Banks Island Gold Ltd. Reports 7,145oz Gold in Concentrate Shipped to June 10th 2014

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jul 10, 2014) - Banks Island Gold Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:BOZ) -

• 2,001 oz gold equivalent sold from May 1^st - June 10^th 2014.
• 7,145oz gold and 18,559oz silver contained in concentrate shipped from Bob Zone to June 10, 2014.
• Significant Inventory of mineralized material available for processing through flotation plant.

Banks Island Gold Ltd. (the "Company") is pleased to report an update on progress at the Yellow Giant Gold Property, located on Banks Island, British Columbia.

Gold production to June 10, 2014 from gravity circuits (Dense Media Separation (DMS) Plant and Spiral Concentrator) is displayed in Table 1 below. Monthly payable gold produced from May 1^st to June 10^th was 2,001oz gold equivalent ("eq") and average payable gold produced per day was 49oz gold eq per day.

Total gold contained in concentrate from processing of Bob Zone mineralization to June 10, 2014 is 7,145oz gold and 18,559oz silver.

Operation of the DMS Plant and Spiral Concentrator circuits were interrupted starting June 11^th 2014 to allow installation of the grinding and flotation processing circuits which are underway and nearing completion.

The Company estimates that approx. 2,000 tonnes of mineralized material remains in broken inventory at the Bob Zone which will be processed once the grinding and flotation sections are commissioned. The arithmetic average of assays of mill feed from the Bob Zone to date is 21.0gpt Au and 51gpt Ag.

The Company estimates a quantity of 6,000 tonnes of DMS fines are currently stockpiled onsite which are composed of material rejected by the Spiral Concentrator.

The Company has sampled material from its DMS fines stockpiles. The average of 14 samples, as displayed in Table 2, ranged from 7.8gpt Au to 62.9gpt Au with an arithmetic average of 19.9gpt Au and 51gpt Ag.

Mr. Benjamin Mossman, P.Eng, CEO of Banks Island Gold, is the qualified person who reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.

Analytical work on concentrates was carried out by ALS Mineral Services in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Quality assurance and quality control programs include the use of analytical blanks, standards, and duplicates in addition to the lab's own internal quality assurance program. Samples are fire assayed with a gravimetric finish to determine gold and silver values.

The Company is a mining company focused on gold production, exploration, and development of economically viable mineral resources. The Company's mineral property is located in British Columbia. For more information, please refer to the Company's website at www.banksislandgold.com

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Benjamin W. Mossman, P.Eng, President, Director, & Chief Executive Officer

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