Marathon Gold Corporation announced the start of the 2019 exploration drilling campaign as well as the results of the final four 2018 drill holes in the southwestern Marathon Deposit, an area with minimal prior drilling and mostly inferred resources. All of these drill holes intersected zones of QTP-Au veining identical in appearance to the gold-bearing QTP veining encountered throughout the Marathon Deposit. All but one, MA-18-346, are in the Marathon PEA pit shell. Drilling in 2019 in the southwestern area of the Marathon Deposit will further define the southwestern extension of the main mineralized corridor and increase measured and indicated gold resources within this area of the expanding Marathon Deposit. Final 2018 Drilling Results: The final drill holes into the southwestern end of the Marathon Deposit intersected new QTP- Au zones in areas with minimal drilling in the past: MA-18-347 intersected 2.68 g/t Au over 12.0 meters with 8.98 g/t Au over 2.0 meters, and 5.65 g/t Au over 3.0 meters. MA-18-344 intersected 3.62 g/t Au over 4.0 meters with 12.60 g/t Au over 1.0 meter. MA-18-345 intersected 3.85 g/t Au over 3.0 meters and 2.73 g/t Au over 4.0 meters. MA-18-346 intersected 3.11 g/t Au over 3.0 meters.