Victoria, British Columbia (FSCwire) - Great Thunder Gold Corp. (TSXV: GTG) is pleased to announce that it has launched the first phase of its exploration program for its Urban Thunder gold project in the Windfall Lake Gold Camp of Quebec.

An exploration team is expected to begin a geochemical soil survey on October 9. The survey will be done on GPS lines 400 metres apart, with sampling every 100 metres. A total of 325 samples are planned, with analysis by ALS in Val d'Or, Quebec.

The main gold targets on the Urban Thunder Project lie in the basalts of the Urban Formation, which occupies the southwest part of the property. The remaining part of the property is underlain by the tonalite and massive diorite of the H?(C)bert pluton. Management is very encouraged by the results from a previous airborne magnetic survey, which shows at least three magnetic high anomalies: one over the basalts, and the other two over the H?(C)bert Pluton. These latter two anomalies may represent mafic to ultramafic phases in the pluton, which could expand the mineralization on the Project to include targets for nickel-copper exploration.

Great Thunder's 100%-owned Urban Thunder Project comprises 20 contiguous cell mineral claims covering approximately 1,127 hectares. It is located 12 kilometres northwest of Metanor Resources Inc.'s Barry gold deposit, 15 kilometres west of Osisko Mining Inc.'s Windfall Lake gold deposits, and 18 kilometres west-northwest of BonTerra Resources Inc.'s Gladiator gold deposit.

The technical contents of this release were approved by Donald Th?(C)berge, P.Eng., MBA, an independent Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

About Great Thunder Gold Corp.

Great Thunder Gold Corp. is a mineral exploration and development company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Our Company mandate is to acquire high quality exploration assets with a specific focus on gold and lithium. We intend to build NI 43-101 compliant resource determinations for each of our gold and lithium projects in order to demonstrate their long-term economic viability. Great Thunder is managed by an experienced team of mining professionals with extensive operating and financial experience.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Signed "Kevin C. Whelan"

Kevin C. Whelan, President

Direct line: (250) 474-6640

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