Guyana Goldfields Aurora Project Fully Funded

Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TSX:GUY) is pleased to announce the signing of a common terms agreement with International Finance Corporation, Export Development Canada, ING Capital LLC, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, and The Bank of Nova Scotia for a credit approval for a US$185 Million project finance facility. The financing will fund the development and construction of, and general matters relating to, the 100%-owned Aurora Gold Project located in Guyana, South America.

The Project Loan Facility will consist of two tranches; a Tranche 1 facility of US$160M and a Tranche 2 cost overrun facility of US$25M. The maximum term of the Facility is eight years and advances under the Facility bear a weighted average interest rate of 3-month LIBOR plus 5.11% for Tranche 1 facility, and advances under the Tranche 2 facility would bear interest at the same average range of rates plus 0.5% (if drawn). There will be no gold hedging requirements or other similar provisions associated with the Facility.

Scott A. Caldwell, President & CEO stated

We have been aggressively working on the construction of the Aurora Gold Project, which remains on schedule to achieve commercial production in mid-2015, and recently completed the largest single concrete pour for the SAG Mill base foundation. We would like to thank all parties involved throughout the Facility transaction.

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