TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 20, 2014) - Atacama Pacific Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:ATM) ("Atacama Pacific" or the "Company"), responding to a request from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, wishes to confirm that the Company's management is unaware of any material change in the Company's activities that would account for the recent increase in market activity.

As announced in an Atacama Pacific press release dated June 9, 2014, the Company is nearing completion of a Prefeasibility Study on its Cerro Maricunga oxide-hosted gold deposit located in northern Chile and is anticipating that the results of the study will be released during July 2014.

About Atacama Pacific Gold Corporation

Atacama Pacific's business is the acquisition, exploration and development of precious metals resource properties in Chile. Atacama Pacific's principal mineral property is the Cerro Maricunga oxide-associated, breccia-hosted gold project, located in Region III, 140 kilometres by road northeast of the city of Copiapo. Atacama Pacific's goal is to become a producer of gold through the development of the Cerro Maricunga Gold Project.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release may contain assumptions, estimates, and other forward-looking statements regarding future events such as the timing of the release of the Cerro Maricunga Prefeasibility Study. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements

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