Gold Standard Reports Increased Oxide Gold Resource and Approval of an Exploration EA at the Dark Star Deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 29, 2017) - Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:GSV)(NYSE MKT:GSV) ("Gold Standard" or the "Company") today announced an updated National Instrument (NI) 43-101-compliant resource estimate for its Dark Star gold deposit on its 100%-owned/controlled Railroad-Pinion Project in Nevada's Carlin Trend. The estimate was prepared by APEX Geoscience Ltd. of Edmonton, Canada ("APEX") and is dated June 9, 2017. An NI 43-101-compliant technical report will be filed with SEDAR within 45 days of the date of this news release.