SPA Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd.

Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Coxe to the Company's board of directors. Mr. Coxe has more than thirty-nine years of institutional investment experience in North America and has maintained a highly visible presence in major business communities as an advisor to corporate boards and speaker for business conferences and industry events worldwide. He has been a strategic consultant to several major gold mining companies over the last decade.

Mr. Coxe is Strategy Advisor to BMO Financial Group and Chairman of Coxe Advisors LLP. His investment journal, Basic Points, published since 1992, and his conference calls are distributed exclusively to BMO clients in North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Coxe also heads up the Global Commodity Strategy investment management team - a collaboration of Coxe Advisors and Harris Investments. He is advisor to the Coxe Commodity Strategy Fund and the Coxe Global Agribusiness Income Fund in Canada, and the Virtus Global Commodity Stock fund in the US.

Mr. Coxe has consistently been named as a top portfolio strategist by Brendan Wood International and was awarded a lifetime achievement award in 2011. He was ranked number one in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 surveys. Mr. Coxe's website: http://www.coxeadvisors.com provides more details on his impressive career and achievements.

Ian Watson, Chairman of the Board, said today: "We are delighted that Don Coxe has accepted our invitation to join the board of Spanish Mountain Gold. His reputation, experience and strategic advice will be of enormous help to the company, especially as it nears full feasibility and the financing for going into production."

The Company also announces that Don Sharp has elected to retire from the Company's board. Mr. Sharp has been a director since 2009 and has agreed to remain as an advisor to the Company for a period of twelve months following his retirement. The Company wishes to acknowledge Mr. Sharp's service and contributions to the board.

The Company's board of directors has authorized granting stock purchase options to certain directors and employees to acquire an aggregate of 1,325,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.82 expiring September 20, 2016. The foregoing is subject to regulatory acceptance.

About Spanish Mountain Gold

Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. is focused on the responsible development of its flagship Spanish Mountain gold project in southern central British Columbia, Canada. The Company has more than $20 million in working capital, has no debt and owns 100% of four gold properties located in British Columbia. Additional information about the Company is available on its website: www.spanishmountaingold.com.

On behalf of the Board,

SPANISH MOUNTAIN GOLD LTD.

Brian Groves, President and CEO

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Contacts: Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. Colin Clancy (604) 601-3651 info@spanishmountaingold.com www.spanishmountaingold.com B&D Capital Partners (604) 685-6465