Mr. Jonathan Awde reports

GOLD STANDARD APPOINTS GLENN KUMOI AS AN OFFICER

Gold Standard Ventures Corp. has appointed Glenn Kumoi as vice-president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

Jonathan Awde, Gold Standard's president and chief executive officer, noted that: "Glenn strengthens our management team's legal and administrative expertise at a time when the company is advancing its plans to begin defining the economics of its flagship Pinion-Railroad gold project in the Carlin trend of Nevada. He is an executive leader who has extensive experience in the areas of financing, project development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and legal compliance as an officer of three other public companies prior to his appointment to Gold Standard. We are very pleased that he has accepted our invitation to join the company.

"Richard Silas will continue to serve as a board member of the company but has stepped down as corporate secretary. We would like to thank Richard for contribution during his years of service as corporate secretary and look forward our continuing relationship with him."

The company also announced today that pursuant to its stock option incentive plan, the company granted Mr. Kumoi incentive stock options to purchase 325,000 common shares of the company at yesterday's closing price for a period of five years.

The stock options are subject to the terms of the company's stock option plan and regulatory approval.

About Gold Standard Ventures Corp.

Gold Standard is an advanced-stage gold exploration company focused on district-scale discoveries on its Railroad-Pinion gold project, located within the prolific Carlin trend.

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