Marathon Gold Files Positive NI 43-101 Technical Report (PEA) for the Valentine Lake Gold Project, Newfoundland

TORONTO, May 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marathon Gold Corporation (“Marathon” or the “Company”) (TSX:MOZ) is pleased to announce that it has filed a National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") Technical Report of the Preliminary Economic Assessment in respect of the Company's Valentine Lake Gold Project. The technical report is available for review on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and on the Company’s website (www.marathon-gold.com)

“The report demonstrates the robust nature of the economics of the Valentine Lake Gold Project and the potential to expand the resources and de-risk the project further,” said Phillip Walford, President and CEO of Marathon Gold.

The results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment were originally presented in a news release dated May 17, 2018, which is also available for review on SEDAR and the Company’s website. There are no material differences between the results announced in the news release and the results in the Technical Report.

About Marathon

Marathon Gold Corp. (“Marathon”) is a high-quality growth-oriented gold development company with a long-term strategy of moving the 100% owned Valentine Lake Gold Camp through to production in central Newfoundland. Marathon recently completed a positive PEA that shows an average annual production of 188,500 ounces per year over the first 10 years with an after-tax payback of 2.8 years, an after-tax NPV (5%) of $466 million and an after-tax IRR of 25%. The Valentine Lake Gold Camp currently hosts four near-surface, mainly pit-shell constrained, deposits with measured and indicated resources totaling 2,137,400 oz. of gold at 1.99 g/t and inferred resources totaling 1,104,700 oz. of gold at 1.99 g/t. Most of the resources occur at the Marathon and Leprechaun Deposits. All the deposits are open to expansion. Marathon’s 240 sq. km sized Valentine Lake property has multiple exploration targets to be explored in 2018.

To find out more information on the Valentine Lake Gold Camp please visit www.marathon-gold.com.

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