Auryn Identifies +20km Long Corridor of Gold in Till Anomalies in SW Committee Bay

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct 26, 2015) - Auryn Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AUG)(OTCQX:GGTCF) ("Auryn" or the "Company) is pleased to announce results from its till sampling program from the SW region of its Committee Bay Gold Project located in Nunavut. The program was designed to develop robust and repeatable gold vectors over targets identified in Auryn's prospectivity analysis.

Results from the program (see Figure 1) have identified a total of 5 new significant anomalies that range from between 1 km to 10 km in length. Importantly, 3 of these anomalies constitute a newly recognized corridor of elevated gold in tills that extends for over 20 km. The targets identified have seen little to no historical work on them and demonstrate the very prospective nature of the bedrock beneath the till that covers 95% of the 300km belt. Collectively these till anomalies will become the focus for continued exploration within the SW region of the Committee Bay belt.

Auryn CEO Shawn Wallace commented, "The till anomalies identified in 2015 validate Auryn's exploration approach of realizing the belt's potential to host gold mineralization underneath glacial cover. We believe that these gold till anomalies represent covered mineralized systems that will become the focus of our drilling efforts moving forward."

Michael Henrichsen (Chief Operating Officer), P.Geo, is the QP who assumes responsibility for the technical contents of this press release.

Till samples were collected mostly from active frost boils. Samples from 3 to 5 kg each sent to ALS Lab in Yellowknife, NWT and Vancouver, BC for preparation and then to ALS Lab in Vancouver, BC for analysis. All samples are analysed using Ultra-Trace Au by Cyanide Extraction and ICP-MS finish method (Au-CN44) and multi-element aqua regia digest ICP-AES/ICP-MS method (ME-MS41). QA/QC programs using internal standard samples, field and lab duplicates, re-assays, and blanks indicate good accuracy and precision in a large majority of standards assayed."

About Auryn

Auryn is a junior mining exploration company focused on delivering shareholder value through project acquisition and development. The Company's management team is highly experienced with an impressive track record of success in the discovery, development, financing and monetizing of mining assets for shareholders.

Through the acquisition of North Country, Auryn now owns 100% interest in the Committee Bay project located in Nunavut, Canada. The Committee Bay project includes 217,600 hectares situated along the Committee Bay Greenstone Belt which occurs approximately 180 km northeast of Agnico Eagle Mines' Meadowbank mine and extends for more than 300 km.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF Auryn Resources Inc.

Shawn Wallace, President and CEO of Auryn Resources

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Figure 1 - Illustrates the results of the 2015 till sampling program from the SW third of the Committee Bay Gold Belt. A total of five separate anomalies were discovered demonstrating the potential of the belt to host gold mineralization underneath glacial till sequence that covers 95% of the belt. Importantly a +20 km long north-south corridor was identified and will become the focus for ongoing exploration in 2016.

To view Figure 1, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/1029830-F1.pdf.

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