ValGold Grants Stock Options

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 24, 2012) - ValGold Resources Ltd. ("ValGold" or the "Company") (VAL.V)(FRANKFURT:VR2) has granted an aggregate of 1,465,000 incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. These options will be exercisable over a five-year period expiring September 24, 2017, at a price of $0.125 per share, being approximately 25% greater than the closing price of the Company's shares on the TSX Venture Exchange on the effective date of September 21, 2012. The stock options were issued in accordance with the Company's stock option plan approved by the Company's shareholders on June 19, 2012.

ABOUT VALGOLD

Incorporated in 1987, ValGold is listed on Tier 1 of the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol VAL. ValGold is an international mineral development company based in Vancouver, Canada. The Company's objective is to generate wealth for its stakeholders by seeking out, acquiring and advancing properties with recognizable but under-explored mineral resources.

ValGold's commitment is to realize value from significant mineral deposits which satisfy key criteria -

-- Mineral rights to extensive areas in prospective but non-traditional and

under-explored regions.

-- Mineral exploration projects with potential for substantial development.

-- Projects that require experienced management with exploration, mining

and financial expertise.

For more information on ValGold's Canadian and international gold projects, please visit our website at www.valgold.com.

Stephen J. Wilkinson, President & Chief Executive Officer

Cindy Chu, Investor Relations

This news release includes "forward-looking information". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address the private placement or mineral exploration programs contain forward-looking information and are based on a number of assumptions, including, but not limited to, that there will not be substantial changes to market conditions, regulatory requirements or costs associated with mineral exploration. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking information are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking information. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking information include changes the price of the company's shares, the costs of labor, equipment and other costs associated with exploration, exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

SEC 12g3-2(b): 82-3339

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as the term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.