Mr. Gordon Leask reports

HIGHWAY 50 APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR

Highway 50 Gold Corp. has appointed Allister Avard to the company's board of directors, effective immediately. Mr. Avard has over seven years of capital market experience in financings, due diligence and reverse takeover transactions, most recently at Haywood Securities in Toronto, where he held Canadian securities licensing and the U.S. Series 7 (general securities representative) registration. Mr. Avard has completed three levels of the chartered financial analyst program and holds a bachelor of commerce in finance from Dalhousie University.

The company has granted Mr. Avard incentive stock options to purchase up to 100,000 common shares at a price of 47 cents per share, exercisable for five years under the company's stock option plan. The options will vest over a one-year period.

About Highway 50 Gold Corp.

Highway 50 is a mineral exploration-stage company led by a team of experienced explorers and mine finders. The company is executing an exploration plan refined over 35 years of experience in Nevada. The exploration focus on its projects is a result of what management believes to be breakthroughs in the understanding of north-central Nevada's crustal architecture.

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