AGG African Gold Group Inc

African Gold Group, Inc., ("AGG" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AGG) is pleased
to report the final results for the bulk sampling program at its wholly-owned
Kobada Gold Project in Mali, West Africa. The program was designed to emulate
the Kobada deposit from surface through to bedrock. 


HIGHLIGHTS



--  Average bulk sample gold grade was 63% higher than assay data from the
    same drill hole intervals; 
    
--  Considering bulk sample data above a 0.4 g/t Au cutoff grade indicated
    that gold content was 76% greater than that provided from the assay data
    over the same drill hole intervals; and 
    
--  These results demonstrate that drill hole data alone is likely to under
    estimate gold content for the Kobada resource. Once a mining operation
    is established at Kobada, this trend is likely to result in positive
    reconciliations between resource estimates and actual gold production. 



TESTWORK

The average bulk sample size was 776 kg, with a total of 82 tonnes of material
treated at AGG's pilot plant at Kobada. The bulk sample comprised the retained
residue from the 2012 Kobada RC drilling program, which was batched through the
pilot plant as individual holes. 


The primary purpose of the test work was to demonstrate the effect that a large
sample size has on the measured gold content. Each bulk sample represented 30 to
50 metres of drill hole length, and was compared to the composite of gold grades
of the same drill hole interval previously established by leachwell analysis.
This leachwell analysis was performed on a 2kg split of RC chips every one metre
of the RC drill hole.


Comparing the results for the entire 82 tonnes of material processed, the
composite grade from drilling was 0.31 g/t Au while the average grade from the
bulk sample was calculated to be 0.51 g/t Au, representing a 63% increase in
contained gold. This is shown in Figure 1 with no Au cutoff grade applied to the
bulk sample data (i.e. Cutoff = 0 g/t Au).


It is important to note that the bulk sample contained material from RC drill
holes that would be classified as waste or below an economic cutoff grade.
Figure 1 illustrates that as the bulk sample data is filtered above increasingly
higher grades (the bulk sample cutoff grade), the average grade of the bulk
sample increases at a greater rate than the average grade of the drill hole
data. 


This means that at estimated economic cutoff grades for a full scale mining
project at Kobada, which is likely to be between 0.4 and 0.5g/t Au, the bulk
sample data suggests that contained gold will be 76% to 94% greater than that
indicated by the composited drill hole data. 


To view Figure 1 - Bulk sample and drill hole data by cutoff grade, please click
on the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/Figure1-AGG.pdf. 


The same data analysis is detailed in Table 1.



         Table 1 - Bulk sample and drill hole data by cutoff grade          
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                           Percentage        Bulk   Drill hole  Bulk sample 
Bulk sample       Sample     of total      sample    composite           to 
cutoff              size  sample size       grade        grade   Drill hole 
Au g/t                kg            %      Au g/t       Au g/t  grade ratio 
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0                 81,543          100%       0.51         0.31          163%
0.1               67,565           83%       0.60         0.36          166%
0.2               56,144           69%       0.69         0.41          167%
0.3               47,409           58%       0.78         0.46          171%
0.4               39,583           49%       0.87         0.49          176%
0.5               30,510           37%       1.00         0.51          194%
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President and CEO of African Gold Group Mr. Declan Franzmann, FAusIMM, comments,
"Results of this program demonstrated that there is a nugget effect associated
with the Kobada resource, and that this will likely have a positive effect on
the head grade for the project. The test work clearly demonstrated that at
economic gold grades, the contained gold of the bulk sample was significantly
greater than that estimated from drill hole assaying alone."


"That said, it is AGG's view that the feasibility study currently underway will
consider a resource estimate from only the assay data of drill holes. AGG plans
to update the resource estimate in the near future, once data from the current
drill program has been processed. It is management's belief that the grade and
size of the Kobada resource is sufficient to be economic without the inclusion
of data from this work. The nugget effect established in the bulk sample test
work will likely result in positive reconciliations once mining of the project
commences."


AGG Director Mr. Pierre Lalande, P.Geo., comments, "It is important to note that
lab analysis of drill intervals from within the lateritic hardpan zone overlying
saprolite often averaged less than the 0.3 g/t Au, which is the cut-off grade
for the Company's 2013 mineral resource estimate. The bulk sample testing has
demonstrated that this first 10 meters of the Kobada deposit is likely to
significantly understate the contained gold endowment." 


Bulk Sample Methodology

Analytical results for the calculated gold grade were based on processing the
individual composited bulk samples through AGG's onsite pilot plant. This plant
produced a gravity concentrate, a screen deck oversize and a tailing. Gold
content of these three products was determined separately and combined to
produce the calculated gold content of the bulk sample.


Sampling Protocol

Representative samples of the feed material, plant screen oversize and tails and
entire concentrates were sent for analysis at Activation Laboratories by
100-mesh metallics screened fire assay on 1000-g aliquot. One sample in 20 was
further analyzed by Leachwell on 2,000-g aliquot as part of the QA/QC program.


Qualified Persons

The bulk sampling program was executed under the supervision of Mr. Florent
Baril, P. Eng., Metallurgical Engineer. Mr. Baril is the CEO of Bumigeme Inc., a
consulting engineering group, located in Montreal, Canada. Mr. Baril is a
Qualified Persons under National Instrument 43-101 and has approved the
technical information contained in this release.


About African Gold Group

African Gold Group is a Canadian exploration and development company with a
strong focus on West Africa. African Gold Group is positioned to grow in value
as it progresses its Kobada Gold Project through a feasibility study,
development and into production. For more information regarding African Gold
Group visit our website at www.africangoldgroup.com.


On Behalf of the Board:

Declan Franzmann, President and CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


This press release includes certain "Forward-Looking Statements." All
statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein, including
without limitation, statements regarding future plans and objectives of African
Gold Group; and statements regarding the ability to develop and achieve
production at Kobada are forward-looking statements that involve various risks
and uncertainties.


There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and
actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated
in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from African Gold Group's expectations have been disclosed under the
heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in African Gold Group's documents filed
from time-to-time with the TSX Venture Exchange and other regulatory
authorities. African Gold Group disclaims any intention or obligation to update
or revise any forward looking statements whether resulting from new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
African Gold Group, Inc.
Michael A. J. Nikiforuk
Executive Director
(647) 288-0453
majn@africangoldgroup.com
www.africangoldgroup.com

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