Recent Developments at Fekola and Boto Very Encouraging for Siribaya; Equity Financing Update; Merrex Cost Reductions

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- (May 28, 2013) - Greg Isenor, President and CEO of Merrex Gold Inc. ("Merrex") (TSX Venture: MXI) comments on recent encouraging announcements from Papillion and IAMGOLD, on Merrex's financing activities, and on Merrex's operating cost reduction measures.


Recent Announcements from Papillion and IAMGOLD

Two recent news releases from Papillion Resources Ltd. regarding its Fekola deposit and another from IAMGOLD Corporation regarding its Boto deposit have important implications for the Merrex-IAMGOLD (50/50) Siribaya Gold Project.


Fekola

On May 8, 2013 Papillion Resources Ltd. announced that the Mali Ministry of Environment granted the Environmental Permit for its Fekola Gold Project. Then on May 22, 2013 Papillion announced that recent drilling highlighted extensions of gold mineralisation outside the Fekola Mineral Resource Estimate area with drill intersections including 105m @ 4.30g/t; 31m @ 6.99g/t; and 40m @ 1.84g/t, and with additional positive intersections trending south towards Boto including 23 metres @ 1.33 g/t and 31 metres @ 1.51 g/t.

Fekola is a major gold discovery that received little attention in North America while it advanced dramatically over the past three years. Today Fekola is a 4.21 Million ounce deposit with an average grade of 2.38 g/t and, with the recently announced drill results and continued drilling, the next resource estimate should substantially increase the deposit size.


Boto

On May 21, 2013 IAMGOLD reported new assay results from 29 diamond drill holes from its Boto deposit:

Boto 2 prospect;

Drill-hole 2126: 42 metres grading 2.16 g/t gold

Drill-hole 2131: 34 metres grading 2.20 g/t gold

Boto 4 prospect;

Drill-hole 2135: 22 metres grading 1.95 g/t gold

Drill-hole 2137: 18 metres grading 2.70 g/t gold

Drill-hole 2138: 29 metres grading 2.08 g/t gold


IAMGOLD also reported that a NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for Boto is in progress and scheduled for completion during the second quarter.

Like Fekola, Boto seems to have received relatively little attention from analysts. Nevertheless, when IAMGOLD releases the maiden resource estimate on Boto, and analysts begin to fully appreciate the real magnitude of the gold being discovered within the Fekola - Boto trend, and they understand the proximity of Fekola and Boto to Siribaya, I believe they will then realize that this region is a new gold camp and one of the most exciting new gold areas anywhere in Africa.


The Significance of Fekola and Boto to Merrex

The announcements by Papillion and IAMGOLD are important to Merrex for two primary reasons.

Firstly, the strike of the Fekola-Boto trend runs directly into Merrex's 1 km x 2 km Diakha anomaly in the south-west region of Merrex's Kambaya Permit (see attached map). Further, the Boto deposits lie contiguous to the western border of Kambaya with Boto 2 being approximately 1 kilometer from the boundary and the Boto 4 being only 250 meters from the boundary. Both deposits, we believe, have the potential to extend eastward onto the Kambaya permit.

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Secondly, the Fekola and Boto deposits are evidence of what appears to be a significant gold-bearing system in this region and supports our enthusiasm to pursue the significant but as yet undrilled geochemical anomalies that have been identified by the Siribaya Joint Venture over the past 2.5 years of systematic termite mound sampling across the entire 910 km2 Siribaya land package. Seven major gold anomalies, Kono, Tila, Diakha, Guia and Fandou, Liberta and Haifa (see attached map), and many smaller anomalies, have been identified on the Siribaya land package. These anomalies are large in size and highly anomalous with fifty samples from the 2012 termite mound sampling program assaying greater than 1 g/t Au with the highest assaying at 63.1 g/t Au.

The 2013 drill program will begin to systematically test those targets which represent the best drilling targets on the property to date.


Financing Activities

Merrex is proceeding with a $1,200,000 private placement announced May 22, 2013. It is our intention to apply substantially all of the net proceeds of the private placement to funding its pro rata share of the 2013 exploration program to ensure that the Company maintains its 50% interest in the Siribaya Gold Project.

Merrex is also advancing discussions with key shareholders regarding participation in an equity financing.


Cost Reduction Measures

Since the beginning of 2013, Merrex began implementing a number of cost-cutting measures to significantly reduce its monthly cash burn rate. Corporate general and administrative expenses have been reduced for the remainder of the year through reductions in employee and consultant costs, travel and marketing costs and non-essential expenditures. In addition, project-related costs have been reduced by reductions in staff and office costs in Mali, Montreal and Halifax. Additional G&A and other costs saving measures are planned.


About the Siribaya Gold Project

The Siribaya Gold Project is a 50/50 joint Merrex-IAMGOLD advanced-stage gold exploration project in West Mali comprised of approximately 910 square kilometres of gold-prolific exploration permits and permits applications pending. Exploration of the Siribaya Gold Project is conducted under a joint management committee. Expenditures to date on the Siribaya Project total approximately $35 million.

The Siribaya Gold Project presently hosts a NI 43-101 compliant gold resource estimated at 303,900 ounces grading 2.34 g/t Indicated, and 301,400 ounces grading 2.17 g/t Inferred (July 31, 2012 ACA Howe International Limited); the deposit areas are open to the north, south and at depth. Numerous other gold-anomalous target areas have been identified by geochemistry and require drilling.

Gregory P. Isenor, P. Geo., is the Qualified Person as defined under NI 43-101 who has reviewed and is responsible for the technical information presented in this news release.

Merre is primarily a West African focused gold exploration company with experienced management, a solid exploration team, a prominent gold-producer as a partner and an expanding gold resource ... a winning combination offering investors an extraordinary opportunity.

For further details about the Company's exploration activities or to view the most recent corporate presentation visit Merrex's website at www.merrexgold.com.

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On Behalf of the Board

Gregory Isenor, P.Geo.
President & CEO



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