Aurvista Gold Corp. Announces the Start of the winter 2013 Drill Program at the Douay Gold Project

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Montreal, Quebec - January 22, 2013: AURVISTA GOLD CORP. ("Aurvista" or the "Company") (TSX-V: AVA) is pleased to announce that it is commencing the first stage of the 2013 diamond drill program (the "Drill Program") at the Company's Douay Project ("the Project") located in northern Quebec. The Drill Program, consisting of approximately 10,000 meters of diamond drilling, will focus on further exploring the Porphyry Zone to the south (the "South Porphyry Zone").

Aurvista will also commence infill drilling within the Porphyry Zone with the intent of further defining higher gold grade areas within the lower grade mineralized envelope. The objective of the Drill Program is to increase the total bulk tonnage of the Porphyry Zone by extending it to the south. The infill drilling will further explore potential higher gold grade areas within the Porphyry Zone, and thus potentially increase the average gold grades.

"We believe this drill campaign represents a great opportunity for further growth and expansion of our current resource" states Richard Adams, President and CEO.

This Drill Program with assay results and interpretation is expected to be completed by the end of Q2-2013, with results released as they are received by the Company.

Jean Lafleur, M.Sc., P. Geo., the VP Exploration of Aurvista, is the Qualified Person responsible for technical content of this release.

About Aurvista Gold

Aurvista Gold Corporation is a junior gold exploration and development company. Aurvista's principal asset is the Douay Gold Project, consisting of 298 contiguous claims totalling approximately 12,704 hectares located on the Casa Berardi Fault in northern Quebec. The Douay Project contains a NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource of 114,652,000 million tonnes at 0.75 g/t gold (2.8 million ounces of gold) in the Inferred category and 2,689,000 tonnes at 2.76 g/t gold (238,433 ounces of gold) in the Measured and Indicated category, at a cut-off of 0.3 g/t gold.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release may contain forward-looking statements based on assumptions, uncertainties and management's best estimate of future events. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations and projections. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. When used herein, words such as "anticipate", "will", "intend" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, refer to Aurvista Gold Corporation's filings with Canadian securities regulators available on www.sedar.com or the Company's website at www.aurvistagold.com.

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For further information:

Aurvista Gold Corp.

Richard Adams, President and CEO

Telephone:(416) 682-2674

Facsimile:(416) 504-4129

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