Gold Canyon Holds its Annual General and Special Meeting of the Shareholders

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 25, 2012) - Gold Canyon Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GCU)(PINKSHEETS:GDCRF) ("Gold Canyon" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that its Annual General Meeting of shareholders was held in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 24, 2012 at which:

• the incumbent directors of the Company, being Akiko Levinson, Ron Schmitz, Quinton Hennigh, Doug Buchanan and Conrad Pinette, were re-elected as directors of Gold Canyon for the coming year;
• Davidson & Company, the incumbent auditors of the Company, were re-appointed auditors of Gold Canyon for the coming year;
• in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company's rolling 2003 Incentive Stock Option Plan was ratified for the coming year; and
• in accordance with the terms of Gold Canyon's Shareholder Rights Plan of March 15, 2006, such Shareholder Rights Plan was reconfirmed for a further three year term.

About Gold Canyon Resources Inc.:

Gold Canyon is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral and precious metals properties. The Company controls a 100% interest in the Springpole Gold - Horseshoe Island Gold, Platinum, Palladium Project and Favourable Lake Poly-metallic property currently under option to Guyana Frontier Mining Corp. pursuant to an option and joint venture agreement entered into in December 2005 - all in the Red Lake Mining District of Ontario, Canada.

Through its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Gold Canyon Resources USA Inc., the Company controls a 100% interest in the Cordero Gallium Project situated in Humboldt County, Nevada, U.S.A.

Gold Canyon entered into a REE Joint Exploration Agreement with the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) in January 2009.

Additional information can be found on the Company's website: www.goldcanyon.ca

Akiko Levinson, President & Director