Ryan Gold Announces Granting of Stock Options

Ryan Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RYG) ("Ryan Gold" or the "Company") announces that
it has granted 3,700,000 stock options to directors and officers of the Company
to purchase common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.40 per share
expiring June 26, 2017. All options will vest as follows: 1/3 after year one,
1/3 after year two and 1/3 after year three. 


About Ryan Gold Corp.

Ryan Gold Corp. is an exploration company focussed on gold exploration primarily
in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The Company is well funded and has a large land
package of approximately 5,047 km2 comprised of 83 different properties. The
company's flagship property is Ida Oro. During the summer of 2010 a soil
sampling programme completed on Ida Oro revealed a significant, greater than 100
ppb Au, gold-in-soil anomaly over an area of 4 km by 1.2 km. In 2011 the Company
completed an 11 hole drill campaign for a total of 2,854 m. The Company is
presently drilling on the Ida Oro Property, and will be drilling on the Flume
Property during the 2012 exploration season as well as systematically exploring
a number of its other properties.


This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
applicable securities legislation. Such statements include, without limitation,
statements regarding the future results of operations, performance and
achievements of the Company, including potential property acquisitions, the
timing, content, cost and results of proposed work programs, the discovery and
delineation of mineral deposits/resources/reserves, geological interpretations,
proposed production rates, potential mineral recovery processes and rates,
business and financing plans and business trends. Although the Company believes
that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurances that such
expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are typically
identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate,
postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer
to future events. The Company cautions investors that forward-looking statements
by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance, and that
actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements as
a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, variations in the
nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be located,
significant downward variations in the market price of any mineral that may be
produced, the Company's inability to obtain any necessary permits, consents or
authorizations required for its activities, to produce minerals from its
properties successfully or profitability, to continue its projected growth, to
raise the necessary capital or to be fully able to implement its business
strategies. All of the Company's public disclosure filings may be accessed via
www.sedar.com and readers are urged to review these materials, including any
technical reports filed with respect to the Company's mineral properties. This
press release is not, and is not to be construed as an offer to buy or sell
securities in the United States.