NEWS RELEASE August 14, 2017 — Vancouver, BC — Japan Gold Corp. (TSX - V: JG)(OTCQB: JGLDF)(«Japan Gold» or the «Company») is pleased to announce that the Company's three compact portable
diamond core
drill rigs have arrived at Japan Gold's base of operations in Ikutahara.
The results discussed in this news release are from
drill core samples obtained by PQ and HQ - size triple - tube
diamond core
drilling using two PMC400 man - portable
drill rigs owned by SAMJ and operated by Sumiko Resources Exploration & Development Co., Ltd. (a wholly owned exploration services subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.) The
drilling program was fully supervised by SAMJ senior project geologists at the
drilling site.