Solvista Gold Announces Grant of Stock Options

Solvista Gold Corporation ("Solvista" or the "Corporation") (TSX
VENTURE:SVV)(OTCQX:SVVZF) announces the grant of a total of 1,545,000 stock
options to certain officers, directors and employees of the Corporation pursuant
to the Corporation's incentive stock option plan. The stock options were granted
effective March 14, 2013, exercisable at a price of $0.60 per common share and
expire on March 14, 2018. The stock options vest as to one-third (1/3) on March
14, 2013, one-third (1/3) on March 14, 2014 and one-third (1/3) on March 14,
2015.


About Solvista

Solvista is a gold exploration company with two projects, Caramanta and
Guadalupe. These projects cover approximately 60,000 hectares in the Antioquia
province of Colombia, a region rich in historic gold mining tradition and where
several new gold discoveries have recently been made. Drill programs conducted
during 2012 confirmed the presence of significant gold mineralization at both of
its projects, with drilling ongoing at Caramanta. Solvista's head office is
located in Toronto with its Colombian headquarters located in Medellin. For
further details on Solvista, its management team and its projects, please refer
to Solvista's website (www.solvistagold.com).


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Solvista Gold Corporation
Miller O'Prey, PGeo
President and CEO
647 694 0149
416 504 4129 (FAX)
[e-mail]


Solvista Gold Corporation
Don Christie, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
416 504 4171
[e-mail]
www.solvistagold.com