Corvus Gold Initial Gravity and Cyanide Leaching Tests Return High Recoveries Averaging 89% for Gold and 73% for Silver from the Main Vein/Stockwork Zone, Yellowjacket Deposit, North Bullfrog Project, Nevada

Highlights: Coarse grind size of 65 mesh for gravity separation & 100 mesh for tail leaching tests

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VANCOUVER, June 10, 2014 /CNW/ - Corvus Gold Inc. ("Corvus" or the "Company") - (TSX: KOR, OTCQX: CORVF) announces the results of the initial follow-up gravity gold recovery testing and cyanide leaching of the gravity tail material from the main vein and stockwork core of the Yellowjacket deposit.  These test samples are representative of an estimated 70% of the gold and 85% of the silver within the Yellowjacket deposit estimated resource (follow-up to initial grind size test results announced in NR14-13, May 5, 2014).

These initial results have produced high weighted recoveries for this zone, with an average of 89.2% for gold and 73% for silver (Tables 1 and 2).  Of interest, 40% of the gold (weighted average) recovers via gravity separation with the concentrate reporting to just 0.06% of the processed material (a very high concentration ratio of greater than 1500 to 1).

The residual tail material after the gravity separation process produced an average weighted recovery in cyanide bottle roll tests of approximately 84% for gold and 71% for silver, which is similar to the average gold recovery from the oxide heap leach material.  In addition, reagent consumptions are low as in earlier studies, averaging below 0.15 kg/t CN and about 1.5 kg/t for lime.  Test work is ongoing for the surrounding, primarily lower grade, material hosting the remaining estimated 30% of gold and 15% of silver within the Yellowjacket deposit.

The tests were conducted at a coarse grind size of 65 mesh for the gravity separation and 100 mesh for the bottle roll tests, confirming the earlier grind size optimization results reported in NR14-13.  These results indicate a clear path to proceed with optimization studies for the design of a simple, coarse grind, high recovery, milling circuit for the Yellowjacket deposit.

The envisioned system would include initial gravity separation of coarse gold and silver followed by cyanide leaching of the gravity tail either as an agglomerated product on the leach pad or in a standard CIL leach circuit for final gold-silver recovery.  The ongoing metallurgical testing will focus on maximizing gold-silver recovery and minimizing potential processing costs.  These studies are intended to better define the mill flow sheet, plant design and estimated actual recovery predictions for operations.

Table 1 – Results of Gravity Recoverable Gold testing followed by Cyanide Bottle Roll testing of the Yellowjacket Deposit Composites.

*-consist of 17% Indicated and 83% Inferred Resource
**-no gravity recovery testing performed due to limited sample
***-mixed oxide and sulphide mineralization

Table 2 - Results of Gravity Recoverable Silver testing followed by Cyanide Bottle Roll testing
 of the Yellowjacket Deposit Composites.

*-consist of 16% Indicated and 84% Inferred Resource
**-no gravity recovery testing performed due to limited sample
***-mixed oxide and sulphide mineralization

The Yellowjacket Deposit (Figure 1) remains open along strike to the north and south, and down dip as reflected in hole NB-13-370, drilled to a down dip extent of 170 metres, which intersected one of the best vein intervals drilled to date on the North Bullfrog Project (4.9m @ 21.2 g/t gold & 117.0 g/t silver within an overall vein stockwork zone of 42m @ 4.9 g/t gold & 30 g/t silver (NR14-03, January 22, 2014)).  The Company's continuing 2014 drill program is targeting the expansion of the Yellowjacket deposit and has defined to date a new vein system to the west (NB-14-378 - 9.2m @ 17.9 g/t gold and 260 g/t silver (NR14-11, April 3, 2014)) and an extension of the system to the north (NB-14-391 17.5m @ 12.8 g/t gold and 62 g/t silver (NR14-14, May 22, 2014)).  In addition, the 2014 program will test new, large, structural zone targets which have the potential to host other Yellowjacket type high-grade systems.

About the North Bullfrog Project, Nevada

Corvus controls 100% of its North Bullfrog Project, which covers approximately 68 km² in southern Nevada.  The property package is made up of a number of private mineral leases of patented federal mining claims and 758 federal unpatented mining claims.  The project has excellent infrastructure, being adjacent to a major highway and power corridor as well as a large water right.

Based upon a USD 1300 gold price and a silver to gold price ratio of 59:1, the North Bullfrog Project currently has estimated mineral resources defined in six deposits: the structurally controlled Yellowjacket milling deposit and the oxidized disseminated heap leach Sierra Blanca, Jolly Jane, Air Track West, Connection and Mayflower deposits.  The Yellowjacket vein-style deposit has an Indicated Mineral Resource of 3.69 Mt at an average grade of 1.03 g/t gold and 5.52 g/t silver for 122,000 contained ounces of gold and 654,000 ounces of silver and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 18.40 Mt with an average grade of 0.94 g/t gold and 6.16 g/t silver for 555,000 contained ounces of gold and 3.64M ounces of silver, both at a 0.29 g/t gold cutoff.

The five oxidized disseminated heap leach deposits contain an Indicated Mineral Resource of 25.72 Mt at an average grade of 0.29 g/t gold for 240,000 contained ounces of gold and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 185.99 Mt at 0.19 g/t gold for 1,120,000 contained ounces of gold (both at a 0.13 g/t gold cut-off), with appreciable silver credits.

For full details with respect to the assumptions underlying the current resource estimate detailed herein, and listing of all of the metallurgical testing data please review the Company's latest NI 43-101 technical report entitled "Technical Report - The North Bullfrog Project, Bullfrog Mining District, Nye County, Nevada" dated April 1, 2014 and available on SEDAR or at the Company's website www.corvusgold.com.

Qualified Person and Quality Control/Quality Assurance

Jeffrey A. Pontius (CPG 11044), a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has supervised the preparation of the scientific and technical information that form the basis for this news release and has approved the disclosure herein.  Mr. Pontius is not independent of Corvus, as he is the CEO and holds common shares and incentive stock options.

Carl E. Brechtel, (Nevada PE 008744 and Registered Member 353000 of SME), a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has supervised execution of the work outlined in this news release and has approved the disclosure herein.  Mr. Brechtel is not independent of Corvus, as he is the COO and holds common shares and incentive stock options.

Mr. Herbert Osborne, a consulting process engineer for Interralogic, Inc., has acted as the Qualified Person, as defined by NI 43-101, for evaluation of the metallurgical testing data presented in this news release.  He has over 50 years of experience in mineral process design and operations.  He is a registered Member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME Member No. 2430050 RM).  Mr. Osborne is independent of the Company under NI 43-101.

The work program at North Bullfrog was designed and supervised by Russell Myers (CPG 11433), President of Corvus, and Mark Reischman, Corvus Nevada Exploration Manager, who are responsible for all aspects of the work, including the quality control/quality assurance program.  On-site personnel at the project log and track all samples prior to sealing and shipping.  Quality control is monitored by the insertion of blind certified standard reference materials and blanks into each sample shipment.  All resource sample shipments are sealed and shipped to ALS Chemex in Reno, Nevada, for preparation and then on to ALS Chemex in Reno, Nevada, or Vancouver, B.C., for assaying.  ALS Chemex's quality system complies with the requirements for the International Standards ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 17025:1999.  Analytical accuracy and precision are monitored by the analysis of reagent blanks, reference material and replicate samples.  Finally, representative blind duplicate samples are forwarded to ALS Chemex and an ISO compliant third party laboratory for additional quality control.

About Corvus Gold Inc.

Corvus Gold Inc. is a North American gold exploration company, which is focused on advancing its 100% controlled Nevada, North Bullfrog project towards a potential development decision.  In addition, the Company controls a number of other North American exploration properties representing a spectrum of gold, silver and copper projects. 

On behalf of
Corvus Gold Inc.

(signed) Jeffrey A. Pontius
Jeffrey A. Pontius,
Chief Executive Officer

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and US securities legislation.  All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated content, commencement and cost of exploration programs, anticipated exploration program results, the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/resources/reserves, the potential to develop multiple Yellowjacket style high-grade zones, the Company's belief that the parameters used in the Whittle^TM pit optimization process are realistic and reasonable, the Company's expectation that it will be able to proceed with optimization studies for the design of a simple, coarse grind, high recovery, milling circuit for the Yellowjacket deposit, the Company's expectation that a milling circuit for Yellowjacket mineralization system would include initial gravity separation of coarse gold and silver followed by cyanide leaching of the gravity tail either as an agglomerated product on the leach pad or in a standard CIL leach circuit for final gold-silver recovery, the Company's expectation that further metallurgical testing will be able to maximize gold-silver recovery and minimize potential processing costs, the Company's expectation that further metallurgical studies will better define the mill flow sheet, plant design and estimated actual recovery predictions for operations, the potential to discover additional high grade veins or additional deposits, the potential to expand the existing estimated resource at the North Bullfrog Project including at the Yellowjacket deposit, the potential for any mining or production at North Bullfrog, the potential for the Company to secure or receive any royalties in the future, business and financing plans and business trends, are forward-looking statements.  Information concerning mineral resource estimates may be deemed to be forward-looking statements in that it reflects a prediction of the mineralization that would be encountered if a mineral deposit were developed and mined.  Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.  Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events.  The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, variations in the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be located, variations in the market price of any mineral products the Company may produce or plan to produce, the Company's inability to obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for its activities, the Company's inability to produce minerals from its properties successfully or profitably, to continue its projected growth, to raise the necessary capital or to be fully able to implement its business strategies, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in the Company's 2013 Annual Information Form and latest interim Management Discussion and Analysis filed with certain securities commissions in Canada.  All of the Company's Canadian public disclosure filings may be accessed via www.sedar.com and readers are urged to review these materials, including the technical reports filed with respect to the Company's mineral properties.

Cautionary Note Regarding References to Resources and Reserves

National Instrument 43 101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators which establishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects.  Unless otherwise indicated, all resource estimates contained in or incorporated by reference in this press release have been prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and the guidelines set out in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the "CIM") Standards on Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council on November 14, 2004 (the "CIM Standards") as they may be amended from time to time by the CIM.

United States shareholders are cautioned that the requirements and terminology of NI 43-101 and the CIM Standards differ significantly from the requirements and terminology of the SEC set forth in the SEC's Industry Guide 7 ("SEC Industry Guide 7").  Accordingly, the Company's disclosures regarding mineralization may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by companies subject to SEC Industry Guide 7.  Without limiting the foregoing, while the terms "mineral resources", "inferred mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "measured mineral resources" are recognized and required by NI 43-101 and the CIM Standards, they are not recognized by the SEC and are not permitted to be used in documents filed with the SEC by companies subject to SEC Industry Guide 7.  Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability, and US investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of a mineral resource will ever be converted into reserves.  Further, inferred resources have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and as to whether they can be mined legally or economically.  It cannot be assumed that all or any part of the inferred resources will ever be upgraded to a higher resource category.  Under Canadian rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of a feasibility study or prefeasibility study, except in rare cases.  The SEC normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute SEC Industry Guide 7 compliant "reserves" as in-place tonnage and grade without reference to unit amounts.  The term "contained ounces" is not permitted under the rules of SEC Industry Guide 7.  In addition, the NI 43-101 and CIM Standards definition of a "reserve" differs from the definition in SEC Industry Guide 7.  In SEC Industry Guide 7, a mineral reserve is defined as a part of a mineral deposit which could be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time the mineral reserve determination is made, and a "final" or "bankable" feasibility study is required to report reserves, the three-year historical price is used in any reserve or cash flow analysis of designated reserves and the primary environmental analysis or report must be filed with the appropriate governmental authority.

This press release is not, and is not to be construed in any way as, an offer to buy or sell securities in the United States.

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