Roxgold grants stock options and deferred stock units

TORONTO, Oct. 2, 2014  /CNW/ - Roxgold Inc. ("Roxgold" or "the Company") (TSX.V: ROG) is pleased to announce that it has granted incentive stock options to a recently hired employee to purchase up to an aggregate of 100,000 common shares, exercisable on or before October 2, 2019 at a strike price of $0.76.

The Company has also issued a total of 947,368 Deferred Stock Units ("DSUs") to non-executive directors as an annual award as outlined in the DSU Plan adopted in October 2012.

About Roxgold

Roxgold is a gold exploration and development company with its key asset, the high grade, 100% owned Yaramoko Gold Project located in the Houndé greenstone region of Burkina Faso, West Africa.   The Company is currently advancing Yaramoko's 55 Zone through permitting and, subject to making a positive construction decision, expects to commence development in Q4 2014. Roxgold trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ROG.

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

SOURCE: Roxgold Inc.

Annelise Burke, Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, 416-203-6401, [email protected]