WYG International Wayside Gold Mines New Com Npv

International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: WYG)(FRANKFURT: IWUB) announces that, pursuant to its Incentive Stock Option Plan, it has granted incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company to purchase up to an aggregate of 178,287 common shares in the capital stock of the Company. The options are exercisable at a price of $0.62 per share for a period of five years from the date of grant.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

J. Frank Callaghan, President and CEO

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Contacts: International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd. J. Frank Callaghan President and CEO 604-669-6463 or Toll Free: 1-800-663-9688 604-669-3041 (FAX) www.wayside-gold.com