Coastal Gold Completes Sale of Mangabal Nickel-Copper Project in Brazil

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired - Apr 28, 2014) - Coastal Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:COD) (FRANKFURT:CY41) (the "Company") has completed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Castillian Metais Ltda. ("CML"), to Falcon Metais Ltda. ("Falcon Metais"). CML holds a 100% interest in the Mangabal nickel-copper project in Goias State, Brazil (the "Mangabal Project").

In consideration for the shares of CML, Falcon Metais has agreed to assume all liabilities and obligations of CML, including those relating to the Mangabal Project, from and after the closing of the sale.

In connection with the sale, the Company has also issued to Amazon Potash Corp. ("APC"), the parent company of Falcon Metais, 3,117,040 common shares of the Company at a deemed price of Cdn$0.05 per share in repayment of R$111,900 that Falcon Metais paid on behalf of the Company to the Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral ("DNPM") and an additional R$219,700 that Falcon Metais has agreed to pay on behalf of the Company to DNPM in settlement of liabilities relating to the Mangabal Project (the "Shares for Debt Settlement"). On March 3, 2014, the date on which the Company entered into the Agreement, one Brazilian Real was worth 0.47 Canadian Dollars. The shares issued to APC are subject to a four month hold period under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange expiring on August 29, 2014.

The Company also announces that Mr. Mike Hoffman and Mr. David Warner have resigned from the Company's board of directors to pursue other professional interests. The Company thanks Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Warner for their valuable contributions to the Company over the years and wishes them well in their future endeavors.


ABOUT COASTAL GOLD

Coastal Gold is a Canadian mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "COD". Coastal Gold's flag ship property is the Hope Brook Gold Project located in southwestern Newfoundland, which has 19.9 million tonnes at 1.93 g Au/t for 1,239,000 ounces of indicated mineral resources and 1.3 million tonnes at 3.22 g Au/t for 138,000 ounces of inferred mineral resources. In addition, there are inferred mineral resources in the tailings of 4.9 million tonnes at 0.85 g Au/t and 0.09% copper containing 134,500 ounces of gold and 9.5 million pounds of copper. For details regarding the mineral resources, see the technical report entitled "2013 Mineral Resource Estimate Technical Report, Hope Brook Gold Project, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada" effective as of December 4, 2013, which is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.


QUALIFIED PERSON

Dr. Bill Pearson, P.Geo., President & CEO of Coastal Gold and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical content of this news release.


Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information

This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding the estimation of mineral resources. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current exploration activities; future prices of mineral prices; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and shortages and other risks of the mining industry. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

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Coastal Gold Corp.
Rob Hopkins, Manager, Investor Relations
416-861-5899
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Coastal Gold Corp.
Bill Pearson, President & CEO
416-861-2968
president@coastalgold.ca
www.coastalgold.ca