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SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA/ June 28, 2016 [TSXV:DAU FSE:QXR2 OTC:DAUGF] DESERT GOLD VENTURES INC. (“Desert Gold” or the “Company”) There is a possibility that the Canadian Postal workers may strike or be locked out which will effect the Company's ability to send its meeting materials and voting forms to some of its holders. In the event that there is a disruption in postal services and holders do not receive their voting forms prior to the cutoff for voting, which is 1:30 Pacific Daylight Savings time on July 27, 2016, those holders can download a voting form and the meeting materials from SEDAR under the Company's profile. Holders can then complete the voting form and scan and email it to the Company's transfer agent, Computershare, attention David Bains at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

"Sonny Janda"

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Sonny Janda
Chief Executive Officer
+1 (604) 245 6802

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

This news release contains forward-looking statements respecting the Company's ability to successfully obtain an exploitation license for its Byumba permit. 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 successfully complete and obtain the necessary permits to develop its operations. These uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, the strength of the capital markets, permitting risk, 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 law.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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.