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GSV > news: VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug 9, 2016) - Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:GSV) (NYSE MKT:GSV) ("Gold Standard" or the "Company") today announced assay results from the first three step out core holes at the recently discovered North Dark Star oxide gold deposit on its 100%-owned/controlled Railroad-Pinion Project in Nevada's Carlin Trend. The results significantly increase the size of the North Dark Star deposit while also enhancing its prospective grade and establishing the orientation of a favorable trend supporting the potential for further expansion of the higher grade zone.

The primary objective of this year's drill program at North Dark Star was to find a continuation of the high grade zone discovered in core hole DS15-13 (15.4m of 1.85 g Au/t and 97.0m of 1.61 g Au/t) at the end of last year's drill program (see January 21, 2016 news release). DS16-08, located 100m south of DS15-13, returned multiple, significant, oxidized intercepts containing gold values above the cut-off grade established in the Dark Star NI43-101 resource estimate announced on March 3, 2015 (see news release). DS16-08 returned a 126.2 meter section grading 3.95 g Au/t including higher grade intervals of 44.0m of 4.70 g Au/t, 17.9m of 5.6 g Au/t and 7.9m of 10.7 g Au/t (Please click the following link to see section maps and drill plan: http://goldstandardv.com/lp/north-dark-star-drill-results/).

Jonathan Awde, CEO and Director of Gold Standard commented: "North Dark Star is continuing to exceed our expectations and is becoming a major Nevada (Carlin) gold discovery. With these first few holes, we have successfully found the orientation of the thick, high grade mineralized zone discovered last year. We will now be focusing more of our current drill program on the North Dark Star area while also enhancing access so we can extend the drill season as late as possible. Near surface, oxide deposits with these grades clearly have outstanding economic potential."