Desert Gold Grants Incentive Stock Options

Delta, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 3, 2019) - DESERT GOLD VENTURES INC. (TSXV: DAU) (FSE: QXR2) (OTC Pink: DAUGF) ("Desert Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has granted a total of 2,925,000 incentive stock options to certain employees, consultants, directors and officers pursuant to the Company's stock option plan. The options are exercisable at CAD $0.16 per share and expire five (5) years from the date of grant.

ABOUT DESERT GOLD

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. is a gold exploration and development company that holds 3 gold exploration projects in Western Mali (SMSZ, Segala West and Djimbala) and its Rutare gold project in central Rwanda. The Company's current focus is on the 407 km² SMSZ Project that spans approximately 38 km of the prolific Senegal Mali Shear Zone.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

"Sonny Janda"
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Sonny Janda
Chairman

Contact:

Jared Scharf, President & CEO
Email: [email protected]
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.

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