Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (“Desert Gold” or “the Company”) (TSX.V:DAU) is pleased to announce it has closed its non-brokered financing. The Company has raised total of $400,000.00 for working capital purposes.

Securities issued as a result of this financing are subject to a statutory hold period. This financing is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.

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Desert Gold

For further information please visit our website www.desertgold.ca or information available on www.SEDAR.com under the company’s profile.

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This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein in the United States. The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to the account or benefit of a U.S. person absent an exemption from the registration requirements of such Act.

This news release contains forward-looking statements respecting the Company's ability to comply with filing requirements in respect of its Farabantourou and Djimbala mining permits. These forward-looking statements entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on current expectations, are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks, and actual results may differ materially from those contained in such statements, including the inability of the Company to meet all necessary filing requirements to keep its mining permits in Mali or elsewhere in good standing. These uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, the strength of the capital markets, the ability of the Company to raise debt or equity in order to fund its business objectives; the price of gold; operational, funding, and liquidity risks; the degree to which mineral resource estimates are reflective of actual mineral resources; and the degree to which factors which would make a mineral deposit commercially viable are present; the risks and hazards associated with mining operations. Risks and uncertainties about the Company's business are more fully discussed in the company's disclosure materials filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada and available at www.sedar.com and readers are urged to read these materials. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from such statements unless required by applicable securities law.