Drilling Confirms High Grade Sugar Zone at Depth - 16.82 g/t over 1.66m; Middle Zone Step-Out Retains Width - 6.80 g/t over 6.18m

Highlights:

• Step-out drilling at the Sugar Zone continues to expand mineralization to the southwest at depth, returning 16.82 g/t over 1.66 meters in SZ-17-234 and confirms high grades continuing to the southwest.
  
  
• Step-out drilling reconfirms continuity of grade and width characteristic of the deposit, including: 11.36 g/t over 2.00 meters at SZ-17-223W and 11.16 g/t over 2.05 meters at SZ-17-223W2.
  
  
• Middle Zone drilling continues to expand the mineralized envelope and demonstrates attractive widths including a high grade core, returning 6.80 g/t over 6.18 meters including 36.90 g/t over 1.05 meters at WZ-17-92.
  
  
• Follow up drilling at the Lynx Zone is underway.
  
  
• Regional drilling is now testing new targets including: Marten Zone on the west side of the Dayohessarah Lake and Moose Zone on the south end of Dayohessarah Lake.

Longitudinal Section: Sugar Zone, Middle Zone and Wolf Zone
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Sugar Zone Update
Drilling at the Sugar Zone continues with four drill rigs active and expanding the zone to the north and south at depth.

Sugar Zone: Infill and Step-Out Drilling

(core intersection lengths approximate 80% true width, assay results are uncut, fire assay with metallic screen on samples >10 g/t)

Middle Zone Update
Drilling continues at the Middle Zone with three drill rigs currently active. A summary of drilling is provided in the following table. Hole WZ-17-92 confirms mineralization extends north of the Gabbro intrusion towards the Wolf Zone. One rig is being mobilized to test mineralization north of the Gabbro intrusion with further drilling.

Middle Zone: Infill and Step-Out Drilling

(core intersection lengths approximate 80% true width, assay results are uncut, fire assay with metallic screen on samples >10 g/t)

About Harte Gold Corp.
Harte Gold Corp. is focused on the exploration and development of its 100% owned Sugar Zone property where it has recently completed a 70,000 tonne Advanced Exploration Bulk Sample at the Sugar Zone Deposit and mined 30,000 tonnes under its Phase I Production Permit. The Sugar Zone property is located 80 kilometres east of the Hemlo Gold Camp. The Preliminary Economic Assessment dated July 12, 2012, contains an Indicated Resource of 980,900 tonnes, grading 10.13 g/t for 319,280 ounces of contained gold (uncapped) and an Inferred Resource of 580,500 tonnes, grading 8.36 g/t Au for 155,960 ounces of contained gold (uncapped). The mineral resource was prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 guidelines. George A. Flach, P. Geo., Vice President Exploration, is the Qualified Person for Harte Gold and has prepared, supervised the preparation, or approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release. Harte Gold also holds the Stoughton-Abitibi property located on the Destor-Porcupine Fault Zone adjacent and on strike of the Holloway Gold Mine.

QA/QC Statement
The company has implemented a quality assurance and control (“QA/QC”) program to ensure sampling and analysis of mine and exploration work is conducted in accordance with industry standards. Drill core is sawn in half with one half of the core shipped to Actlabs Laboratories located in Thunder Bay, ON, while the other half is retained at the company’s core facilities in White River for future verification. Certified reference standards and blanks are inserted into the sample stream on a regular interval basis and monitored as part of the QA/QC program. Gold analysis is performed by fire assay using atomic absorption, gravimetric or pulp metallic finish.

For further information, please contact:

Stephen G. Roman Shawn Howarth
President and CEO VP Corporate Development
Tel: 416-368-0999 Tel: 416-368-0999
Email: sgr@hartegold.com E-mail: sh@hartegold.com

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