DAU.V · 2020-02-26 12:00:00

OTC Pink: Daugf Desert GOLD Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement

Financings

For Immediate Release

TSX.V: DAU

Frankfurt: QXR2

OTC Pink: DAUGF

DESERT GOLD ANNOUNCES NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Delta, British Columbia, February 26 , 2020 . Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (“Desert Gold” or “the Company”)

(TSX.V: DAU, FF: QXR2, OTC: DAUGF) announces that, subject to exchange approval, it will conduct a non-

brokered private placement of up to 16,666,667 units at a price of CAD $0.15 per unit ( the “Unit”) to raise up to

CAD $2,500,000 (the “Financing”). Each Unit will consist of one common share in the equity of the Company and

one common share purchase warrant (the “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional

common share of the Company at a price of CAD $0.25 per common share for a period of two (2) years f rom the

closing of the Financing.

The proceeds of the Financing will be used primarily for drilling at the Company’s flagship Senegal Mali Shea r

Zone Project (the “SMSZ Project”) in Western Mali and for general working capital purposes . The Company may

pay a finder’s fee to qualified finders in respect to the Financing. Securities issued as a result of the Financing will

be subject to a statutory hold period.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“Jared Scharf”

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Jared Scharf

President & Director

ABOUT DESERT GOLD

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. is a gold exploration and development company which holds 2 gold exploration permit s

in Western Mali (SMSZ Project and Djimbala) and its Rutare gold project in central Rwanda. For further

information please visit www.SEDAR.com under the company’s profile. Website: www.desertgold.ca

CONTACT

Jared Scharf, President and Director

Tel. No.: +1 (858) 247-8195

This news release contains forward -looking statements respecting the Company's ability to successfully complete the Offering. These forward -

looking statements entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-

looking statements. Such statements are based on current expectations, are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks, and actual results may

differ materially from those contained in such statements, includin g the inability of the Company to successfully complete the Offering. These

uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, the strength of the capital markets, the price of gold; operational, funding, and liquidity

risks; the degree to which mine ral resource estimates are reflective of actual mineral resources; and the degree to which factors which would

make a mineral deposit commercially viable are present; the risks and hazards associated with mining operations. Risks and un certainties about

the Company's business are more fully discussed in the company's disclosure materials filed with the securities regulatory auth orities in Canada

and available at www.sedar.com and readers are urged to read these material s. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward -

looking statement or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from such statements unless required by law.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)

accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release 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 amended, and may not be offered or sold in the united states or to the account or benefit of a U.S.

person absent an exemption from the registration requirements of such act.