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White Gold Corp. Commences 2017 Exploration Program

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May 15, 2017

White Gold Corp. Commences 2017 Exploration Program

White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has commenced

the 2017 exploration program on its portfolio of projects in the White Gold District, Yukon, Canada.

The focus of the Company’s program is to drill test new and previously defined high p riority gold-

in-soil trends and to further define and advance its other targets to drill ready status.

Highlights

• 200 RAB Drill holes (20,000 metres) testing a minimum of 6 target areas on the Loonie,

Dime, IND, Nolan and Black Hills properties

• Exploration activities including soil sampling, geologic mapping/prospecting, drone

surveys, DC IP-Resistivity surveys, GT Probe sampling and/or RAB drilling to be

conducted on 24 of the Company’s 25 properties

• Airborne DIGHEM surveys on 9 of the Company’s properties

Exploration will be conducted on 24 of the Company’s 25 properties, with work ranging from RAB

drill testing on a minimum of 6 advanced target areas to early stage reconnaissance soil sampling

and prospecting. The primary focus of the work and particularly RAB drilling, will be on the Loonie,

Dime, IND, Nolan, and Black Hill s properties. Additional exploration will be conducted on the

Company’s other properties with an emphasis on defining drill targets for the 2018 season. Initial

work programs will commence and consist of airborne DIGHEM surveys on 9 properties (Nolan,

Hunker, IND, Loonie, Toonie, Dime, Black Hills, Pedlar, and Betty) and DC IP-Resistivity surveys

(IND, Dime, and Nolan) with RAB drilling initiating on the Loonie and Dime properties in early June.

White Gold Corp’s 2017 Exploration Program

Loonie Property

RAB Drilling on the Loonie property will focus on the Lira target , an approximately 75m x 740m,

zone of anomalous gold in soils associated with an E -NE trending shear zone(s). Mineral ization

along the zone is associated with strongly quartz -sericite-clay altered and brecciated felsic

orthogenesis with quartz veining, disseminated pyrite, and locally visible gold. Grab samples

performed by the Company in the area have returned grades from trace up to 110.1 g/t gold.

Historic RAB drilling on the target returned grades from trace up to 20.7 g/t gold, which included

12.2m of 4.93 g/t Au from LOORAB14 -01 (see the Company’s News Release dated January 23,

2017 for more information). The 2017 drilling program will consist of 25 to 30 RAB drill holes testing

over 700m of strike length and up to 100m depth along the Lira trend. Additional exploration to be

conducted on the property will included additional soil sampling and GT Probe sampling on the

Peso target area.

Dime Property

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RAB Drilling on the Dime property will focus on the Gemini target. Historical work on the Gemini

target completed by the Company has identified two approximately 325m x 200m, north-

northeast trending, gold in soil anomalies with values from trace up to 919 ppb Au that are

associated with strongly anomalous arsenic (>100 ppm As). Mineralization in the area is

associated with strongly sericite altered meta-sediments and fine grained meta-intrusive rocks

with zones of quartz veining and brecciation that appear to be associated with a series of N-NE

trending, moderately west dipping, faults (see the Company’s New Release dated April 25, 2017

for more information). The 2017 drilling program will consist of 25 to 30 RAB drill holes testing

over 350m of strike length and up to 100m depth along both of the Gemini soil anomalies.

Additional work on the property will include soil sampling, geologic mapping/prospecting, DC IP-

Resistivity surveys and GT Probe sampling on other target areas to advance them to drill ready

status.

Initial results for the RAB drilling on the Loonie and Dime property are anticipated by the end of

June, 2017.

The Company will provide details on its plans for RAB drilling and additional exploration activities

for the IND, Nolan and Black Hills properties in the coming weeks with details on the other

properties and targets to follow.

The Company encourages individuals interested in the Company to visit its website

(www.whitegoldcorp.ca) to further understand the size and scope of the Company’s projects in the

White Gold District.

The analytical work for the 2017 program will be performed by Bureau Veritas Commodities

Canada Ltd., an internationally recognized analytical services provider, at its Vancouver, British

Columbia laboratory. Sample preparation w ill be carried out at its Whitehorse, Yukon facility. All

soil samples will prepared using procedure SS80 (dry at 60 C and sieve 100g at -80 mesh) and

analyzed by method AQ201 (aqua regia digestion and ICP-MS analysis). All rock, GT Probe, and

RAB samples will be prepared using procedure PRP70-250 (crush, split and pulverize 250 g to 200

mesh) and analyzed by method FA430 (30g fir e assay with AAS finish) and AQ200 (0.5g, aqua

regia digestion and ICP -MS analysis). Samples containing <10g/t Au will be reanalyzed using

method FA530 (30g Fire Assay with gravimetric finish). Metallic-screen analysis may also be

utilized if coarse gold mineralization is encounter (FS600).

Jodie Gibson, PGeo, of GroundTruth Exploration Inc. has acted as the qualified person under

National Instrument 43 -101, and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release.

GroundTruth Exploration Inc. is own ed by the spouse of a director of the Company. Potential

quantity and grade is conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a

mineral resource on any of the Company’s properties to date, and it is uncertain if further

exploration will result in any such target being delineated as a mineral resource.

Ground Truth Exploration Inc., Dawson City, YT, designed and managed all work for the Company.

The reported work was completed using industry standard procedures, including a qualit y

assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program consisting of the insertion of certified standards,

blanks, and field duplicates into the sample stream. The qualified person detected no significant

QA/QC issues during review of the data

About White Gold Corp.

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White Gold Corp. owns a portfolio of 15,258 quartz claims across 25 properties covering

approximately 305,440 hectares representing approximately 30% of the Yukon’s White Gold

District. Preliminary exploration work has produced several prospective t argets. The claim

packages are bordered by sizable gold discoveries owned by majors. The Company has outlined

an aggressive exploration plan to further explore its properties. For more information visit

www.whitegoldcorp.ca.

This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities

legislation. Forward-looking information is typically identified by words such as: believe, expect,

anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature,

refer to future events. Such statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the current

or historical soil sampling results, future results of operations, performance and achievements of

the Compa ny, future exploration activities and programs, including results thereof and

advancement of the Company’s properties. Although the Company believes that such statements

are reasonable, it can give no assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct. All such

forward-looking information is based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the Company

in light of their experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected

future developments, as well as other factors mana gement believes are appropriate in the

circumstances. This information, however, is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and

other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in

the forward-looking information. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from this

forward-looking information include that fact that soil sampling results are preliminary in nature and

are not conclusive evidence of the likelihood of a mineral deposit, m ineral exploration involves a

high degree of risk and is highly speculative in nature, few properties that are explored are

ultimately developed into producing mines, geological factors, the actual results and timing of

current and proposed future exploration programs, changes in project parameters as plans

continue to be evaluated, as well as those factors described under the heading "Risks and

Uncertainties" in the Company’s most recently filed MD&A. The Company does not intend, and

expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or revise the forward -looking information contained

in this news release, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance

on forward-looking information.

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.

CONTACT INFORMATION

David Schmidt, Chief Financial Officer

White Gold Corp.

T: (604) 630-6889

Email: [email protected]