| TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 27, 2017) - Sage Gold Inc. ("Sage" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SGX) has drawn down the third and final tranche of the gold prepayment facility from Cartesian Royalty Holdings Pte. Ltd. ("CRH") to fund the ongoing re-opening of its Clavos gold project ("Clavos") in Timmins, Ontario. The third and final tranche draw down of $3.26 million was subject to certain conditions which have been fully satisfied. The CRH gold prepayment facility has provided $9.65 million to Sage, of which $7.22 million has now been received to fund the ongoing start-up and capital expenditures at Clavos. Nigel Lees, President and CEO commented, "We are pleased to receive the final tranche of the gold prepayment financing. Our mine restart program is going well and the underground workings are in excellent condition. We are on time and on budget to ship to the mill for processing mineralized material in September." The historical underground workings include roughly 7 kilometres of underground development and extend down to the 300 metre level. Historical expenditures incurred by the previous operator and the Company prior to the restart of Clavos have exceeded $70.0 million. Mine dewatering at Clavos commenced in the beginning of 2017 and is currently at the 225 metre level. The dewatering of the entire underground infrastructure is expected to be complete by the fourth quarter of this year. Currently, several stopes are available for mining above the 225 metre level. The Company is beginning to stockpile mineralized material extracted from the 150 metre East level using a combination of broken stope material that was left in place by the previous operator, and material developed through Sage's ongoing definition drilling. An extensive definition drilling program has been underway since May 2017 and the exploration phase of the planned 9,300 metre underground drilling program will commence next month. The Company will provide a full operational update and initial drilling results on Clavos shortly. Sage currently plans to complete a reserve estimate and a pre-feasibility study on Clavos. In the event that a production decision is made that is not based on a feasibility study of mineral reserves demonstrating economic and technical viability prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101, readers are cautioned that there is increased uncertainty and higher risk of economic and technical failure associated with such a production decision. Robert Ritchie P.Eng., the General Manager of the Clavos Project, is a qualified person ("QP") under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approves the technical content of this news release. Shares for Debt Sage further announces that it intends to complete a debt settlement transaction (the "Debt Settlement``) with certain creditors ("Creditors``), providing for the settlement of $94,544 through the issuance of an aggregate of 472,000 common shares of the Corporation ("Common Shares") at a deemed issue price of $0.20 per Common Share. The Debt Settlement is subject to regulatory approval. The Corporation expects to complete the Debt Settlement shortly after such approval is obtained. |