QMX Gold Appoints New Directors and Provides Corporate Update

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - June 17, 2016) - QMX Gold Corporation ("QMX" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:QMX) announces that Mr. Fred Leigh and Mr. Bruce Humphrey have been appointed as directors of QMX. Robert Bryce, director of the Company, has stepped down effective immediately.

Mr. Leigh has been involved in the junior resource sector for more than 32 years and has had a significant role as founder, director and/or investor in many public companies. He is also the founder and President of Siwash Holdings Ltd., a privately held company that, for over 21 years has invested in early stage opportunities in the resource sector. Siwash was an early investor in successful companies such as, Wheaton River Minerals, Hathor Exploration and Blue Pearl Mining.

Mr. Humphrey is a mining engineer with over 35 years' experience. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Desert Sun Mining Corp. from October 2004 to April 2006. From May 1998 to May 2004, Mr. Humphrey served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Goldcorp Inc. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. He also serves as a director of several public companies in the resource sector.

The Company thanks Mr. Robert Bryce for his dedication to QMX and the Company's management wishes him well in his future endeavors.

Forbearance Agreement

The Company also announces that it has entered into an amendment and forbearance agreement (the "Agreement") with its creditor, Forbes & Manhattan, Inc., (the "Debentureholder") amending certain terms of the secured debenture issued on March 28, 2014 (the "Debenture").

The Agreement sets out revised terms and amendments to the Debenture whereby the Debentureholder has agreed to waive the defaults under the Debenture until December 31, 2016. QMX has agreed to pay a fee of $65,000 in consideration for the Debentureholder entering into the Agreement, payable through the issuance of common shares of the Company based on the 20-day volume weighted average share price of $0.0686. The Company also agreed to settle a portion of the current outstanding unsecured debt of the Company owed to the Debentureholder, which shall be satisfied by the Company issuing to the Debentureholder such number of common shares of the Company equal to $237,376 based on the 20-day volume weighted average price of $0.0686. The Company will issue a total of 4,407,813 common shares to the Debentureholder under the Agreement. The issuance of the common shares pursuant to the Agreement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") approval.