Gold Summit Closes First Tranche of Private Placement

Gold Summit Corporation ("GSM" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GSM) announces
that it has closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement (the
"Offering") of up to 1,520,000 units at a price of $0.125 per unit. Each unit
will consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant
exercisable for 24 months at $0.20 per share. GSM may pay finder's fees in
connection with this financing.


Further to the closing of the first tranche of the Offering, GSM will issue
800,000 units and received gross proceeds of $100,000. The common shares and
warrants comprising the units issued under the Offering will be subject to a
four-month and one day hold period, pursuant to TSX VENTURE rules and applicable
securities legislation, ending on July 162010.


GSM plans to use the funds to make annual option payments on certain properties,
corporate overhead and working capital purposes. The private placement will
continue to be offered by GSM on a best efforts basis.


GSM also announces that it entered into an agreement to option the Shanty Bay
gold property covering 3 unpatented mineral claims (27 units) in Dent Township,
Ontario. The property adjoins the east side of the Surprise Lake property where
GSM completed drilling two core holes in 2008.


To earn a 100% interest the Shanty Bay property, subject to a 2% NSR, GSM will
issue a total of 300,000 common shares over a four year period. GSM has the
option to reduce the NSR to 1% by making a cash payment of $1 million and has a
first right of refusal to purchase the remaining 1%.


The combined Surprise Lake and Shanty Bay properties are underlain by a
north-south striking sequence of metabasaltic rocks with at least four
identified, outcropping areas of classic greenstone gold alteration notably
intense silicification with pyrite, iron carbonate (ankerite) alteration with
quartz veining. Surface channel samples over widths between 0.3m over 1.3 m
yield gold assays ranging between less than 1 g/t to 30 g/t, reported by
previous explorers. Three of these were tested by a limited amount of shallow
drilling that intersected anomalous gold mineralization in some holes. The
presence of typical Red Lake host rocks and alteration as well as high grade
surface gold values now warrants systematic field work and thorough evaluation
of previous drilling to select new targets in an area now more accessible from
new logging roads.


The private placement and the option are subject to the approval of the TSX
Venture Exchange.


GSM currently explores primarily in Nevada for high grade gold and gold/silver
deposits that would support underground, low cash cost operations. GSM has
recently announced resources at the Monte Cristo and Sugarloaf (Tip Top)
properties and holds part of four more Tertiary epithermal vein districts, all
with drill ready targets defined by surface work. All GSM properties have
potentially economic gold and or silver grades in outcrops or discovery drill
holes.


GSM recently filed a new NI 43-101 compliant report announcing a new resource
estimate for the McLean Lode located on the Monte Cristo property. At a 0.5 g/t
gold cut-off, the inferred resource known as the McLean Lode amounts to 313,335
ounces of gold contained in 3,481,500 tonnes at a grade of 3.14 g/t gold. At a
2.0 g/t gold cut-off, the inferred resource amounts to 237,000 ounces of gold
contained in 1,025,700 tonnes at a grade of 7.2 g/t gold.


In addition, the study shows a separate inferred resource of 1,507,000 ounces of
silver contained in 1,124,000 tonnes at a grade of 42 g/t silver using a 9 g/t
silver cut-off. At a 35 g/t silver cut-off the separate inferred resource is
1,025,000 ounces of silver contained in 396,000 tonnes at a grade of 80 g/t
silver. The silver resource is estimated from only part of the drill database. A
majority of holes drilled by predecessor explorers were not assayed for silver.


Since publication of the new resource, nine groups of potential
partners/investors are evaluating the McLean Lode and the Monte Cristo Property,
including six that have entered into confidentiality agreements.


The Sugarloaf Peak Prospect in Esmeralda County, Nevada, includes the old Tip
Top Mine, the subject of a NI 43-101 compliant report, filed November 10, 2009.
The Tip Top Mine has indicated and inferred resources of 646,234 tonnes grading
2.9 g/t gold at a 1 g/t gold cut off. Results from column leach metallurgical
tests of 6 samples, approximately 40 kg each, collected in and around the old
Tip Top adit show very encouraging recoveries. The resource outcrops and
exploitation by open pit-heap leach operation is under evaluation with potential
partners.


In north-west Ontario, Gold Summit recently optioned the Tabour Lake gold
prospect in the Kenora mining district which includes the Sakoose Gold mine.
According to OGS records, shallow mining there in the early 1900's produced
8,000 tonnes of ore at a grade of 14 g/t gold. Diamond drilling by Venturex
Resources in 1988 intersected high grade gold down plunge to the west, including
drilled intersections of 6.8 m assaying 9.3 g/t gold and 1.1 m assaying 48 g/t
gold recorded in assessment files. Most of the other holes in the same programme
intersected intervals of 3 g/t gold or more. Further drilling down plunge to the
west is clearly warranted.


Larry Kornze, a GSM director and a registered Professional Geologist, designated
as the Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 has reviewed and
approved the contents of this news release.


This news release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are
based on information currently available to GSM and GSM provides no assurance
that actual results will meet management's expectations. Forward-looking
statements include estimates and statements that describe GSM's future plans,
objectives or goals, including words to the effect that GSM or management
expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be
identified by such terms as "anticipates", "believes", "could", "estimates",
"expects", "may", "shall", "will", or "would". Since forward-looking statements
are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very
nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results relating
to, among other things, results of exploration, project development, reclamation
and capital costs of GSM's mineral properties, and GSM's financial condition and
prospects, could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such
statements for many reasons such as: changes in general economic conditions and
conditions in the financial markets; changes in demand and prices for minerals;
litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political
and competitive developments; technological and operational difficulties
encountered in connection with the activities of the Company; and other matters
discussed in this news release. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that
may affect any of GSM's forward-looking statements. These and other factors
should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on
GSM's forward-looking statements. GSM does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by GSM or on its
behalf, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.


This news release includes certain "forward looking statements" within the
meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources
and reserves, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the
Company are forward looking statements that involve various degrees of risk. The
following are important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking
statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general
market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with
development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future
profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital.