Merrex Gold - Final 2014 Phase III Diamond Drilling Results at Siribaya's Diakha Discovery Zone

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA / ACCESSWIRE / February 27, 2015 / Greg Isenor, President and CEO of Merrex Gold Inc., ("Merrex" or the "Company") (TSX Venture: MXI) is pleased to announce the final assay results from the 2014 diamond drilling ("DD") program at the Diakha Discovery Zone located on the Siribaya JV Gold Project:

Highlights from Six Holes Reporting

Hole 154 3 m @ 15.01 g/t; 6 m @ 10.53 g/t including 4 m @ 15.83 g/t

Hole 150 4 m @ 4.91 g/t; 8 m @ 1.75 g/t; 10 m @ 0.95 g/t; 8 m @ 2.81 g/t

2014 Phase III Diamond Drill Program

A Phase III diamond drill program comprised of six holes totalling 1,075.5 metres of infill diamond drilling at the Siribaya gold project's Diakha discovery zone resumed on November 15th, 2014 following the end of the seasonal rains and continued until December 20th, 2014 breaking for the holiday season. All holes were drilled on a southeast orientation except for SRD 14-151 which was drilled in a northeast orientation to check the orientation of the mineralized zone. See map 2 below for drill hole locations and assay results.

---------------------------------------------------------- | | |Table of | |Significant | |Assays for | |Phase III | |Diamond | |Drill | |Program | |Diakha | |Discovery | |Zone | | | |--------------------------------------------------------| |DD Hole# |From (M)|To (M)|Average Grade | |--------------------------------------------------------| |SRD14-149 |50 |53 |3 m @ 0.52 g/t | | |69 |72 |3 m @ 5.82 g/t | | |69 |70 |including1 m @ 11.70 g/t| | |86 |94 |8 m @ 0.89 g/t | | |98 |100 |2 m @ 0.64 g/t | |--------------------------------------------------------| |SRD14-150Note 7|192 |196 |4 m @ 4.91 g/t | | |212 |220 |8 m @ 1.75 g/t | | |228 |238 |10 m @ 0.95 g/t | |--------------------------------------------------------| | |245 |253 |8 m @ 2.18 g/t | |--------------------------------------------------------| |SRD14-151Note 5|43 |46 |3 m @ 1.05 g/t | | |261 |263 |2 m @ 8.23 g/t | |--------------------------------------------------------| |SRD14-152 |10 |12 |2 m @ 0.60 g/t | |--------------------------------------------------------| | |22 |24 |2 m @ 3.61 g/t | | |26 |28 |2 m @ 0.83 g/t | | |33 |35 |2 m @ 1.12 g/t | | |42 |47 |5 m @ 0.91 g/t | |--------------------------------------------------------| |SRD14-154 |18 |25 |7 m @ 1.40 g/t | | |43 |46 |3 m @ 15.01 g/t | | |55 |61 |6 m @ 10.53 g/t | | |57 |61 |including4 m @ 15.45 g/t| | |190 |194 |4 m @ 0.90 g/t | | |218 |225 |7 m @ 0.85 g/t | ----------------------------------------------------------

Note 1: All samples sent to the laboratory are one meter samples

Note 2: QA/QC and additional technical information are described below

Note 3: Drill hole intercepts are calculated using a minimum down-hole length of 1 meter, a cut-off grade

of 0.5 g/t gold, are uncapped, and may include up to 5 metres of internal dilution

Note 4: The widths of intersections are downhole lengths; true widths are unknown at this time

Note 5: All holes were drilled at azimuth 115 and dip -60 except hole 151 which was drilled at azimuth 295

Note 6: Hole SRD14-153 did not return any significant values

Note 7 SRD-14-150 is an extension of RC hole 14-445 which had stopped at 100 metres depth.

2015 Exploration Program

The Siribaya camp was opened and drilling operations resumed January 16th, 2014. After two diamond drill holes were completed the drill rig was converted to RC and drilling continued.

The Siribaya joint venture management committee has approved a US$3.8 million work plan and budget in 2015 for the Siribaya gold project in West Mali.

The primary focus of the 2015 drilling program is to complete an initial infill delineation drilling program on the Diakha discovery to enable completion of a maiden NI43-101 compliant resource estimate by year end as results may merit. A combination of reverse circulation and diamond drilling will be used.

To February 20, 2015, 32 RC holes totalling 3,786 metres and 2 DD holes totalling 528 metres were completed.

About the Diakha Discovery Zone

The Diakha gold discovery is located in the western-most portion of the 910 km2 Siribaya exploration concessions approximately 10 kilometres south along strike of IAMGOLD's 1,900,000 ounce Boto gold deposit (scoping study in progress) and approximately 20 kilometres south along strike from B2Gold's (formerly Papillon's) 5,000,000 ounce Fekola deposit (permitted for production). See Map 1 below.

The 2014 drill program of over 9,000 metres RC and over 2,000 metres DD confirmed the presence of multiple zones of gold mineralization over a wide area at significant widths and grades, in association with disseminated sulphide and albite-hematite-chlorite alteration in sandstone host rocks with little quartz veining. There is mineralization at both the SE & NW strike extensions. The mineralization and associated mineralization bears similarities to the Boto gold deposit mentioned above.

Assay highlights* 2014 RC and DD programs include:

RC 445 34 m of 3.22 g/t and 16 m of 2.06 g/t gold

RC 429 30 m of 2.58 g/t gold

RC 421 26 m of 3.03 g/t gold

RC 441 10 m of 3.88 g/t gold

DD 148 34 m of 4.85 g/t gold

DD 145 21 m of 4.31 g/t gold

DD 146 12 m of 10.99 g/t gold

RC 489: 24 m of 2.36 g/t incl. 4 m of 11.26 g/t gold (hole ended in mineralization)

RC 471: 24 m of 1.06 g/t incl. 4 m of 3.30 g/t, 10 m of 1.71 g/t and 2 m of 7.16 g/t gold

RC 474: 10 m of 2.03 g/t gold

RC 504: 32 m of 0.99 g/t gold

DD 154: 3 m of 15.01 g/t and 6 m of 10.53 g/t incl. 4 m @ 15.45 g/t gold

*see news releases of July 2, August 28 and October 8 at www.merrexgold.com for additional details.

Based on these encouraging drill results, project operator IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD") designed the 2015 exploration program to support completion of a NI43-101 maiden resource estimate by year end if results continue to be encouraging.

Map 1

The Diakha discovery zone is at the southern end of the Fekola-Boto-Diakha trend in alignment with

major deposits at Malikoundi and Boto 6 (IAMGOLD) and Fekola (B2Gold/Papillon).

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Note 1: Fekola (B2Gold/Papillon) resource estimate is at September 3, 2013

----------------------------------------- |Resource Category|Grade Au|Total Ounces| |---------------------------------------| |Measured |2.43 g/t|3,160,000 | |---------------------------------------| |Indicated |2.35 g/t|1,480,000 | |---------------------------------------| |Inferred |1.90 g/t| 500,000 | |---------------------------------------| |Total Resources |2.35 g/t|5,150,000 | -----------------------------------------

Note 2: Boto (IAMGOLD) resource estimate is at December 31, 2014

----------------------------------------- |Resource Category|Grade Au|Total Ounces| |---------------------------------------| |Indicated |1.68 g/t|1,232,000 | |---------------------------------------| |Inferred |1.80 g/t| Project | | | | 635,000 | -----------------------------------------

Note 3: Karita permit is pending final issuance at this date.

Map 2

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Technical Information and Quality Control Notes

The Siribaya Gold Project drilling results contained in this news release were prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The sampling of, and assay data from, drill core was monitored through the implementation of a quality assurance - quality control program designed to follow industry best practice.

Drill core (HQ and NQ size) samples were selected by the IAMGOLD geologists and sawn in half with a diamond saw at the project site. Half of the core was retained at the site for reference purposes. Sample intervals are generally one metre in length. The samples were assayed at the ALS Chemex Analytical Laboratory in Bamako, Mali, using a standard fire assay with a 50 gram charge and an Atomic Absorption finish.

About Merrex's Siribaya Gold Project

The Siribaya Gold Project is a 50/50 joint Merrex-IAMGOLD advanced-stage gold exploration project in West Mali comprised of approximately 910 square kilometres of gold-prolific exploration permits and permit applications pending. Exploration of the Siribaya Gold Project is conducted under a joint management committee with IAMGOLD as the project operator. Expenditures to date on the Siribaya Project exceed $40 million.

The Siribaya Gold Project presently hosts a gold resource estimated at 303,900 ounces grading 2.34 g/t Indicated, and 301,400 ounces grading 2.17 g/t Inferred. The gold resource estimate was prepared in accordance with CIM definitions as required by NI 43-101 and is at July 31, 2012 by ACA Howe International Limited. The Siribaya and Diakha deposit areas are open to the north, south and at depth. Numerous other gold-anomalous target areas have been identified by geochemistry and require drilling.

Gregory P. Isenor, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person as defined under NI 43-101 who has reviewed and is responsible for the technical information presented in this news release.

Merrex is primarily a West African focused gold exploration company with experienced management, a solid exploration team, a prominent gold-producer as a JV partner and an expanding gold resource.

For further details about the Company's exploration activities or to view the most recent corporate presentation visit Merrex's website at www.merrexgold.com. To be added to Merrex's email contact list please email your request to info@merrexgold.com.

On Behalf of the Board

Gregory Isenor, P.Geo.
President & CEO

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SOURCE: Merrex Gold Inc.