Golden Star Resources Ltd. provided an update on exploration activities at its Wassa gold mine in Ghana. Step out drilling confirms that Wassa ore body is open down plunge, significant grades and widths intercepted up to 250 m south of previously known mineralization. BSDD 290B - 18.5 m grading 6.8 g/t Au, BSDD 295M - 20.3 m grading 3.5 g/t Au.

Infill drilling shows wide zones of significant grades between existing high grade drill intercepts. BSDD 296 - 19.9 m grading 15.3 g/t Au, BSDD 299 - 38.2 m grading 3.5 g/t Au, BSDD 298A - 58.6 m grading 4.0 g/t Au. Current drilling program expected to be completed and assays received by mid-2014.

The current drilling program at Wassa is focused on two goals - approximately 20,000 m of infill drilling of the current resource to further define grades and continuity and step out drilling on 200 meter drill fences to the south to determine the extension of the high grade mineralization below the current Wassa Main pit design. This drilling program forms the bulk of Wassa's $6 million development capital budget for 2014. Step out Drilling: since the initiation of this drilling campaign in November 2013, two step out holes have been successful in extending the mineralized trend to the south of the Wassa Main pit.

Hole BSDD290B drilled on section 19500 N, 50 m to the south of the last drilling, intersected 18.5 m at 6.8 g/t Au from 530 m drilled depth; and hole BSDD295M on section 19300 N, 200 m to the south, intersected 20.3 m at 3.5 g/t Au from 649.4 m drilled depth. These high grade intersections, up to 250 m to the south of previous drilling, indicate that the Wassa deposit remains open down plunge and demonstrate the potential to develop a high grade resource at depth. Infill Drilling; several of the infill drill holes have confirmed wide zones of elavated grades between existing high grade drill intercepts.

Drill holes BSDD291, BSDD293, BSDD294, BSDD297 and BSDD298A were planned follow-up holes delineating the high grade intersections drilled previously in holes BSDD256 (52.9 m grading 4.3 g/t Au) and BSDD260 (62.8 m grading 4.1 g/t Au) located on sections 19600 N and 19675 N respectively. Holes BSDD293, 291 and 298A all confirmed high grade mineralization including 58.6 m at 4.0 g/t Au in BSDD298A drilled 75 m down dip of hole BSDD260 on section 19675 N. Drill hole BSDD293 and BSDD291 were both drilled on 25 m step out fences south of section 19600 N and hole BSDD256.