Aurvista Gold Corporation Provides Exploration Update and Outlines Go-Forward Exploration Plans

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Sept. 12, 2017) - Aurvista Gold Corporation ("Aurvista" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AVA)(OTCQB:ARVSF)(FRANKFURT:AV2) is pleased to provide an update on current and planned exploration work at the Douay Gold Project ("Douay" or the "Project"). The Company's Technical Advisory Committee (the "Committee") has spent significant time reviewing Project data, visiting site and working with the Company's geologic consultants to develop a refined go-forward program and strategy.

Brownfields and Greenfields Potential at Douay

Aurvista controls a large 40+ km long segment along the Casa Berardi Deformation Zone (the "CBDZ") (see press release September 5, 2017), one of several regionally productive structural "breaks" within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, and host to multiple gold and base metal deposits (see Figure 1 below). A central, ~7km long portion of this segment on the CBDZ North Break hosts defined Inferred Mineral Resources (the "Douay Resources") totalling 2.8 million ounces of gold (83.33 Mt @ 1.05 g/t Au, using a 0.5 g/t cut-off; Micon, 2017¹).

This brownfields area contains two distinct styles of gold mineralization, as well as copper-zinc associated with volcanogenic massive sulphide ("VMS") mineralization. Gold mineralization hosted by altered mafic volcanics is generally of higher grade, occurring in zones such as Douay West (4.47 Mt @ 2.36 g/t Au; Micon, 2017), whereas gold hosted by altered porphyritic rocks forms large lower-grade zones such as the Porphyry Zone (72.16 Mt @ 0.96 g/t Au; Micon, 2017). The Douay Resources are open along strike and plunge, such that brownfields exploration potential for resource expansion is considered excellent.

The remaining majority portion of the Project remains relatively unexplored, despite its location along a major regional structure. This greenfields area is considered to have potential not only for VMS and mafic- and porphyry-hosted gold mineralization, but also for other styles of mineralization such as occurs deposits elsewhere along the CBDZ and in the region (i.e. Casa Berardi, Estrades, Eagle - Telbel, Vezza, and Sleeping Giant; Figure 1).

The Company has revised its exploration plans to capture both the brownfields and greenfields potential of the project. A thorough review and analysis of all existing geological, geochemical and geophysical data is in progress, which combined with generation of new data from re-logging and sampling programs, will be used to produce a comprehensive exploration strategy and diamond drilling plan during Q4 2017.