VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GT Gold Corp. (“GT Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: GTT) announces, pursuant to the Company’s stock option plan, the granting effective March 19, 2019, of 2,060,000 five-year stock options to management, directors and consultants to the Company. The options vest in three equal tranches at exercise prices as follows: one-third immediately at C$0.74, an additional third at C$0.84 one year from the date of grant, and the final third at C$0.94 two years from the date of grant.
About GT Gold
GT Gold Corp. is focused on exploring for base and precious metals in the geologically fertile terrain of British Columbia’s renowned Golden Triangle. The Company’s flagship asset is the wholly-owned, 45,847-hectare Tatogga property, located near Iskut, BC, upon which it achieved in 2017 two major discoveries at its Saddle prospect: a near surface bulk-tonnage and potential deep high-grade underground-style epithermal gold-silver vein system at Saddle South and, close by at Saddle North, a large-scale, richly mineralized and high-grade porphyry copper gold mineralized intrusion. The Company has the backing of major institutions and is currently in the process of planning its 2019 drilling campaign
For more information please contact:
| GT Gold Corp. | GT Gold Corp. | GT Gold Corp. |
| Steve Burleton | Charles J. Greig, P. Geo. | Amandip Singh |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Vice President, Exploration | Director, Corporate Development |
| Tel: (647) 256-6752 | Tel: (250) 492-2331 | Tel: (647) 256-6754 |
| Website: www.gtgoldcorp.ca |
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