Van Gold Resources Acquires Contingent Asset Rights in West Papua

DAYTON, June 20, 2016 - The directors and management of Van Gold Resources Inc. (PINKSHEETS:VGRI) are pleased to provide an update on the Company's acquisition of future contingent assets and negotiation rights in West Papua.

West Papua, formerly Dutch New Guinea, is currently under Indonesia occupation. The Company has obtained an assignment of future mineral and hydrocarbon negotiation rights to West Papua from a stakeholder who entered into an agreement in 2014 with local groups seeking independence. West Papua is home to the world’s largest gold mine at Grasberg and is subject to a long standing dispute with indigenous peoples seeking independence from Indonesia.

Van Gold Resources also has obtained negotiation and future contingent rights to oil, mineral, forestry and agriculture concession in the emerging nations of Cabinda, Biafra and Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia). Biafra and the adjoining Niger Delta have recently been in the headlines as self-determination movements attempt to assert control over this resource rich region in West Africa.

The Company also announces that CEO Clement Chigbo has stepped down from the board and will be succeeded by director Lucas Ayaba as CEO. Duncan Macdonald, an experienced legal expert in mineral claims will join the board.


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