Gold Standard Reports New Gold Assays from Previously Unassayed Historical Pinion Drill Core

Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:GSV) (NYSE MKT:GSV) (NYSE Amex:GSV)
("Gold Standard" or the "Company") announced today that gold assays of historic
Pinion drill holes not previously assayed for gold have yielded positive results
including a new interval of 35.4 meters of 1.063 g Au/t (from 13.7 to 49.1
meters) in PN-07-02, and an 8.8 meter extension of an existing gold intercept to
54.3 meters of 0.686 g Au/t (from 43.3 to 97.6 meters) in SB-145. Gold
Standard's 100%-owned Pinion Gold Project sits adjacent and immediately to the
south of its Railroad Project in Nevada's Carlin Trend. 


These shallow core holes were drilled by previous operators in 1996 and 2007 in
a roughly north-south alignment for geotechnical and geologic purposes. During
Gold Standard's re-logging and data review of the core from 12 core holes
obtained in the Pinion acquisition, its geologists identified that 72% of the
core had not been assayed for gold. The subsequent new assay data supports two
important observations about the Pinion deposit:




--  These results continue to reinforce the significance of collapse breccia
    as a major gold host-a factor which was not apparently known to previous
    operators 
--  PN-07-02 bottomed in oxidized and silicified collapse breccia that
    assayed 1.425 g Au/t, indicating that previous drilling was too shallow
    to adequately test the potential of the lower breccia zone. Furthermore,
    three other holes were not drilled deep enough to intersect the lower
    breccia



All new assay results are summarized below:



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                  Intervals                                                 
                        Not                                                 
             TD  Previously   Intercept   Thickness    Grade                
Drill Hole  (m) Assayed (m)         (m)         (m)  (g Au/t)       Comments
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                                                                Geotechnical
                                                                hole drilled
                                                                south of the
               3.1 - 21.0 &                                        Main Zone
SB-140     54.6 32.6 - 54.6              barren               mineralization
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                                                                Geotech hole
                                                                south of the
                                                                   Main Zone
SB-141     31.1 13.7 - 31.1              barren               mineralization
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                                                                Geotech hole
                                                                south of the
                                                                   Main Zone
SB-142     26.8 14.9 - 26.8              barren               mineralization
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                                                             Drilled between
                                                               the North and
SB-143     83.8    0 - 47.6              barren                   Main Zones
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                                                             Drilled between
                                                               the North and
SB-144     74.7  2.7 - 37.5              barren                   Main Zones
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                                                                 Extended an
                                                               existing gold
                                                               interval. The
                                                             entire interval
                                                                 is 54.3m of
                                                                0.686 g Au/t
                                                                from 43.3 to
SB-145     99.1  7.0 - 52.1 43.3 - 52.1         8.8     0.377         97.6m.
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                                                                    Existing
                                                                  intercept:
                                                              40.5m of 2.126
                                                                 g Au/t from
SB-146     42.7        none           -           -         -      1.2-41.7m
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                                                             Drilled between
                                                                the Main and
PN-07-01   94.7    0 - 94.7 19.8 - 21.3         1.5     0.239    North Zones
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                                                              Drilled in the
                                                                 North Zone;
                                                               hole ended in
PN-07-02   49.1    0 - 49.1 13.7 - 49.1        35.4     1.063   1.425 g Au/t
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                                                                    Not deep
                                                               enough, North
                                                             Zone target not
PN-07-03   82.7    0 - 82.7   3.0 - 4.5         1.5     0.302         tested
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                                                               Lower breccia
                                                               not tested by
PN-07-04   91.8    0 - 91.8  9.1 - 13.7         4.6     0.381this drill hole
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                                                              Drill hole not
                                                                deep enough,
                                                               Main Zone not
PN-07-05   91.8    0 - 91.8 35.0 - 38.1         3.1     1.303         tested
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                            44.2 - 45.7         1.5     0.351               
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(i)Note: The gold intervals reported in the above table are based on a 0.200 g
Au/t cutoff. Weighted averaging has been used to calculate all reported
intervals. True widths are estimated at 85% of drilled thicknesses.


Gold Standard President and CEO Jonathan Awde noted that the new assays provide
important confirmation of the upside potential of the Pinion deposit. "We are
certainly pleased to see additional gold mineralization in these holes but we
are even more excited to get further confirmation that the historical work
apparently did not recognize the nature of the deposit and how it needed to be
explored. Clearly, the breccia zone was not the focus of previous exploration
efforts as we believe it should have been, and many of the holes were too
shallow to intersect this target."


The initiation of re-logging, cross section work and geologic mapping at Pinion
has identified a classic, Carlin Trend setting with gold hosted in an oxidized,
flat to gently dipping, dissolution collapse breccia. The best existing drill
intercepts (e.g., TCT-018: 24m of 4.30 g Au/t from 1.5 - 25.5m; and CPR-110: 67m
of 1.06 g Au/t from 12 - 79m) are located in structural highs along
west-northwest, north and northwest-striking fault zones. Previously
unrecognized, intrusive rocks occur within the deposit and indicate the presence
of important deep-seated, through-going conduits. Lateral extent and continuity
of gold mineralization is excellent due to the channeling of the gold system
within highly permeable collapse breccia sandwiched between relatively
impermeable, silty micrite of the overlying Mississippian Tripon Pass Formation
and thick bedded, calcarenite of the underlying Devonian Devil's Gate Formation.
Geologic work, including cross sections constructed from the re-logging, has
progressed through a third of the deposit area, and the model continues to
support a very promising, classic Carlin-style picture for the Pinion deposit. 


Sampling Methodology, Chain of Custody, Quality Control and Quality Assurance:

All core sampling was conducted under the supervision of the Company's project
geologists and the chain of custody was continuously monitored to the sample
preparation facility. Core from the SB-series holes was cut at the company's
facility in Elko, NV and one half was sent to the lab for analysis and the other
half retained in the original core box. A blank or certified reference material
was inserted approximately every tenth sample. The core samples and pulp samples
from the PN-07 series holes were delivered to ALS Minerals preparation facility
in Elko, NV. The core samples were crushed and pulverized and all sample pulps
were shipped to ALS Minerals certified laboratory in Vancouver. Pulps are
digested and analyzed for gold using fire assay fusion and an atomic absorption
spectroscopy (AAS) finish on a 30 gram split. Data verification of the
analytical results includes a statistical analysis of the duplicates, standards
and blanks that must pass certain parameters for acceptance to insure accurate
and verifiable results.


The scientific and technical content and interpretations contained in this news
release have been reviewed, verified and approved by Steven R. Koehler, Gold
Standard's Manager of Projects, BSc. Geology and CPG-10216, a Qualified Person
as defined by NI 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.


ABOUT GOLD STANDARD VENTURES - Gold Standard is an advanced stage gold
exploration focused on district scale discoveries in Nevada. The Company's
flagship project, the Railroad-Pinion Gold Project, is located within the
prolific Carlin Trend. The recent Pinion gold deposit acquisition offers GSV a
potential near-term development option and further consolidates the Company's
premier land package in the Carlin Trend. Gold Standard is moving towards
building NI 43-101 compliant gold resources at both the near surface, oxide-gold
Pinion deposit and the classic Carlin style, North Bullion gold deposit in 2014.


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On behalf of the Board of Directors of Gold Standard,

Jonathan Awde, President and Director

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Jonathan Awde
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