QMX Gold Adds Jules Riopel to Exploration Team in Val d'Or

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QMX Gold Corporation ("QMX" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:QMX) is pleased to announce Jules Riopel has joined as Director of Exploration. Mr. Riopel is a seasoned exploration professional with more than 2 decades of experience at all stages of exploration from grassroots through to production. Prior to joining QMX Gold, Mr. Riopel was Vice-President Exploration and Acquisition for Adventure Gold (acquired by Probe Metals Inc.) where he was directly involved with the recent discovery on the Pascalis-Colombiere property adjacent to the QMX Gold land package. Mr. Riopel has spent the majority of his career in the Abitibi with several major mining companies including Richmont, Noranda and Cambior.

"We are very happy to welcome Jules to the team. We believe his leadership, extensive experience and past successes in the Abitibi region will further complement our talented exploration team and will prove invaluable as we continue to explore our extensive land package in the heart of the Val d'Or mining camp," commented Brad Humphrey, President and CEO of QMX Gold.

Exploration Activities Update

The Phase I reconnaissance program across the southwestern segment (Southwestern Zone, figure 1) of the Val d'Or Mining Camp property has recently been completed. This program included an OreVision Induced Polarity (IP) Survey over the western boundary of the property to the immediate East of Integra Gold Corp's Lamaque-Sigma Deposits and the new discoveries south of the Lamaque mine. The survey covered approximately 3.4 sq.km. Phase I included five diamond drill holes testing IP anomalies entering the QMX property from the West. Total drilling during Phase I was approximately 5,400 meters in 16 drill holes. Core logging and sampling is expected to be completed shortly, and despite a recent increase in turn-around times at the laboratory, all assay results are anticipated by the end of March or early April.

Recent exploration success, by Integra, to the southeast of the Lamaque Mine appears to be related to northeast trending and south-dipping faults cutting through competent intrusive plugs or sills. Phase I of QMX's exploration program tested for potential intrusive plugs and sills within the intermediate to felsic rocks of the Val d'Or Formation between the synvolcanic Bourlamaque Batholith and the syntectonic Poste Intrusion (figure 2). Targets were selected on the basis of geophysics and both structural and lithological settings. Most of the historical drilling in this area was shallow and drilled north to south, which appears to be poorly oriented to test for south dipping structures. Several holes in Phase I also targeted untested gaps along established gold trends indicated by the shallow historical drilling.

Compilation and interpretation of the new data continues. The results from Phase 1 drilling and the proposed follow-up drill program will be released once all results have been received and evaluated.

The company also completed a 900-meter drill program on the Beacon Zone (figure 1). This drilling is part of a Phase II program to follow-up on favourable trenching results from prior mapping and stripping campaigns. We anticipate results in the coming weeks.

QMX continues to take a methodical and systematic approach towards exploration on its extensive 200 sq.km property in the core of the Val d'Or mining camp. The structural model being developed in Phase 1 provides new insight into potential controls on gold mineralization throughout the camp. This structural model may apply to the Bonnefond Plug and Bevcon deposit on the eastern side of the property. Compilation and reinterpretation of these zones is currently underway.

To view Figure 1, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/qmx0315fig1.pdf.

To view Figure 2, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/qmx0315fig2.pdf.

About QMX Gold Corporation

QMX Gold Corporation is a Canadian based resource company traded on the TSX-V under the symbol "QMX". The Company was recently restructured and is now systematically exploring its extensive property position in the Val d'Or mining camp in the Abitibi District of Quebec. In addition to its extensive land package, QMX owns the Aurbel gold mill.

Cautionary Notes:

David Rigg is a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101 and Senior Vice President, Exploration of QMX. He has reviewed the scientific and technical information in this press release.

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