Rye Patch Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Florida Canyon Mine Project

Vancouver, British Columbia, July 8, 2016 – Rye Patch Gold Corp (TSX.V: RPM; OTCQX: RPMGF; FWB: 5TN) (the “Company” or “Rye Patch”) is pleased to announced that it has completed a technical report prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) on the Florida Canyon Mine Project. The filing of this technical report supports the disclosure made by the Company in its news release on May 25, 2016 entitled “Rye Patch Signs Agreement to Acquire Florida Canyon Gold Mine and Commitment Letter for a US$27 Million Credit Facility for Mine Restart”.

The technical report is entitled “Technical Report – Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Florida Canyon Mine, Pershing County, Nevada USA” effective March  16, 2016, dated April 18, 2016 and revised June 22, 2016 and was prepared by an independent “Qualified Person” (as that term is defined in NI 43-101) Neil B. Prenn (P. Eng) of Mine Development Associates.

The technical report will be available today on both SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and the Company’s website (www.ryepatchgold.com).