in 2015, as well as key issues identified by the Company and its stakeholders.

Ari Sussman, Chief Executive Officer, stated: "This first Sustainability Report provides us the opportunity to highlight the progress and long-term commitment of the Company to operate our unique high-grade project in an economically, socially and environmentally responsible manner, and will serve as a benchmark for monitoring our progress and contribution to the quality of life for communities in Western Antioquia."

Dr. Kenneth Thomas, Lead Director of the Company, noted in the Report that the Company's small-scale Buriticá mine has been operating for a number of years, allowing "significant experience to be gained in underground mining, processing, worker-training and experience, health and safety, administration and community relations-thereby, most importantly, contributing to sustainability understanding. Few juniors have such experience as they venture into large-scale operations."

Key achievements in 2015 mentioned in the Report included:

• Addressing small-scale mining in a manner consistent with human rights and formulating a constructive co-existence model;
• Strengthening the Company's environment impact management;
• Achieving Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001 Standard certification for workplace occupational health and safety management systems in early 2015;
• Providing approximately 10,000 hours of worker training; and
• Coordinating technical training to approximately 600 members of local communities.

The 2015 Sustainability Report is available for download in both English and Spanish on the Company's website at www.continentalgold.com. A printed version is also available; to request a copy, please email [e-mail].