GOLD – Nighthawk Gold Corp. Oct. 27 reported drill results from 15 holes recently completed on its Indin Lake gold property in Northwest Territories. This program was designed to grow the previously reported inferred resource estimate at the Goldcrest and Colomac Main gold deposits and to initiate drilling at the Cass gold deposit for the first time. The Cass deposit lies 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) to the southwest of the Colomac gold deposit. The 2014 program concluded successfully with the drilling of 13,647 total meters and the identification of several new expansion opportunities. At Cass, multiple intersections document significant near-surface mineralization and continuity of the mineralized zone to the west; hole CM14-02 intersected 51.00 meters of 2.25 grams per metric ton gold, including 9.00 meters of 4.72 g/t gold, hole CM14-04 intersected 4.40 meters of 38.90 g/t gold, and hole CM14-06B intersected 22.00 meters of 4.24 g/t gold. Other highlights of the program include: Mineralization extended more than 100 meters to the west at Cass; hole CM14-02 intersected 51.00 meters of 2.25 g/t gold, including 9.00 meters of 4.72 g/t gold; hole CM14-04, intersected 4.40 meters of 38.90 g/t gold; hole CM14-06, intersected 26.00 meters of 2.86 g/t gold, including 13.00 meters of 4.17 g/t gold and including 4.50 meters of 9.64 g/t gold, and 5.00 meters of 8.19 g/t gold; and hole CM14-06B, intersected 36.20 meters of 2.89 g/t gold, including 22.00 meters of 4.24 g/t gold and including 5.00 meters of 7.90 g/t gold. Nighthawk’s latest drilling at Goldcrest produced its first documented higher grade shoots as defined by previously reported holes G14-04, 04B, 05 and 05B (Sept 25 news release). Those holes intersected the projected southern extension of the mineralized zone and returned high-grade values over long core lengths, confirming that the mineralization remains open and represents a primary candidate for resource expansion. Holes G14-06, 06B, 07, 07B, and 08 were 50-meter step outs from G14-05, collectively covering a 150-meter section of the 2.5-kilometer-long intrusion. With the exception of G14-07B, all holes intersected mineralization and tested the northern flank of the plunging high-grade zone defined by previously drilled holes G14-04 and 05. Hole G14-08, the northern most hole reported herein, shows significant increases in intersection lengths and gold grades, possibly indicating the existence of another high-grade shoot. Results are pending for subsequent holes that were drilled to test this prospect. Preliminary geochemical analyses suggests that Goldcrest is a differentiated igneous intrusion, presumably co-magmatic with and identical to the Colomac sill. Both sills intruded a host mafic volcanic sequence and were subsequently folded with tops facing east. Better gold mineralization is preferentially localized within the more sodic and silica-rich upper portions of the sills. Because of the limited historical drilling at Goldcrest in comparison with Colomac Main, substantial opportunities for resource expansion exist. Given the success of this first drill program, Nighthawk remains focused on pursuing additional opportunities at Goldcrest as higher grade mineralization remains open to depth and along strike. Nighthawk President and CEO David Wiley commented, “The drilling at Cass has demonstrated substantial mineralized intersections with a favorable proximity to surface; adding to the significance is that these results were produced from a step-out of over 100 meters to the west of previous drilling. We also report additional results from Goldcrest and Colomac that continue to demonstrate broad zones of mineralization. We have now reported 8,068 meters of drilling from our 2014 program, and we expect to release additional results from the remaining 5,579 meters in the coming weeks.”