| Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV:BGM) ("Barkerville" or the "Company") announces today that it has granted to certain officers and employees of the Company, an aggregate total of 750,000 options to purchase common shares of the Company ("Common Shares") exercisable at a price of $0.42 per Common Share for a period of five years. The Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the options are subject to a four-month hold period from the original date of grant. The Company has also granted an aggregate total of 1,450,000 restricted share units of the Company ("RSUs") to certain eligible participants under the Company's restricted share unit plan (the "RSU Plan"). The full text of the RSU Plan is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The RSUs will vest immediately and convert into Common Shares at a fair market value of $0.435 per Common Share, being the closing price of the Common Shares on the date of the grant. About Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. The Company is focused on developing its extensive mineral rights package located in the historical Cariboo Mining District of central British Columbia. Barkerville's Cariboo Gold Project mineral tenures cover 1,950 square kilometres; along a strike length of 67 kilometres which includes several past producing placer and hard rock mines, making it one of the most well-endowed land packages in British Columbia. Since the management change in mid-2015, the Company has unlocked the fundamental structural controls of gold mineralization. The Company's Brownfield's exploration team is focused on developing and delineating a mineable resource within the 7 kilometers of principle project area located near the town of Wells, British Columbia. The Company's Greenfield's team is developing quality exploration assets throughout the remaining land package through systematic, scientific, exploration. The operation's team is focused on developing and mining the Bonanza Ledge and BC Vein dep osits on Barkerville Mountain. This operation allows the company to generate near term cash flow, train a local work force, keeps the present mining permit active, and de-risk's the project through staged production growth. Processing of material from these deposits is processed at the QR mill. QR is a fully owned, permitted mill and tailings facility, located approximately 110 kilometres away from Wells, and can be accessed by an all-season road. For more information on Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd., please contact: Chris Lodder President and Chief Executive Officer 155 University Avenue, Suite 1410 Toronto, Ontario, Canada clodder@barkervillegold.com 416-775-3671 Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information |