Northern Lion Appoints Luke Norman as President and Chief Executive Officer

NEWS RELEASE

Northern Lion Appoints Luke Norman as President and Chief Executive Officer

December 20, 2017 TSX-V Symbol: NL

Frankfurt Symbol: N3E

Vancouver, British Columbia: Northern Lion Gold Corp. (the “ Company”) announces that

Luke Norman has been appointed as the Company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer

following his election as a director at the Company’s annual general meeting held on December

12, 2017.

Luke has been involved in the mining industry for over 10 years providing consulting services to

publicly listed companies and is a co- founder of Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (TSX; NYSE

American) and a former director of Tribune Minerals Corp. (now Torq Resources Inc. – TSXV).

In conjunction with Luke’s appointment, John Lando has stepped down as President and Chief

Executive Officer but remains a director of the Company.

The Company’s board of directors and management now consists of the following individuals:

Luke Norman - President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Tammy Gillis – Chief Financial Officer

John Lando – Director

Lyle Brown – Director.

NORTHERN LION GOLD CORP.

Luke Norman, President

For further information regarding Northern Lion or the contents of this news release, please

contact Luke Norman at (604) 512 – 3224.

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 NEWS RELEASE