Mr. Rauno Perttu reports

PROVENANCE GOLD ENGAGES DRILLING CONTRACTOR FOR MARCH DRILL MOBILIZATION AND COMMENCES DRONE-BASED AIRBORNE MAGNETIC SURVEY AT ITS ELDORADO PROPERTY

Provenance Gold Corp. has engaged Boart Longyear, a highly experienced drilling company operating in the Western United States since 1890, as its new drilling contractor for the Eldorado project. The company will work closely with Longyear through its key operator to ensure the drill program is efficient, effective and on budget. Reverse circulation (RC) drilling is expected to commence in early March, weather permitting.

Provenance also announces that a drone-based airborne magnetic survey will commence in February at its Eldorado property in eastern Oregon. The survey will be conducted by Zonge International Inc. and is designed to further refine the understanding of mineralized structures at Eldorado and to uncover additional property-wide exploration targets using the resultant 3-D voxel model to be generated from these data. The strong correlation between highly mineralized drill holes, magnetic and IP (induced polarization) data suggests that a high-resolution 3-D magnetic survey will be a very valuable tool to assist in accurately defining drill targets.

"We are excited to expand our exploration efforts with the upcoming airborne magnetic survey," said Rauno Perttu, chief executive officer of Provenance. "The historic magnetic data already shows a significant correlation with areas of strong mineralization and specific magnetic characteristics. Large untested regions display these magnetic characteristics. This survey will cover the entire property, helping to pinpoint additional targets and improving the precision of our drilling program."

Provenance looks forward to exploring and growing the gold system at Eldorado and to a successful year of exploration ahead. Details of the coming drill program will be announced when finalized.

Eldorado highlights

The Eldorado project hosts a large structurally controlled gold system, currently defined by 241 historic drill holes and 14 drill holes by Provenance. The gold system remains open in all directions.

Gold mineralization at Eldorado is primarily associated with an altered diorite intrusive, with historic regional magnetic surveys demonstrating a strong correlation between mineralization and magnetic destruction caused by mineralizing fluid flow. Provenance's recent IP survey, along with historical regional magnetics, has highlighted structural pathways for the mineralizing fluids.

This year's staged 10,000-plus-metre RC and core drilling program will focus on expanding and infilling known mineralized areas while also conducting a major stepout program to explore new areas beyond previous drilling identified through geological mapping, prospecting, and geophysical and lidar surveys.

EC-02 and EC-03 assay update

The company is expecting the results from these two holes imminently and results will be announced once analyzed and reviewed. Although drilling at EC-02 and EC-03 encountered significant operational challenges as well as drilling ground condition difficulties within fault structures, the company believes the information gained will create a clearer picture of the mineralization in the area between the first zone and the boulder zone which will help guide exploration in that part of the property. Additionally, the company is working diligently to facilitate a more timely turnaround of results.

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The technical content disclosed in this press release was reviewed and approved by Jo Price, PGeo, MSc, a qualified person as defined under National Instrument 43-101.

About Provenance Gold Corp.

Provenance Gold is a precious metal exploration company with a focus on gold and silver mineralization within North America. The company currently holds interests in Nevada and eastern Oregon, United States.

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