Integra Gold Receives Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2015 at the Annual Quebec Mineral Exploration Association Conference

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - October 08, 2015) - Integra Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: ICG) (ICGQF) ("Integra" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2015 (the "Award") from the Québec Mineral Exploration Association ("AEMQ") for its work on the Lamaque Project in Val-d'Or, Québec. The Award is given annually in Québec to a company that has made significant progress over the past year. This progress can be related to the exploration or development of a specific project, to all company activities or to the development of a mining project towards its phase of production.

"We are honored to be recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year by the AEMQ. This Award is a reflection of the hard work and dedication of our team in Québec and across Canada," commented Company President and CEO, Stephen de Jong.

The Award was presented last evening at the annual AEMQ awards ceremony in Montréal, Québec. The Company would like to thank the AEMQ for their support and recognition.

Project and Company Profile

Integra's Lamaque South Gold Project and Sigma-Lamaque Mill and Mine Complex are located directly east from the city of Val-d'Or along the prolific Abitibi Greenstone belt in the Province of Québec, Canada, approximately 550 km northwest of Montréal. Québec is rated one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world. Infrastructure, human resources and mining expertise are readily available.

The Company's primary focus is on exploring and subsequently developing, subject to further underground exploration, its high-grade Lamaque South project. The Lamaque South property is divided into three clusters, the North, South and West cluster. The primary targets are the high-grade Parallel zone in the North Cluster and the Triangle zone in the South Cluster. The recently acquired Sigma Mill, located 1 kilometre from the Parallel zone and 3 kilometres from the Triangle zone, is a fully-permitted, 2,200 ton per day mill and tailings facility. The Sigma-Lamaque Mill and Mine Complex include the historic Sigma and Lamaque Mines which operated for 75 and 52 years respectively and produced more than 9 million ounces of gold in total.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stephen de Jong
CEO & President

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Certain disclosures in this release constitute forward-looking statements, including timing of completion of an updated resource estimate, timing of completion of an updated PEA and completion of the Sigma-Lamaque transaction. In making the forward-looking statements in this release, the Company has applied certain factors and assumptions that are based on the Company's current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company, including that the Company is able to obtain any government or other regulatory approvals, that the Company is able to procure personnel, equipment and supplies required for its exploration and development activities in sufficient quantities and on a timely basis and that actual results are consistent with management's expectations. Although the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect, and the forward-looking statements in this release are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, among others, those matters identified in its continuous disclosure filings, including its most recently filed MD&A. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.