Cassidy Gold Corp. ("Cassidy") is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated January 28, 2013, it has closed its non-brokered private placement consisting of 3,466,666 units (the "Units") at a per Unit price of $0.06 for gross proceeds of $208,000. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase an additional common share at a price of $0.10 per share until August 28, 2013.

Shares acquired by the placees are, and shares which may be acquired upon the exercise of the share purchase warrants will be, subject to a hold period until June 29, 2013, in accordance with applicable securities legislation. The proceeds of the private placement will be used by the Company for general corporate purposes.

Two persons who are directors and officers of the Company participated in the private placement, having purchased an aggregate of 400,000 Units, constituting related party transactions pursuant to the TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 -- Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("M1 61-101"). The Company relied on Section 5.5(a) of MI 61-101 for exemptions from the formal valuation requirement and Section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 for exemptions from the minority shareholder approval requirement of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the transactions did not exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization.

For additional information, please contact:

James T. Gillis, Director
Telephone: (250) 372-8222

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