U.S. Gold Corp. Appoints Seasoned Mining Finance Executive Michael Waldkirch to Board of Directors

New Appointment to Strengthen Independent Board Membership

ELKO, Nevada, Jan. 11, 2021 /CNW/ -- U.S. Gold Corp. (NASDAQ: USAU) (the "Company"), a gold exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Waldkirch to its Board of Directors as in Independent Director, effective immediately. Mr. Waldkirch will serve on the Board's Audit Committee as a designated financial expert.

Edward Karr, Executive Chairman of U.S. Gold Corp. stated, "We are very pleased to have Michael Waldkirch join us as a director at this key inflection point for U.S. Gold Corp. Michael adds deep experience to our Board and Audit Committee as a cross border accounting and taxation specialist with extensive corporate governance, capital raising, and resource industry experience. We welcome him to our Board and look forward to his future contributions."

A Chartered Professional Accountant in the U.S. and Canada since 1998, Mr. Waldkirch was the Chief Financial Officer of Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (TSX: GSV) (NYSE American: GSV) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has also held the position of Senior Partner with the public accounting firm Michael Waldkirch and Company Inc., Chartered Professional Accountants, in Vancouver, B.C. since 1999. From 1997 to 2011, he held the position of principal with JBH Professional Services Inc., a business consulting firm located in Richmond, B.C. Mr. Waldkirch  holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of British Columbia.

About U.S. Gold Corp.

U.S. Gold Corp. is a publicly traded, U.S. focused gold exploration and development company. U.S. Gold Corp. has a portfolio of exploration properties. Copper King, now the CK Gold Project, is located in Southeast Wyoming and has a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) technical report, which was completed by Mine Development Associates. Keystone and Maggie Creek are exploration properties on the Cortez and Carlin Trends in Nevada.  The Challis Gold Project is located in Idaho.  For more information about U.S. Gold Corp., please visit www.usgoldcorp.gold

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