The drilling campaign will focus on expanding the open pit resource at the Victory Gold Deposit and testing new mineralization found in 2013 at the Sprite zone with the aim of increasing open pit resources for the anticipated PEA.

2014 Drill Targets:

Victory Gold Deposit

Drilling at the Victory Gold Deposit will consist of a series of short drill holes positioned over 500 meters of a gold mineralized corridor that extends 1.5 km northeast from the current resource boundary. The target area contains historical drill holes with significant gold intervals (e.g.: VL-99-22 with 2.91 g/t Au over 10.6 m and 1.37 g/t Au over 10.7m) and 2013 channel samples returning up to 2.11 g/t Au over 18.18 meters. The historical drill holes are not included in the current resource.

The goal of this winter 2014 drilling is to expand the Victory Gold Deposit resource, which currently consists of an indicated resource of 41,000 oz Au in 761,000 tonnes grading 1.67 g/t and an inferred resource of 9,000 oz Au in 199,000 tonnes grading 1.47 g/t.

Sprite Zone

Drilling at the Sprite Zone will consist of a series of short drill holes positioned over a 600 meter strike length of a newly discovered mineralized zone located 1.5 km NE along strike from the Leprechaun Gold Deposit.

This new area of mineralization contains multiple gold-bearing QTP veins with grab samples returning up to 58.13 g/t Au, 40.83 g/t Au, 19.82 g/t Au, 14.03 g/t Au and 13.30 g/t Au.

Initial channel sampling in one trench returned 2.01 g/t Au over 7.02 meters with 4.43 g/t Au over 1.06 meters and 0.80 g/t Au over 7.38 meters with 1.58 g/t Au over 2.21 meters.

"We are continuing to advance the Valentine Lake Project by targeting near surface potential that can be discovered and drilled off at a moderate cost. Both of the drilling targets have the potential to significantly increase the open pit resources of the project. We also have additional open pit resource potential at the Frank Zone but that must wait for another time. 2014 looks to be another exciting year for the Company as we look to expand the resources at the Valentine Lake Property and advance the project," said Phillip Walford , President and CEO of Marathon .

Sherry Dunsworth , M.Sc., P. Geo., VP of Exploration, Marathon’s Qualified Person, has reviewed the contents for accuracy and has approved this press release on behalf of Marathon.