TIG Triumph Gold Corp

Triumph Gold Corp., (TSX-V: TIG) (OTCMKTS: TIGCF) (“Triumph Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Jesse Halle (P.Geo.) has been appointed Vice President Exploration. Jesse brings over twenty years of geoscience-related experience to the job; he has filled senior technical rolls while advancing a number of porphyry copper-gold deposits in Yukon and BC, including Western Copper and Gold’s Casino deposit, and Copper Mountain Mining’s Copper Mountain deposit. Jesse has been working with Triumph as an Exploration Manger since 2016.

Triumph Gold President, Tony Barresi (Ph.D., P.Geo.), comments: “We have been lucky to have an experienced porphyry geologist like Jesse on our technical team and we are excited to welcome Jesse as Triumph’s new Vice President Exploration. I am confident that Jesse’s fresh ideas and meticulous and innovative approaches to exploration will yield more exploration successes for Triumph Gold.”

Jesse Halle (P.Geo.) comments: "I am extremely pleased to be assuming leadership of Triumph Gold’s technical team at such an exciting time for the Company. The past three years have shown continual exploration success at the Freegold Mountain Project with new areas of outstanding metal grades and economic potential. I am eager to build on these discoveries and confident there are more to come.”

Qualified Person

The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Tony Barresi, Ph.D., P.Geo., President of the Company, and qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About Triumph Gold Corp.Triumph Gold Corp. is a growth oriented Canadian-based precious metals exploration and development company.  Triumph Gold Corp. is focused on creating value through the advancement of the district scale Freegold Mountain Project in Yukon.  For maps and more information, please visit our website www.triumphgoldcorp.com

On behalf of the Board of Directors Signed "Tony Barresi" Tony Barresi, President

For further information please contact: John Anderson, Executive ChairmanTriumph Gold Corp. (604) 218-7400 janderson@triumphgoldcorp.com

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