Great Thunder Gold Corp. Completes Private Placement

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired - May 27, 2013) - Great Thunder Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:GTG) is pleased to report that it has completed its fully subscribed non-brokered private placement of 4,000,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit.

Each unit consists of one common share and one warrant. Each warrant, in turn, entitles the holder to purchase an additional common share at a price of $0.10 for a period of five years following the closing of the offering. The company paid a finder's fee of $3,150 and 63,000 broker warrants in respect of the offering. Each broker warrant entitles the holder to purchase a common share of Great Thunder at a price of $0.10 for a period of five years following the closing of the offering. All securities issued in connection with this offering are subject to a four-month hold period expiring September 24, 2013.

Participants in the offering included, directly or indirectly, five directors and officers whose respective interests in the offering and percentage of the Company's shares they beneficially own or control are as follows:

                                                     Percentage Beneficially
                                                       Owned or Controlled
                                 Units Purchased      Undiluted     Diluted
Gary Robertson, director                 250,000         3.9%         4.5%
James Stewart, director                  270,000         5.5%         5.8%
Glen Wallace, CFO                        530,000         4.6%         6.8%
Kevin Whelan, President and director   1,000,000        12.4%        15.6%
David Wolfin, director                   200,000         1.9%         2.7%

The Company relied on sections 5.5(c) and 5.7(b) of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 to exempt the offering from the requirements for a formal valuation and minority shareholder approval. The private placement was approved unanimously by the Company's directors not involved in the transaction.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Kevin C. Whelan
President



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Contact

Great Thunder Gold Corp.
Kevin C. Whelan, President
Direct line: (250) 474-6640
info@greatthundergold.com
www.greatthundergold.com