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Desert Gold Appoints Dr. Luc Antoine, PhD Geo, to its Board of Directors

Management Changes

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For Immediate Release

TSX.V: DAU

Frankfurt: QXR2

OTC: DAUGF

Desert Gold Appoints Dr. Luc Antoine, PhD Geo, to its Board of Directors

Surrey, British Columbia, January 18, 2017, DESERT GOLD VENTURES INC. (“Desert Gold” or the

“Company”) (TSX.V: DAU /FF:QXR2 /OTC:DAUGF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Luc Antoine

to the Company’s board or directors.

Dr. Antoine is a professional geologist and geophysicist who has worked on the African continent for over 20 years

in such countries as Algeria, Libya, Tanzania, Sudan, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa, Angola, Congo, Gabon,

Mauritania, Senegal, Morocco and Botswa na. His expertise is focused on expl oration, data security and quality

control, data acquisition, and on data interpretation. During his career, Dr. Antoine has been extensively involved in

developing exploration programs for leading mining and mineral companies including Anglo American Gold

Corporation (1986 to 1987) and Anglo American Gold base metals operations (1980 to 1986), as well as

Falconbridge Exploration (1973, 1978 to 1979). He also taught exploration methodology at the University of the

Witwatersrand, South Africa from 1987 to 2002.

A resident of South Africa, Dr. Antoine is an Associate Member of South African Geophysical Association

(President 1993), a member of the Geological Society of South Africa, the European Association of Geoscientists

and Engineers, and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Dr. Antoine has been a consultant geologist to Desert Gold since 2013.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

s/"Jared Scharf"

Jared Scharf, Director

+1 (858) 247-8195

For further information please visit our website www.desertgold.ca or information available on www.SEDAR.com

under the company’s profile.

Certain statements contained in this release may constitute "for ward–looking statements" or "for ward-looking information" (coll ectively

"forward-looking information") as those terms are used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and similar Canadian laws. These

statements relate to future events or futu re performance. The use of any of the wo rds “could”, “intend”, “expect”, “believe”, “ will”,

“projected”, “estimated”, “anticipates” and similar expressions a nd statements relating to matters that are not historical fact s are intended to

identify forward-looking information and are based on the Company’s current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future

events. Actual future results may differ ma terially. In particular, this release cont ains forward-looking information relating to the business of the

Company, the Property, financing and certain corporate changes. The forward-looking information contained in this release is ma de as of the

date hereof and the Company is not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future

events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Because of the risks, un certainties and assumptions cont ained herein,

investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The foregoing statements expressly qualify any forwar d-looking

information contained herein.

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accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accu racy of this release. This news releas e does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an

offer to buy the securities described herein in the United States. The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the

united states securities act of 1933, as ame nded, and may not be offered or sold in the united states or to the account or bene fit of a U.S. person

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