Z-Gold Amends the Expiry Date of the Warrants Issued on December 3, 2010

ROUYN-NORANDA, CANADA--(Marketwire - Nov. 6, 2012) - Z-Gold Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZGG) announces that its Board of Directors has approved the extension of the expiry date of the 527,778 common share purchase warrants issued on December 3, 2010 for three additional years. The warrants will now expire on December 3, 2015 and the exercise price of $0.26 remains the same. This modification is subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

None of these warrants has been exercised and insiders of the Company do not hold any of them.

About Z-Gold Exploration Inc.

Z-Gold has as its flagship property the Abitibi Gold Property located in Munro Township in the famous Timmins mining camp. There are many surface gold showings that require investigation by ground geophysical surveys and followed up by a diamond drilling program. A recent airborne survey has successfully outlined many EM and magnetic structural features. A geophysical feature similar to the Croesus mine has been identified. The Abitibi Gold Property consists of 112 claims located approximately 86 kilometres east northeast of the city of Timmins in the Larder Lake Mining Division, Ontario.

Z-Gold Exploration Inc. is a publicly listed company trading on the TSX Venture (ZGG).

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