Aurvista GOLD Corporation Announces Grant of Incentive Options

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NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Issue

March 2, 2017

AURVISTA GOLD CORPORATION ANNOUNCES GRANT OF INCENTIVE OPTIONS

Montreal, Quebec: Aurvista Gold Corporation (“Aurvista” or the “ Company”) ( TSX-V: AVA, OTCQB:

ARVSF; Frankfurt: AV2) announces that the Board of Directors has approved the issuance of 475,000 incentive

stock options (the "Options") to certain employees and consultants of the Company. The Options are exercisable

at $0.40 per share for a period of five years from the date of grant. The Options will be subject to a vesting

schedule with 1/4 to vest immediately and 1/4 to vest on each anniversary of the grant date until the Options are

fully vested. The Options were granted pursuant to the Company's shareholder-approved stock option plan and are

subject to the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and any applicable regulatory hold periods.

Douay Gold Project and Company Profile

Aurvista Gold Corporation is a junior gold exploration and development Company advancing one of the largest

undeveloped gold project s in Quebec. The Company has 134,034,900 shares outstanding trading on the TSX

Venture Exchange in Canada, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and OTCQB in the US. Aurvista’s Douay Gold

Project consists of a 100% owned interest in 250 contiguous c laims totaling 133.1 km 2, plus a 90% interest in 5

contiguous claims totaling 0.2 km 2 and a 75% interest (25% held by SOQUEM) in 32 contiguous claims totaling

11.9 km2. In total, there are 287 claims covering 145.3 km 2 located along a 20 km segment of the Casa Berardi

Deformation Zone in the prolific Abitibi Belt of northern Quebec. Douay is located 40 km SW of the Matagami

Base Metal Camp and 150 km N of the Val -d’Or-Malartic Gold Camp (both in Quebec). For more inform ation,

please visit the Company’s website at www.aurvistagold.com.

For further information please contact:

Mr. Jean Lafleur, P. Geo.

President and CEO, Director

Cell: +1 514 927 3633

Mr. Keith C Minty, P. Eng., MBA

Chief Operating Officer

Phone: +1 416 682 2671

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 PRESS RELEASE.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release may contain forward -looking statements based on assumptions, uncertainties and management’s best

estimate of future events. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company’s expectations and

projections. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, readers

should not place undue reliance on forward -looking statements. When used herein, words such as “anticipate”, “will”,

“intend” and similar expressions are intende d to identify forward -looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of

such risks and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such

forward-looking statements, refer to Aurvista Gold Corpora tion’s filings with Canadian securities regulators available on

www.sedar.com or the Company’s website at www.aurvistagold.com.

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