Mr. Ivan Bebek reports

AURYN ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW CFO

Auryn Resources Inc. has appointed Stacy Rowa as chief financial officer and the resignation of Peter Rees as CFO and corporate secretary, effective April 1, 2019. Mr. Rees is resigning to pursue a new opportunity.

Ms. Rowa is a Canadian CPA, CA, who has worked with Canadian and U.S. publicly listed resource companies for the past 10 years. Ms. Rowa has been with the company since 2016 serving as corporate controller. Prior to joining Auryn, Ms. Rowa held finance roles with Elgin Mining Inc., before it was acquired by Mandalay Resources Inc. in 2014, and Aura Minerals Inc. She began her career with KPMG LLP's mining practice after obtaining her bachelor of commerce in accounting from the University of British Columbia.

A message from Ivan Bebek, executive chairman and director:

"On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to thank Peter for his valuable contributions to our management team and our companies over the past nine years. Peter has worked with Auryn since its inception and played a key role in establishing Auryn as a premier mineral exploration company. We wish him very well on his future endeavour and welcome Stacy to our team in the role of CFO."

About Auryn Resources Inc.

Auryn Resources is a technically driven, well-financed junior exploration company focused on finding and advancing globally significant precious and base metal deposits. The company has a portfolio approach to asset acquisition and has seven projects, including two flagships: the Committee Bay high-grade gold project in Nunavut and the Sombrero copper-gold project in southern Peru.