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Ethos Gold Corp. Announces Melvin Herdrick Joins Board of Directors

Management Changes

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Ethos Gold Corp. Announces Melvin Herdrick Joins Board of Directors

Vancouver, BC – December 5, 2017, Ethos Gold Corp. (“ Ethos ” or the “ Company ”) (TSXV:ECC) is

pleased to announce that Melvin Herdrick has joined its Board of Directors. Mel is a professional

geologist with over 35 years of experience in explo ration in the United States and Mexico, including 9

years as Chief Geologist for Phelps Dodge in Mexico from 1994 to 2003, and 8 years as Vice President o f

Exploration for Pediment Gold Corp. until its takeo ver by Argonaut Gold Inc. in 2011. Mel has worked as

a consultant to Ethos and has played a lead role in identifying and evaluating gold exploration

opportunities for Ethos in Mexico, including the re cently announced option to acquire the La Purisima

property in Chihuahua.

Gary Freeman, President and CEO of Ethos stated tha t, “Mel and I worked closely together for many

years building assets into Pediment Gold, raising f unding and executing on various exploration

campaigns, leading to the discovery of the San Anto nio deposit, the purchase of the La Colorado mine,

and the sale of Pediment to Argonaut Gold for appro ximately $140 million. I am very excited to be

working with Mel again, and to pursue a similar str ategy with Ethos Gold. Our intention is to build a

portfolio of prospective gold exploration projects focused in Mexico, and to allocate our resources

judiciously in advancing these opportunities. Mel i s based in Hermosillo and has outstanding abilities to

access opportunities, manage exploration programs, and efficiently assist Ethos in executing our

strategy”.

Coincident with this announcement, the Company has granted, under its Stock Option Plan, incentive

stock options to the incoming director to purchase up to an aggregate of 250,000 common shares in the

capital of the Company exercisable for a period of 5 years ending on December 3, 2022 at a price of

$0.20 per share.

Ethos also announces that Darren Devine has resigne d as a director of Ethos. We thank Darren for his

significant contribution to the company over the last several years.

For additional information please contact Gary Free man at 604-682-4750. The Company’s website,

www.ethosgold.com , will be revised shortly to include information on the La Purisima project as well as

other corporate updates.

Ethos Gold Corp.

Per: "Gary Freeman"

Gary Freeman, President & CEO

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Forward-Looking Statement Cautions:

This press release contains certain "forward-lookin g statements" within the meaning of Canadian

securities legislation. Although the Company believ es that such statements are reasonable, it can give no

assurance that such expectations will prove to be c orrect. Forward-looking statements are statements

that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans,"

"anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "aims," "potential," "goal," "objective ,"

"prospective," and similar expressions, or that eve nts or conditions "will," "would," "may," "can," "c ould" or

"should" occur, or are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company

cautions that Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the

Company's management on the date the statements are made and they involve a number of risks and

uncertainties. Consequently, there can be no assura nces that such statements will prove to be accurate

and actual results and future events could differ m aterially from those anticipated in such statements .

Except to the extent required by applicable securit ies laws and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchan ge,

the Company undertakes no obligation to update thes e forward-looking statements if management's

beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, s hould change. Factors that could cause future resul ts to

differ materially from those anticipated in these f orward-looking statements include, the Company's

inability to secure the acceptance by the TSX Ventu re Exchange for the La Purisima option agreement

referred to above, delays faced by the Company in c ompleting technical reports, accidents and other ri sks

associated with mineral exploration operations, the risk that the Company will encounter unanticipated

geological factors, or the possibility that the Com pany may not be able to secure permitting and other

governmental clearances, necessary to carry out the Company's exploration plans, and the risk of polit ical

uncertainties and regulatory or legal changes in th e jurisdictions where the Company carries on its

business that might interfere with the Company's bu siness and prospects. The reader is urged to refer to

the Company's reports, publicly available through t he Canadian Securities Administrators' System for

Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com for a more complete discussion

of such risk factors and their potential effects

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.