Solvista Gold Corporation Announces Board of Directors Appointment and Grant of Stock Options

Solvista Gold Corporation ("Solvista" or the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE:SVV)(OTCQX:SVVZF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. R. Bruce
Durham to the board of directors of the Company (the "Board"). With the addition
of Mr. Durham, the Board is now comprised of seven (7) members, including:
Miller O'Prey, President and CEO, Donald Christie, CFO and Corporate Secretary,
Gerald P. McCarvill, G. Edmund King, Gary Barket, Roger Easterday and R. Bruce
Durham.


Mr. Durham is a Professional Geologist, who graduated from the University of
Western Ontario in 1976. He is currently President, CEO and a director of
Goldspike Exploration Inc. (since 2010) and Chairman of Temex Resources Corp.
(since May 2007). Mr. Durham also sits on the board of directors of Nebu
Resources Inc., NMC Resource Corporation, Schyan Exploration Inc. and Rainbow
Resources Inc. Between 1998 and 2007, he held various management positions with
Canadian Royalties Inc., including President, Vice President Exploration and
Vice President Business Development. Mr. Durham has worked in mineral
exploration for over 30 years in various positions with junior and senior mining
companies exploring primarily for precious and base metal deposits in Ontario
and Quebec, but also with companies exploring across Canada, in the United
States and in Africa. 


On joining the Board, Mr. Durham stated, "I'm very pleased to have this
opportunity to work with Solvista's management team in advancing their projects
in Colombia." Miller O'Prey, President and CEO of the Company noted that
"Solvista is very pleased to welcome R. Bruce Durham to our board of directors.
Bruce brings in depth corporate wisdom and geological experience to the
boardroom from his decades of activity in the global mining industry." 


The Company also announces the grant of 225,000 stock options to Mr. Durham
pursuant to the terms of the Company's stock option plan. The options are
exercisable at a price of $0.30 per share, for a period of 5 years from the date
of grant. The options were granted effective October 29, 2013 and expire on
October 29, 2018. The stock options vest as to one-third (1/3) on October 29,
2013, one-third (1/3) on October 29, 2014 and one-third (1/3) on October 29,
2015.


About Solvista

Solvista is a gold exploration company with two projects, Caramanta and
Guadalupe. These projects cover approximately 45,000 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. 


Solvista is well funded and has completed Phase 1 drill programs at both its
projects, with the discovery of significant mineralization at both. Additional
drilling has recently recommenced at the Caramanta Project and exploration is
ongoing at Guadalupe. Solvista's head office is located in Toronto, Canada 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).


Neither the TSX-V nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined
in the policies of the TSX-V) accepts responsibility for the adequacy of this
release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority
has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Solvista Gold Corporation
Miller O'Prey, PGeo
President and CEO
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
[e-mail]


Solvista Gold Corporation
Don Christie, CA
Chief Financial Officer
[phone]
[e-mail]
www.solvistagold.com