Arcus Development Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ADG) ("Arcus" or the "Company") is
pleased to announce the completion of its exploration in the White Gold
District, Yukon. The 2011 exploration campaign at the Dan Man property was
focused within the southern portion of the claim block in close proximity to the
bordering Coffee Creek claims being aggressively explored by Kaminak Gold Corp.
Auger soil sampling on the Dan Man property identified four zones of anomalous
gold-in-soil responses along an 8 km trend near the southern border of the claim
block. Two of the zones were partially drill tested targeting four separate
structural trends interpreted from air photo lineament analysis and detailed
magnetic interpretation. Structural zones encountered in drill holes are
interpreted to be steeply southerly dipping and dominantly associated with
northwest trending lineaments.


Significant drill intervals are listed in the following table while the
individual zones are more fully described below.




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                        Azimuth       From         To   Interval         Au
Hole #     Zone        (degrees)        (m)        (m)     (m)(1)      (g/t)
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DM-11-02   Kambaa           000      29.10      34.46       5.36       0.64
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including                            29.10      30.65       1.55       1.18
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DM-11-03   Kambaa           180      10.34      16.63       6.29       1.61
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including                            12.24      16.63       4.39       2.08
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DM-11-07   Kwazulu          180      72.54     109.78      37.24       0.22
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DM-11-08   Kwazulu          035      21.15      56.67      35.52       0.50
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including                            21.15      29.77       8.62       1.63
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(1) True widths are believed to be 70 - 90% of the intervals reported in
    the table above.



The areas grid soil sampled in the southern portion of the Dan Man claims are
characterized by low lying north-facing slopes vegetated with moss and
buckbrush, largely underlain by variable accumulations of organic material,
loess and permafrost. Considering these conditions, gold-in-soil contour
thresholds were appropriately adjusted lower to interpret areas of significant
anomalous response.


The Kambaa Zone is characterized by a 900 x 200 m easterly trending gold-in soil
geochemical anomaly with soil values ranging from 12.5 to 132 ppb. The anomaly
is bounded by two northwest trending lineaments interpreted from airphotos.


Four drills holes were located on two section lines spaced 100 m apart to test
the strongest gold-in-soil response within the broader anomaly. All holes
encountered structural alteration characterized by varying intensities of
texturally destructive brittle fracturing accompanied by silica flooding,
sericitization, partial oxidation and intermittent brecciation. Alteration zones
contain moderately to significantly elevated levels of arsenic, antimony and
barium relative to the unaltered wallrock background responses. Narrow intervals
of elevated gold responses (greater than 250 ppb) were encountered in all holes
with the best grades reporting from DM-11-03.


The Kwazulu Zone is situated 2.5 km southwest of the Kambaa Zone and encompasses
a 2 km area of interest defined by a weakly anomalous intermittent gold-in-soil
response. Anomalous gold values span a range of 12.5 to 156 ppb. The zone hosts
a series of northwest trending lineaments bisected by an arcuate northeasterly
to northwesterly trending feature. The core portion of the gold-in-soil response
is contained within the western part of the zone and is defined by an area
roughly 1200 x 200 m in size.


Five drill holes were located at three sites to test an 800 m portion of the
zone containing at least three separate structural trends. Three of the holes
tested two northwesterly trending lineaments approximately 600 m apart and
encountered significant structural alteration between 35 and 60 m thick. The
structural alteration is characterized by intense clay-altered shearing with
multi-episodic brecciation and intermittent oxidation.


The best gold grades were encountered within a subinterval of the western
Kwazulu structure yielding 1.61 g/t gold across 8.62 m within a broader
alteration zone grading 0.50 g/t gold across 35.52 m. The geochemical signature
of the structures within the Kwazulu Zone is best characterized by gold and
intermittent weakly elevated arsenic values.


The Rooibos Zone is located 1 km south of the Kambaa Zone and consists of a
series of anomalous gold-in-soil clusters within an 800 x 100 m easterly trend.
Anomalous gold values range from 12.5 to 98 ppb. No follow-up work to explain
the gold-in-soil anomalies was possible as assay results were not received by
Arcus until after the end of the 2011 field season.


The Bengal Zone is situated 3 km east of the Rooibos Zone and hosts the
strongest gold-in soil response (12.5 to 444 ppb) identified on the property to
date. Anomalous gold values are contained within an 1,800 x 500 m west
northwesterly trend. Lineament analysis suggests the soil geochemical anomaly is
bisected by a series of north-northwest trending structures, the orientations of
which coincide with the moderate to strongly anomalous core portions of the
gold-in soil response. No follow-up work to explain these anomalies was possible
as assay results were not received by Arcus until after the end of the 2011
field season.


"Arcus management is encouraged by the first phase assessment of the Dan Man
gold targets, specifically with the tenor of structural alteration encountered
at the Kambaa and Kwazulu zones," stated Ian Talbot, the President of Arcus.
"While gold responses within these structural zones are currently limited to
narrow intervals or broader low grade intervals, the size and nature of the
associated alteration is very compelling. The Bengal soil anomaly represents the
strongest gold response defined on the claim block to date and appears to be
associated with a northerly trending structural system similar to Kaminak's
Supremo Zone 2.5 km to the south."


Arcus will spend the coming months conducting a detail evaluation of all of the
2011 Dan Man data for the purposes of drill targeting in 2012. A 740 line km
close spaced airborne Vertical Time Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM) survey over
the Touleary property has been completed. Condor Consulting of Lakewood Colorado
has been retained to level and interpret the VTEM data for drill targeting along
trend from the Company's 2011 volcanogenic massive sulphide discovery (see
October 4, 2011 news release).


Updated maps, sections and photos of the Dan Man project can be viewed on the
Arcus website (www.arcusdevelopmentgroup.com).


QA/QC

Samples were forwarded to ALS Minerals in Whitehorse, Y.T. or North Vancouver,
B.C. where they were fine crushed before a 250 gram split was pulverized to
better than 85% passing 75 microns. Pulps were then analyzed at ALS Minerals in
North Vancouver where gold determinations were carried out and splits of the
pulverized fraction were routinely dissolved in aqua regia and analyzed for 49
elements using inductively coupled plasma (ICP). Gold analyses were by the
Au-AA24 procedure that involves fire assay preparation using a 50 gram charge
with an atomic absorption spectroscopy finish.


Rigorous procedures are in place regarding sample collection, chain of custody
and data entry. Certified assay standards and blanks are routinely inserted into
the sample stream to ensure integrity of the assay process.


The technical information in this news release has been prepared and approved by
William A. Wengzynowski, P.Eng., a director of Arcus and a qualified person for
the purposes of National Instrument 43-101.


On behalf of Arcus Development Group Inc.

Ian J. Talbot, President and CEO

CAUTIONARY NOTE: This news release includes certain "forward-looking
statements". Other than statements of historical fact, all statements included
in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding future
plans and objectives of Arcus Development Group Inc., are forward-looking
statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no
assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
Arcus Development Group Inc.'s expectations are the risks detailed herein and
from time to time in the filings made by Arcus Development Group Inc. with
securities regulators. Those filings can be found on the Internet at
http://www.sedar.com.
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