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For Immediate Release

DESERT GOLD RETAINS APATON FOR INVESTOR RELATIONS SERVICES

Delta, British Columbia, February 21, 2020.  Desert Gold Ventures Inc. ("Desert Gold" or "the Company") (TSX.V: DAU, F
--->F: QXR2, OTC: DAUGF) is pleased to announce that, subject to exchange approval, the Company has entered into a 3 month
---> agreement with Apaton Finance GmbH of Hannover, Germany to provide investor relations services. The Company will pay 
--->8,500 euros per month, and the contract is extendable if the Company so elects.

About Desert Gold

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. is a gold exploration and development company that holds 3 gold exploration projects in West
--->ern Mali (SMSZ Project and Djimbala) and its Rutare gold project in central Rwanda. The Company's current focus is its
---> 391 km2 SMSZ Project that spans approximately 38 km of the prolific Senegal Mali Shear Zone.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

"Sonny Janda"
____________________
Sonny Janda, Chairman 

Contact:
Jared Scharf, President & CEO
Email: jared.scharf@desertgold.ca
Tel. No.: +1 (858) 247-8195
For further information please visit our website www.desertgold.ca or information available on www.SEDAR.com under the
---> company's profile. 

Certain statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking informati
--->on" (collectively "forward-looking information") as those terms are used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform A
--->ct of 1995 and similar Canadian laws. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any o
--->f the words "could", "intend", "expect", "believe", "will", "projected", "estimated", "anticipates" and similar expres
--->sions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking inform
--->ation and are based on the Company's current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events.
---> Actual future results may differ materially. In particular, this release contains forward-looking information relatin
--->g to the business of the Company, the Property, financing and certain corporate changes. The forward-looking informati
--->on contained in this release is made as of the date hereof and the Company is not obligated to update or revise any fo
--->rward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by a
--->pplicable securities laws. Because of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions contained herein, investors should not 
--->place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The foregoing statements expressly qualify any forward-looking in
--->formation contained herein.

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 19
--->33, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the united states or to the account or benefit of a U.S. person abse
--->nt an exemption from the registration requirements of such act.


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File: Attachment Apaton IR_service_Feb_2020_CLEAN & FINAL.pdf

                                                                                                          For Immediat
--->e Release

      DESERT GOLD RETAINS APATON FOR INVESTOR RELATIONS
                           SERVICES

Delta, British Columbia, February 21, 2020. Desert Gold Ventures Inc. ("Desert Gold" or "the
Company") (TSX.V: DAU, FF: QXR2, OTC: DAUGF) is pleased to announce that, subject to exchange
approval, the Company has entered into a 3 month agreement with Apaton Finance GmbH of Hannover,
Germany to provide investor relations services. The Company will pay 8,500 euros per month, and the
contract is extendable if the Company so elects.

About Desert Gold

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. is a gold exploration and development company that holds 3 gold exploration
projects in Western Mali (SMSZ Project and Djimbala) and its Rutare gold project in central Rwanda.
The Company's current focus is its 391 km2 SMSZ Project that spans approximately 38 km of the prolific
Senegal Mali Shear Zone.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

"Sonny Janda"
____________________
Sonny Janda, Chairman

Contact:
Jared Scharf, President & CEO
Email: jared.scharf@desertgold.ca
Tel. No.: +1 (858) 247-8195

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

Certain statements contained in this release may constitute "forward looking statements" or "forward-looking informati
--->on"
(collectively "forward-looking information") as those terms are used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act o
--->f 1995 and
similar Canadian laws. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any of the words "co
--->uld",
"intend", "expect", "believe", "will", "projected", "estimated", "anticipates" and similar expressions and statements 
--->relating to
matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the Compan
--->y's current
belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events. Actual future results may differ materially.
---> In
particular, this release contains forward-looking information relating to the business of the Company, the Property, f
--->inancing and
certain corporate changes. The forward-looking information contained in this release is made as of the date hereof and
---> the
Company is not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, 
--->future
events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Because of the risks, uncertainties and assumpt
--->ions
contained herein, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The foregoing statements e
--->xpressly
qualify any forward-looking information contained herein.

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 a
--->n offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein in the united states. The securities describ
--->ed 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.
                                                                                                                      
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