Nighthawk Repays Secured Notes

15 July 2016

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 15, 2016) - Nighthawk Gold Corp. ("Nighthawk" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NHK) is pleased to announce that it has repaid in full all outstanding debt, liabilities and obligations that Nighthawk owed pursuant to certain secured notes (the "Notes") issued by the Company for an aggregate principal amount of $850,000 on November 20, 2015. All security granted under the Notes has been released. Further details of the Notes can be found in the Company's press release dated November 20, 2015, which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. In addition, as a result of the early repayment of the Notes, the expiry date of the 3,400,000 common share purchase warrants issued with the Notes (having an exercise price of $0.15) has been reduced to November 20, 2016 in accordance with the terms of the warrant certificates.