Legend Upgrades Oxide Mineralization with High Grade Intersections and Finds Down Dip Extensions at Diba Resource

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jul 14, 2014) - Legend Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Legend") (TSX VENTURE:LGN) is pleased to announce the receipt of all assays of reverse circulation ("RC") and aircore ("AC") drilling on the Diba resource located within the Korali Sud permit application area which covers the area previously known as the Diba Exploration Permit.

Diba Resource Drilling Highlights:

• 5,854 meters ("m") of RC drilling in 59 drill holes within the Diba resource.
• 2,662 m of AC drilling on the + 100 ppb anomaly northwest of the Diba resource.
• High grade intersections within the Diba resource include:

* Drill intervals are approximately true widths based on drill hole inclination and general dip of mineralization. Assay intervals calculated at 0.5 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold cut-off with up to 3 m of internal waste included.

The purpose of the RC drilling was to upgrade and better define the extent of the previously announced Diba resource as well as to determine the down dip continuity of the mineralization. The current drilling targeted oxide mineralization which was previously undefined by drill intersections as well as down dip extensions of sulfide zone mineralization.

The drill results, which are appended below, clearly improve the continuity of mineralization in the oxide zone and extend it 50 meters to the west while at the same time outlining a higher grade core to the oxide mineralization.

The results of the RC drilling are expected to improve the statistical certainty of the resource and move it from the indicated and inferred categories to the measured and indicated categories as well as increase the resource from the previously announced indicated resource of 275,200 oz. @ 1.35 g/t gold and inferred resource of 32,500 oz. @ 1.40 g/t gold. An in-house evaluation of the resource as well as a re-tabulation by AMEC of the assay data by weathering profile indicates that at least 150,000 oz. of the indicated and inferred resource are in oxide, with an additional 38,000 oz. in both categories in the transition zone.

Drill hole DBRC-009 encountered 1.32 g/t gold over 45 meters from 93 meters indicating that significant mineralization extends down dip into the sulfide zone in the southeastern portion of the resource. Please refer to the Company's website (www.legendgold.com) for a map of all drill holes.

Douglas Perkins, President & CEO of Legend stated, "the Company is greatly encouraged by the consistent results of the RC drilling and the potential to upgrade the Diba resource."

Northwest Anomaly:

The AC drilling targeted the 2.5 km long, 100 ppb soil auger anomaly to the northwest of the Diba resource area. Only thin laterite and saprolite profiles were encountered which contained no economic intersections but results provided an explanation for the soil auger anomaly.

QA/QC Procedures:

The entire volume of chips from each reverse circulation interval were collected, dried and split on site into an approximately 2 kg subsample using a Jones splitter on a meter by meter basis. Aircore samples were treated similarly and recombined using a Jones splitter to obtain 2 m composite samples. The 2 kg sample was submitted to SGS Laboratories ("SGS") in Bamako for crushing, grinding and 50 gram gold fire assay with AAS finish. Approximately 5% of both high and low grade, oxide gold standards as well as 5% blanks were inserted into the sample stream before delivery of the samples to SGS. Every 20 samples, a duplicate sample was created from the chip rejects and included in the sample stream. AC and RC pulps as well as RC rejects are kept as a reference. A QA/QC analysis was performed on the results of the standard, duplicate and blank sample assays. If results of adjacent standards fell outside two standard deviations of the standard control assay, samples from that batch were flagged for re-assay.

Qualified Person:

Dr. Demetrius Pohl, PhD., Certified Professional Geoscientist (CPG), Legend's V.P. of Exploration, is the Company's Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosures for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities Administrators, and has approved the written disclosure of the technical information contained in this news release.

About Legend:

Legend is a mineral exploration and development company focused on exploring for gold in the Republic of Mali, West Africa. Legend's principal projects include the Lakanfla, Korali Sud (formerly Diba), Badiazila, Bala Ouest (formerly Mougnina), and Tiekoumala.

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APPENDIX

Significant* assay intervals from the Diba prospect RC drilling.