Equinox Gold Annual General Meeting and Corporate Update

TSX-V: EQX

OTC: EQXFF

Suite 730 – 800 West Pender St., Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2V6

[email protected] +1 604-558-0560 www.equinoxgold.com

NEWS RELEASE

Equinox Gold Annual General Meeting and Corporate Update

March 28, 2019 – Vancouver, BC – Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX-V: EQX, OTC: EQXFF) (“Equinox Gold” or the “Company”)

will hold its annual general meeting (“AGM”) on May 1, 2019 commencing at 1:30 pm PT, followed by a corporate

update commencing at 2:00 pm PT.

Corporate Update Conference Call and Webcast

Equinox Gold will host a conference call and webcast for the corporate update portion of the meeting to discuss

the Company’s business strategy and objectives and provide an update on activities underway at the Company’s

projects. Shareholders who cannot attend the meeting in person are invited to join the conference call or webcast

and will have an opportunity to ask questions of Equinox Gold’s Chairman, CEO and executive team.

Attend in person Suite 2600, 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC

Conference call Toll-free in U.S. and Canada: 1-800-319-4610

International callers: +1 604-638-5340

Webcast www.equinoxgold.com

Meeting Materials

To further its commitment to environmenta l sustainability and to reduce its printing and mailing costs , Equinox

Gold used the Notice and Access process for the delivery of meeting materials for this year’s AGM. Under Notice

and Access, instead of receiving printed copies of the meeting materials, shareholders receive a Notice and Access

notification containing details of the AGM date, location and purpose, as well as information on how they can access

the meeting materials electronically. Shareholders with existing instructions on their accoun t to receive printed

materials have been mailed a printed copy of the meeting materials. All of the meeting materials can be

downloaded from Equinox Gold’s website at www.equinoxgold.com and from Equinox Gold’s profile on SEDAR at

www.sedar.com. Shareholders may request that printed copies of the meeting materials be mailed to them at no

cost by contacting the Company at [email protected] or by phone at 1-833-EQX-GOLD (1 -833-379-4653)

(North America) or +1-604-558-0560 (International).

On Behalf of the Board of Equinox Gold Corp.

“Christian Milau”

CEO & Director

Equinox Gold Contacts

Christian Milau, CEO

Rhylin Bailie, Vice President Investor Relations

Tel: +1 604-558-0560

Email: [email protected]

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Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.