Sandy Lake Gold Inc. announced the staking of an additional 315 Mining Claim Cells contiguous with the existing district scale land package for an aggregate total of approximately 51,000 ha. /126,000 acres. The additional claims extend over an area of 6,122 hectares, and cover a magnetic Formation with coincident VTEM chargeability anomalies; located on the southern boundary of the Company's contiguous 60 km. east-west claim package.

The company announced the appointment of Gord McKinnon to its Technical Advisory Board to assist Sandy Lake Gold's management team in the evaluation and advancement of the company's gold exploration project in North West Ontario. He currently serves as President, CEO and a Director of Canadian Orebodies Inc. Mr. McKinnon was a co-founder of Mineral Streams Inc. He was previously Manager of Corporate Development with Baltic Resources Inc.