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Glass Earth Gold Limited ("GEG" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:GEL)(NZAX:GEL) is
pleased to announce that it has executed a Share Sale agreement with Eurasian
Minerals Inc (TSX VENTURE:EMX), securing the option to acquire the Neavesville
prospect (immediately north of the WKP prospect and Martha Mine, Hauraki, New
Zealand). 


Highlights



--  3.2 million tonnes averaging 2.7 g/t gold and 8.9 g/t silver, containing
    289,000 ounces of gold and 944,000 ounces of silver near surface; 
    
--  0.47 million tonnes averaging 7.1 g/t gold and 20.7 g/t silver
    containing 107,000 ounces of gold and 312,000 ounces of silver
    underground; 
    
--  Potential for significant additional near-surface, bulk tonnage, lower
    grade gold-silver mineralization occurring in association with stringer
    quartz veins cutting silicified breccias and volcanic rocks that form
    prominent bluffs, and 
    
--  Potential for the discovery of bonanza grade quartz veins at depth 



Mr Henderson, Glass Earth CEO commented that "the Neavesville project offers the
opportunity to have management and control over the development of a
significantly advanced gold /silver project, with an already established
(historic) resource, with the immediate objective to update and improve the
potential of the existing Trig Bluff resource. The project also offers
tantalising new targets to increase the size and potential of the prospect.
Neavesville, in the vicinity of GEG's other Hauraki projects (WKP, Glamorgan,
and Waihi West), will focus GEG's exploration and development efforts in the
region of Newmont Waihi Gold's, Martha Hill mining operations". 


Mr Henderson also welcomed the opportunity to develop this project with Mr Geoff
Loudon, a well-known, New Zealand based, international explorer and mine
developer. Geoff was a foundation director of Lihir Gold Limited (1995-2010),
and is currently chairman of Nautilus Minerals (TSX and AIM) and L&M Energy (ASX
and NZX). He has been involved in the exploration, financing and the development
of numerous mineral projects in New Zealand, PNG and South America over the last
40 years.


Mr Loudon's interests will be taking a 50% interest in GEG's rights to the
Neavesville project. 


The Neavesville prospect consolidates a 30km2 area of prospective ground in the
Hauraki Goldfield under exploration permits 52-759 and 51-767 (see Figure 1).
Neavesville has been actively explored by a number of exploration companies from
the 1970s through 2007, including Amoco (Cyprus), CRA, Homestake, City
Resources, Normandy, and Newmont. Work conducted includes:




--  63 diamond holes totalling over 8,900 meters of drilling, 
--  more than 1,400 rock samples, 
--  soil sampling grids, and 
--  numerous campaigns of geophysical surveys (magnetics, gravity, EM,
    etc.).  



The largest of the gold systems defined by the historical drilling and surface
geochemistry is centered on Trig Bluffs. Drill inferred historic mineral
resource estimates produced in 1999 (and updated in 2001) by the (New Zealand)
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences were as per below. While the
resource estimates were JORC compliant at that time, a Qualified Person has not
performed sufficient work to classify the historic estimates as current mineral
resources and Glass Earth is not treating the estimates as current mineral
resources. The historic estimates should not be relied upon until they can be
confirmed. 




--  near-surface, historic resource estimate for the "upper zone"
    mineralization reported as 3.2 million tonnes averaging 2.7 g/t gold and
    8.9 g/t silver, containing 289,000 ounces of gold and 944,000 ounces of
    silver; and 
    
--  deeper, potentially underground mineable mineralization reported as 0.47
    million tonnes averaging 7.1 g/t gold and 20.7 g/t silver containing
    107,000 ounces of gold and 312,000 ounces of silver. 
    
--  Epithermal gold mineralisation is developed in a large multiphase
    breccia complex that cuts faulted volcanic and minor sedimentary
    sequences; 
    
--  gold/silver mineralisation is developed along steeply dipping low
    sulphidation quartz-adularia veins, and as pervasive and stockworks in
    breccia and dacite porphyry. 



Please view the map on Neavesville at:
http://glassearthgold.com/i/newsreleases/2012/Images/GEGL_PR_20Nov2012_Map1.jpg.


Future work planned:



--  re-interpret geological model & recalculate resource potential; 
--  Commence resource drill programme to update and improve confidence of
    resources  
--  follow-up on additional multiple gold/silver targets identified 



The Option provides for staged payments and obligations as follows:



1.  Immediate reimbursement of recent exploration costs (C$85,567); 
    
2.  Option payment of 850 oz gold(i) prior to 31 Dec 2013; 
    
3.  Drilling 5,000m and publication of an updated JORC/NI 43-101 compliant
    Resources Report within 24 months of the payment above or prior to 31
    December 2015; 
    
4.  Exercise of the Option to purchase the shares in the company owning the
    Neavesville permits and execution of an agreement to pay amounts
    ("Deferred Consideration") equivalent to a 2% NSR on production from the
    permits; 
    
5.  Additional payments ("Additional Payments") at the rate of 75 oz gold(i)
    per annum, prior to exercise of the Option and 100 oz gold(i) after
    exercise of the Option, until production commences, whereupon the
    Deferred Consideration pertains and the Additional Payments paid are
    credited against 80% of the Deferred Consideration; 
    
6.  Upon the production of a JORC/NI 43 101 compliant feasibility study,
    supporting a decision to construct a mine, payment of gold(i) in the
    ratio of 1:100 on all probable and proven reserves included in that
    report - up to a limit of 500,000 oz on those and subsequently reported
    reserves, and with payment of gold(i) on reserves above 500,000 oz being
    in a reduced ratio of 1:200.
    
    (i) gold payments may also be made in equivalent US$'s at the then price
    of gold or in equivalent Glass Earth fully paid ordinary shares - the
    mode of payment to be at Glass Earth's election. Payment using Glass
    Earth shares would be subject to TSXV approval.  



About Glass Earth Gold

Glass Earth Gold is one of New Zealand's most active gold exploration companies
with landholdings proximal to world-class gold deposits and cash flow from its
wholly owned placer projects. With an experienced geological team the Company is
exploring promising gold prospects across both the North and South Islands. The
Company held a net cash position of C$1.0 million at the end of Q2 2012.


In the North Island, exploration efforts are focused on large epithermal gold
systems in the Hauraki Region, akin to the 10Moz gold equivalent Martha Hill
mine, (Newmont Mining).


In the Hauraki Region, Glass Earth Gold has identified and developed significant
ground positions around the active Martha Hill gold mine operations at Waihi.
The Newmont-Glass Earth Gold Waihi West JV (Newmont earning in) and Hauraki JV
(65/35), including drilling at the WKP discovery, are being actively explored
and managed by Newmont in collaboration with Glass Earth Gold. 


Glass Earth Gold has also defined several significant epithermal gold targets to
independently explore in this region, including the Muirs Reef Gold project. 


In the South Island, exploration efforts are focused on the Otago Region, home
to OceanaGold's 7Moz Macraes Goldfield, for identification of mesothermal
"Macraes-style" gold targets and revenue generation through placer (alluvial)
gold production. 


Qualified Person

Mr Simon Henderson, MSc Geology (CODES), an AusIMM Chartered Professional under
the Discipline of Geology; is a Qualified Person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101 and an employee of the Company, has reviewed and approved the
technical information given in this press release.


For more information on Glass Earth Gold, please visit www.glassearthgold.com.

To receive Company news via email, contact erica@chfir.com and mention "Glass
Earth news" in the subject line. 


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Glass Earth Gold Limited
Simon Henderson
President and Chief Executive Officer
+64 4 903 4980
info@glassearthgold.com
www.glassearthgold.com


CHF Investor Relations
Jeanny So
Director of Operations
+1 416 868 1079 x 225
jeanny@chfir.com

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