Ms. Noora Ahola reports

MAWSON ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEIL MACRAE AS NEW INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Mawson Gold Ltd. has appointed Neil MacRae as a new independent director of Mawson, effective immediately.

Mr. MacRae is a capital markets professional with 29 years of experience in investor relations, commodities trading and corporate development within the global mining industry. Mr. MacRae holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Calgary and started his career in 1994 with Mitsui & Co. (Canada) Ltd. Over the years, Mr. MacRae has held various management and investor relations roles with companies such as First Majestic Silver Corp, Sherwood Copper Corp. (merged with Capstone in 2008), Farallon Mining Ltd. (sold to Nyrstar in 2011), NovaGold Resources Inc. and Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd.

The company also announces the resignation of John Jentz as director of the company, effective immediately, for personal reasons. The board thanks Mr. Jentz for his many contributions and wishes him well.

About Mawson Gold Ltd.

Mawson Gold is an exploration and development company. Mawson has distinguished itself as a leading Nordic exploration company with its 100-per-cent-owned flagship Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland, and right to earn into the Skelleftea North gold project in Sweden. Mawson also currently owns 51 per cent of Southern Cross Gold Ltd. which in turn owns or controls three high-grade, historic epizonal goldfields covering 470 square kilometres in Victoria, Australia.

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