Mr. Jean Lafleur reports

AURVISTA GOLD CORPORATION ANNOUNCES GRANT OF INCENTIVE OPTIONS

Aurvista Gold Corp.'s board of directors has approved the issuance of 475,000 incentive stock options to certain employees and consultants of the company. The options are exercisable at 40 cents per share for a period of five years from the date of grant. The options will be subject to a vesting schedule, with one-fourth to vest immediately and one-fourth to vest on each anniversary of the grant date until the options are fully vested. The options were granted pursuant to the company's shareholder-approved stock option plan, and are subject to the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and any applicable regulatory hold periods.

Douay gold project and company profile

Aurvista Gold is a junior gold exploration and development company advancing one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in Quebec. Aurvista's Douay gold project consists of a 100-per-cent-owned interest in 250 contiguous claims totalling 133.1 square kilometres, plus a 90-per-cent interest in five contiguous claims totalling 0.2 square kilometre and a 75-per-cent interest (25 per cent held by SOQUEM) in 32 contiguous claims totalling 11.9 square kilometres. In total, there are 287 claims covering 145.3 square kilometres located along a 20-kilometre segment of the Casa Berardi deformation zone in the prolific Abitibi belt of Northern Quebec. Douay is located 40 kilometres southwest of the Matagami base metal camp and 150 kilometres north of the Val d'Or-Malartic gold camp (both in Quebec).

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