Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. announced an update on the Company's plans following high grade gold intersections from its initial drill program in Central Virginia, USA. Two exploration agreements have been signed with timber and land companies which grants the company the option to lease the mineral rights to 11,065 acres (4,478 hectares) of land in Virginia. These parcels of land have been selected by Don Taylor, Advisor to Aston Bay, in conjunction with the Company's technical team to focus on three styles of mineralization in three geographic areas of Virginia: Buckingham Gold Property: 4,953 acres surrounding the recent discovery of gold in quartz veins and disseminated gold mineralization associated with sericite-quartz-pyrite alteration, where recent drilling by Aston Bay has intersected significant gold mineralization, including 35.61 g/t Au over 2.03m and 24.73 g/t Au over 3.57m including 62.51 g/t Au over 1.39m core length; Virginia Gold Belt Properties: 4,399 acres surrounding historic gold production in the Virginia Gold-Pyrite Belt representing significant along strike and down-dip brownfields gold exploration potential; and, Polymetallic Au-Cu-Zn Properties: 1,713 acres surrounding a recently discovered trend of polymetallic VMS and/or SEDEX-BHT-style mineralization.