Aurvista Gold Corporation Forms Technical Advisory Committee

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - July 27, 2017) - Aurvista Gold Corporation ("Aurvista" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AVA)(OTCQB:ARVSF)(FRANKFURT:AV2) is pleased to announce that the Company has formed a Technical Advisory Committee (the "Committee") to help guide all future exploration, drilling and project management at the Douay Gold Project.

Aurvista's President and CEO, Matthew Hornor, stated: "We are in a period of growth and transition and will continue putting the best people, processes and systems in place. We are going to take a hard look at all of the project data and results to-date and complete the necessary exploration and preparation work to ensure our technical decision makers have the information and resources required to succeed."

The initial Committee members are highlighted below:

David W Broughton: David was Executive Vice-President Exploration with Ivanplats Ltd (now Ivanhoe Mines) from January 2008 through October 2016, and was co-awarded PDAC's Thayer Lindsley and AME BC's Colin Spence awards for world-class discoveries at Kamoa, DRC and Flatreef, SA. Closer to home, David has worked extensively on exploration, development stage and mining projects throughout the Abitibi including in the Casa Berardi and Joutel areas, both very close to Aurvista's Douay Gold Project.

Maurice A. Tagami: Maurice has served as the Vice President, Mining Operations for Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. since February, 2012. He is a Metallurgical Engineer from the University of British Colombia with 35 years of experience. He is responsible for maintaining partnerships with 21 operating mines and 8 development projects from which Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. has silver and/or gold streaming agreements. Prior to July 2012, Mr. Tagami was President & CEO and Director of Keegan Resources Inc.

R. Dennis Bergen: Dennis is a Mining Engineer with over 40 years of experience. Mr. Bergen, P. Eng has held senior operating responsibilities at a number of mines and projects in northern Canada, including General Manager of the Golden Bear Mine, General Manager at the Tungsten Mine of North American Tungsten, and Manager of the Ketza River Mine.

John V Casson: John is an Electrical Engineer with over 35 years of experience in the non-ferrous and ferrous mining and metals processing sectors. John specializes in infrastructure design, project evaluation and implementation analysis in the development of world class capital mining and beneficiation projects. He has held senior positions on major capital projects including Voisey's Bay, El Aouj and Mary River.