Aurvista Gold Corporation announced that it is commencing the first stage of the 2013 diamond drill program at the company's Douay Project located in northern Quebec. The Drill Program, consisting of approximately 10,000 meters of diamond drilling, will focus on further exploring the Porphyry Zone to the south. Aurvista will also commence infill drilling within the Porphyry Zone with the intent of further defining higher gold grade areas within the lower grade mineralized envelope.

The objective of the Drill Program is to increase the total bulk tonnage of the Porphyry Zone by extending it to the south. The infill drilling will further explore potential higher gold grade areas within the Porphyry Zone, and thus potentially increase the average gold grades.