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Langley, BC - June 27, 2013 -- NioGold Mining Corporation (TSX-V: NOX) (OTCQX: NOXGF) ("NioGold") is pleased to announce that Simon Ridgway has joined the company's Board of Directors.

Mr. Ridgway is an accomplished mine developer with over 30 years experience in the mining industry. Simon has been a prospector, a mining financier and is a Casey Research Explorer's League inductee. Grass roots exploration is his first love and he has had a successful career as an explorationist since starting out as a prospector in the Yukon Territory in the late 70s. Mr. Ridgway and the exploration teams under his guidance have discovered gold deposits in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

He is a co-founder of the Gold Group, a stable of mining and exploration companies having a head office in Vancouver, Canada. The companies under his management include a full spectrum from grassroots exploration (Radius Gold Inc.), through advanced-stage definition drilling (Focus Ventures Ltd.) to production and cash flow (Fortuna Silver Mines Inc., where Simon is the Chairman). Companies operating under the Gold Group banner have raised over $350 million for exploration and development projects since 2003.

Michael Iverson, chairman and chief executive officer of NioGold, comments: "We are extremely pleased to welcome someone of Mr. Ridgway's calibre and expertise as a Director. Simon will provide NioGold's management with advice in strategic and corporate business development. His expertise and industry contacts will be invaluable as the company advances its flagship Marban Block gold project in Quebec."

NioGold Mining Corporation - << On Canada's Golden Highway >>

NioGold Mining Corporation is a mineral exploration company focused on gold. The Company's flagship projects are located in the Cadillac - Malartic - Val-d'Or region of the prolific Abitibi gold mining district, Quebec. The Cadillac, Malartic and Val-d'Or mining camps have produced over 45 million ounces of gold since the 1930's and presently encompasses six producing gold mines including Osisko Mining's new Canadian Malartic operations. NioGold's land holdings within the Abitibi presently cover 130km2 and encompass four former gold producers, namely the Norlartic, Kierens (First Canadian), Marban and Malartic Hygrade mines that collectively produced 640,000 ounces of gold.

NioGold's experienced and qualified technical team are overseeing the advancement of these projects, targeting expansion of the resource base.

NioGold invites you to visit the company website at www.niogold.com

For information on NioGold Mining Corporation contact:

Michael A. Iverson, Chairman & CEODale Paruk, Vice-President
miverson@niogold.comdparuk@niogold.com
Tel: (604) 856-9887Tel: (604) 662-4505
Toll-free: (877) 642-6200Toll-free: (877) 642-6200

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release includes "forward looking statements", as that term is defined in Section 27A of the Unites States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Statements in this news release which are not purely historical are forward looking statements, including without limitation any statements concerning the Company's intentions, plans, estimates, expectations or beliefs regarding the future. Although the Company believes that any forward looking statements in this news release are reasonable, there can be no assurance that any such forward looking statements will prove to be accurate. The Company cautions readers that all forward looking statements, including without limitation those relating to the Company's future operations and business prospects, are based on assumptions none of which can be assured, and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward looking statements. Readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements.

Any forward looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in the forward looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CAUTIONARY NOTE TO U.S. INVESTORS

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") permits U.S. mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We may use certain terms in this news release, such as 'measured resources', 'indicated resources' and 'inferred resources', which the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit U.S. registered companies from including in their filings with the SEC. The news release may contain information about adjacent properties on which we have no right to explore or mine. U.S. investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent properties may not be indicative of mineral deposits on our properties.

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