Golden Predator Mining Corp. reported results of 43 Grade Control drill holes at the 3 Aces Project in southeast Yukon, including the highest gold assays returned to date from drilling on the project. These drill holes were designed to investigate close-space variability in three different areas of the Spades Zone in order to prepare for resource delineation drilling across the Central Core Area later this year. Results are being used to: (1) validate predicted grade distribution from previous results in these areas; and (2) design future bulk samples of these areas. Bulk sampling is expected to support previously released data indicating that up to 95% of the gold in the central Spades Zone can be recovered using gravity methods only. Highlights include: Hole 3A17-208 intersected 4.57 m of 81.35 g/t gold from a depth of 0.76 m; Hole 3A17-209 intersected 21.33 m of 18.33 g/t gold from a depth of 2.29 m; Hole 3A17-215 intersected 5.33 m of 49.37 g/t gold from surface; Hole 3A17-220 intersected 13.72 m of 43.02 g/t gold from a depth of 1.52 m, including 0.76 m of 550.00 g/t gold; Hole 3A17-224 intersected 9.91 m of 21.81 g/t gold from a depth of 1.52 m; Hole 3A17-230 intersected 3.05 m of 88.27 g/t gold from a depth of 0.76 m; Hole 3A17-238 intersected 9.15 m of 41.03 g/t gold from a depth of 0.76 m, including 0.76 m of 487.00 g/t gold. The close-spaced Grade Control drilling was completed in three areas, all of which are now considered to be part of the larger central Spades Zone. Significant gold mineralization was encountered in 39 of the 43 holes. The three areas were drilled on grids with a 5 m spacing to compare results with observed gold grade from previous drilling, and as a more definitive estimate of grade for comparison against future bulk sampling. This process is intended to accurately predict the returns that could be expected from a mining operation. Programs of close-spaced drilling followed- up by bulk sampling are an integral part of the Company's commitment to continuously evaluate the quality of drill hole assays, optimal drill spacing for resource delineation and optimal metallurgical recovery. Bulk sampling of the newly drilled areas in Central Spades is expected to commence in the summer of 2018 and will be processed at the Company's own 40 tpd gravity processing plant. The 3 Aces Project is an orogenic gold target consisting of 1,734 claims covering 357 km² (35,700 ha) in southeast Yukon. The Company has focused exploration on the 13.5 km2 Central Core Area, a broad gold-in-soil anomaly, where numerous orogenic gold-bearing quartz veins have been discovered. Exploration over the past 18 months has systematically advanced the project by establishing: (1) high gold grades can be reliably sampled; (2) gold mineralization is in predictable stratigraphic locations; and (3) gold grades have robust continuity within the recognized controlling features. Results have led to a geological model that predicts extensive lateral and vertical continuity of the 3 Aces mineral system. The Company is now developing strategies to establish continuity between the Central Core Area and other mineralized zones along the 40km strike of the 3 Aces property.