Argo Gold Expands Flagship Woco Gold Project in Northwestern Ontario

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 11, 2019) - Argo Gold (CSE: ARQ) (the "Company" or "Argo Gold") is pleased to announce the staking of additional claims, expanding of their 100% owned land package, Argo's flagship Woco Gold Project, located 75 kms east of Great Bear Resources' Dixie Project, outside of the Red Lake Gold District.

Key details of the Company's additional claims are:

• Two Additional blocks of claims contiguous with the main Woco Gold Property.
• Block 1 consists of 11 claims, which cover the North and Western parts of the HST 'Break' and which contain the extension of the Raingold showing (on Argo Gold mineral patents).
• Block 2 consists of 8 claims which cover the Eastern extent of the Uchi Mine area geology and a portion of the Uchi Lake Deformation Zone.
• As seen from Figure 1 below, these new claims are directly west and south of the four-past producing Uchi Gold Mines.

With this new staking, the Woco Gold Project has increased in size by 15%, bringing Argo Gold's total land package in the prospective Birch Uchi Greenstone Belt to 2,176 hectares.

Figure 1: Argo Gold's additional claims at the Woco Gold Project.

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About Argo Gold Inc.

Argo Gold is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol ARQ. Argo Gold is focused on gold exploration projects in central and northwestern Ontario. Argo Gold's website is www.argogold.ca.

Mr. Delio Tortosa, P. Eng, is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the accuracy of technical information contained in this news release.

For more information, please contact:

Paul Poggione Vice-President, Corporate Development 613-277-1989 paul@argogold.ca 

Ken Storey Chief Financial Officer 905-301-3404 kj.storey@argogold.ca

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