Auryn Resources to file updated Technical Report for Committee Bay

15 June 2017

Vancouver, British Columbia – June 15th, 2017 – Auryn Resources Inc. (TSX: AUG, OTCQX: GGTCF, “Auryn” or the “Company”) announces that it will be filing an updated technical report for the Committee Bay project (the “Report”) prepared by Roscoe Postle Associates Inc (“RPA”). During the process of updating the Report, the Company reviewed the previous resource model and confirmed that there have been no material changes. The current resource for the Three Bluffs deposit is now presented as follows: