Golden Dawn to Conduct Metallurgical Test of Kenville Gold

VANCOUVER, October 7, 2019 - Golden Dawn Minerals Inc., (TSX-V:GOM)(FRANKFURT:3G8C)(OTC Pink:GDMRD), ("Golden Dawn" or the "Company"), announces that it is initiating metallurgical testing of material from the Kenville gold mine in Nelson, B.C. The Kenville gold mine is being developed by Ximen Mining Corp. as an underground mine and is anticipated to produce gold-bearing material from development drives and bulk sampling. Golden Dawn and Ximen Mining Corp. are collaborating on collection and metallurgical testing of mineralization from the Kenville mine. This is being done to support the concept of processing Kenvile material at Golden Dawn's gravity-floatation process plant (see picture below).

Photo of Golden Dawn 200 tonne/day process plant flotation circuit in action (taken in 2008).

A representative sample of the gold-quartz mineralization from Kenville will be collected from historic drill core and submitted for metallurgical characterization. Specifically, the test work will investigate the mineralogy and chemistry of the mined material and process tailings, as well as the gold recovered using gravity concentration and bulk sulphide floatation. The tailings product will also be characterized for acid generating potential. (The tailings from Kenville material is anticipated at this stage to be non-acid generating and benign of by-product metals based on historical information.) The results will be used to support an application to the BC Ministry of Mines to amend the mill permit to allow custom milling of the Kenville material.

Currently, the Greenwood plant is configured to process free-milling gold and gold-copper sulphide mineralization from the Lexington mine. The anticipated run-of-mine product from the Kenville operation will also consist of a combination of free-milling gold and gold-sulphide (mainly pyrite) mineralization. As such, it is anticipated that gold from the Kenville mine could be recovered using the existing configuration of Golden Dawn's Greenwood mill. Free milling gold would be recovered in the existing centrifugal concentrator, and a gold-pyrite concentrate would be produced from bulk floatation concentration following the flowsheet of the existing treatment circuit.

The Company's intention is to transport Kenville material to Greenwood (approximately 150 km) and process the material in the Greenwood mill without having to perform major modifications to the existing treatment facility. Once the metallurgical test work is complete, a permit amendment will be applied for to allow custom milling. The next step would be refurbishment of the Greenwood mill in preparation for operations. Refurbishment of the mill would also benefit Golden Dawn's plans for future operations at the Lexington mine.

Technical disclosure in this news release has been approved by Dr. Mathew Ball, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and President of the Company.

On behalf of the Board of Golden Dawn Minerals Inc.

Per: "Christopher R. Anderson"
Christopher R. Anderson
Chief Executive Officer

For further information, please contact:

Golden Dawn Minerals Inc. - Corporate Communications:
Tel: 604-488-3900
Email: Office@goldendawnminerals.com

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SOURCE: Golden Dawn Minerals Inc.