Pelangio Exploration Closes $600,000 Private Placement Financing

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 15, 2014) -

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Pelangio Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PX)(PGXPF) ("Pelangio" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced private placement of 15,000,000 units of the Company at a price of $0.04 per unit for gross proceeds of $600,000 (the "Private Placement").

Each Unit sold pursuant to the Private Placement is composed of one common share (a "Common Share") and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole purchase warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at a price of $0.05 prior to February 15, 2016, subject to acceleration and adjustment in certain cases. In the event that the Common Shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") at a volume weighted-average price of $0.075 or more for a period of at least 10 consecutive trading days subsequent to December 16, 2014, the Company shall be entitled to accelerate the exercise period to a period ending at least 30 days from the date notice of such acceleration is provided to the holders of Warrants.

The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used for continued exploration at our Ghana properties, including up to 3,000 metres of air core and reverse circulation drilling, and for general working capital purposes, which will include consulting fees and salaries, including to officers and other employees.

The Company will pay a finder's fee of $13,510 to certain introducing parties in respect of a portion of the proceeds of the Private Placement, subject to compliance with applicable securities legislation and TSX Venture Exchange policies. The Private Placement is subject to receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including the TSX Venture Exchange. The securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a four month hold period in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws, expiring December 16, 2014. Certain directors and/or officers of the Company are participating in the Private Placement for a total of 6,500,000 units.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offering made will be pursuant to available prospectus exemptions and restricted to persons to whom the securities may be sold in accordance with the laws of such jurisdictions and by persons permitted to sell the securities in accordance with the laws of such jurisdictions.

About Pelangio

Pelangio successfully acquires and explores camp-sized land packages in world-class goldbelts, while using innovative corporate restructuring to maximize shareholder value. The Company primarily operates in Ghana, West Africa, an English-speaking, common law jurisdiction that is consistently ranked amongst the most favourable mining jurisdictions in Africa. The Company is exploring three 100%-owned camp-sized properties: the 100 km² Manfo Property, the site of seven recent near-surface gold discoveries, the 264 km² Obuasi Property, located four kilometres on strike and adjacent to AngloGold Ashanti's prolific, high-grade Obuasi Mine, which has produced over 30 million ounces of gold since 1897, and the early-stage 159 km² Akroma Property.

For additional information, please visit our website at www.pelangio.com, follow us on Twitter @PelangioEx.

Forward Looking Statements

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