Otis Appoints Roger Norwich as Director

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 16, 2015) - Otis Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:OOO) (OTCQX:OGLDF) ("Otis" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that Dr. Roger Norwich has joined the Company as a Director. Dr. Norwich was a founding Director of formerly TSX-V listed Mexican Silver Mines Ltd, which completed a merger with Rio Alto Mining Limited ("Rio Alto") in 2009. He remained an Independent Director of Rio Alto (which has since been acquired by Tahoe Resources Inc.) through to June of 2014, a period during which Rio Alto grew from a development asset through to a mid-tier gold producer. Dr. Norwich was previously a Director of Otis from 2012 to 2014.

States Otis President and CEO Craig Lindsay: "We are very pleased to welcome back Roger to our Board of Directors. He has a broad range of experience financing development assets into producing assets, which will be critical to Otis as we continue to progress the Kilgore Gold Project on a path to production."

Currently, Dr. Norwich is non-Executive Chairman of Mexico-based Grupo Minero Panuco S.A. de C.V, a private company which has producing copper and gold assets in Mexico. Additionally, he has wide-ranging board experience with both publicly-listed and private enterprises. Most recently, he joined the Board of Directors of Inkron Limited, a private company based in Hong Kong which is involved in nanometal (nanocopper and nanosilver) production for the electronics industry.

Dr. Norwich has a BA in Geology and Archaeology (1974) from Manchester University England. He also holds Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from Manchester University. Early in his career, he worked as an oil exploration geologist for Texaco and gained experience in the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Permian Basin.

The Company also advises that up to 5,000,000 stock options having an exercise price of $.05 per common share have been granted to various directors, officers and consultants of the Company. The options have been granted in accordance with the terms of the Company's 10% rolling Stock Option Plan and the Policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About the Company

Otis is a resource company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metal deposits in Idaho, USA. Otis is currently developing its flagship property, the Kilgore Gold Project, located in Clark County, Idaho.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Craig T. Lindsay, President & CEO

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