Aurvista Gold Corporation Completes Shares for Debt Agreement

Montreal, Quebec - April 22, 2013, Aurvista Gold Corporation ("Aurvista" or the "Corporation") (TSX-V: AVA) announces that it has completed the previously announced shares for debt agreement with Norvista Resources Corporation. As previously stated in the April 10, 2013 news release, the agreement settled debt amounts outstanding to Norvista as of March 31, 2013, in the amount of $903,503 by way of issuance of 3,928,274 common shares of Aurvista at an issue price of $0.23 per share.

In accordance with applicable securities legislation, the securities issued pursuant to the debt settlement are subject to a hold period of four months plus one day from the date of completion of the debt settlement.

About Aurvista Gold

Aurvista Gold Corporation is a junior gold exploration and development company. Aurvista's principal asset is the Douay Gold Project, consisting of 298 contiguous claims totalling approximately 12,704 hectares located on the Casa Berardi Fault in northern Quebec. The Douay Project contains a NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource of 114,652,000 million tonnes at 0.75 g/t gold (2.8 million ounces of gold) in the Inferred category and 2,689,000 tonnes at 2.76 g/t gold (238,433 ounces of gold) in the Measured and Indicated category, at a cut-off of 0.3 g/t gold.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release may contain forward-looking statements based on assumptions, uncertainties and management's best estimate of future events. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations and projections. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. When used herein, words such as "anticipate", "will", "intend" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, refer to Aurvista Gold Corporation's filings with Canadian securities regulators available on www.sedar.com or the Company's website at www.aurvistagold.com.

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