Galway Gold Announces That Eduardo Gomez Has Joined Its Board of Directors and Awards Incentive Stock Options

TORONTO, April 28, 2020 - Galway Gold Inc. (TSXV:GLW)(OTC PINK:GAYGF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Eduardo Gomez has agreed to join its Board of Directors. Mr. Gomez has over 25 years of international operating and consulting experience across multiple industries. He currently advises CEOs of middle market private equity backed technology companies on revenue growth strategies as a delivery leader at Sales Benchmark Index (SBI). Before joining SBI, Mr. Gomez was a VP & General Manager at ADP where he led the rapid growth of a $780M division and Corporate Development efforts for their HR Outsourcing Business Unit. Prior to ADP, he led turnarounds in the EdTech, legal information and water plant manufacturing industries in the US and Colombia. Prior to being an operator, Mr. Gomez was a consultant in Colombia and Brazil with McKinsey & Co., Deloitte and PwC where he led cost optimization, M&A and growth strategy projects in the energy and banking industries.

Mr. Gomez has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island where he majored in Finance. He is fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

The Company is also pleased to announce that it has awarded 250,000 incentive stock options exercisable at C$0.11 per common share and expiring on April 28, 2030 to Mr. Gomez. This grant of options is in compliance with terms of the Company's Stock Option Plan and remains subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.

For further information contact:

Galway Gold Inc.

Robert Hinchcliffe 1-800-761-2770
www.galwaygoldinc.com

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SOURCE: Galway Gold Inc.