Nighthawk Drills 4.40 Metres of 38.90 g/t Gold and 51.00 Metres of 2.25 g/t Gold; Extends Mineralization Over 100 Metres at Cass

27 October 2014

October 27, 2014
Toronto, Ontario, October 27, 2014 – Nighthawk Gold Corp. (“Nighthawk”) (TSX Venture: NHK) is pleased to report drill results from fifteen holes (Figure 1, 3 | Tables 1, 2, 3) recently completed on its Indin Lake Gold Property in the Northwest Territories (“NWT”). This program was designed to grow the previously reported inferred resource estimate (June 17, 2013 news release) at the Goldcrest and Colomac Main gold deposits and to initiate drilling at the Cass gold deposit for the first time. The 2014 program concluded successfully with the drilling of 13,647 total metres 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 metres of 2.25 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold, including 9.00 metres of 4.72 g/t gold,hole CM14-04 intersected 4.40 metres of 38.90 g/t gold, and hole CM14-06B intersected 22.00 metres of 4.24 g/t gold.