Crown Mining Completes $220,000 Non-Brokered Private Placement

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 1, 2017) - Crown Mining Corp., (TSXV: CWM)("Crown" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement previously announced on January 31, 2017 (the "Private Placement") for aggregate gross proceeds of $220,000.The Private Placement involved the issuance of 2,200,000 units ("Units") at a price of $0.10 per Unit for gross proceeds of $220,000.Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital stock the Company (a "Common Share") and one Common Share purchase warrant (a "Warrant").Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire one Common Share at a price of $0.20 at any time up to the date that is two years following the date of closing of the Private Placement, subject to an acceleration clause.All securities issued pursuant to this Private Placement will be subject to a four-month hold period.

The indirect and direct participation in the Private Placement by insiders of the Company constitutes a "related party transaction" as such term is defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101").Insiders of the Company acquired directly and indirectly a total of $31,955 worth of Units or 319,550 Units in the Private Placement on the same basis as other participants. The Company is relying on the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority approval requirements under MI 61-101. The Company is exempt from the formal valuation requirement of MI 61-101 based on section 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 as no securities of the Company are listed or quoted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ stock market or any other stock exchange outside of Canada and the United States other than the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange or the Plus operated by Plus Markets Group plc. Additionally, the Company is exempt from obtaining minority shareholder approval in connection with the Private Placement by relying on section 5.7(1)(b) of MI 61-101 as, in addition to the foregoing, (i) neither the fair market value of the Units nor the consideration received in respect thereof from "interested parties" as defined by MI 61-101would exceed $2,500,000, (ii) the Company has one or more independent directors in respect of the Private Placement who are not employees of the Company, and (iii) all of the independent directors have approved the Private Placement.

A material change report in connection with the Private Placements will be filed less than 21 days before the closing of the Private Placement. This shorter period is reasonable and necessary in the circumstances as the Company wished to complete the Private Placements in a timely manner.

The Company will use the proceeds of the Private Placement for exploration and development work at its Moonlight-Superior Copper Project and for general working capital purposes.

In addition, as part of the moonlight property acquisition previously announced on February 29, 2016, the Company has issued the 750,000 common shares to Canyon Copper Corp. due on or before 5 days after the first anniversary of the agreement.As per TSX Venture policy, these shares issued pursuant to the agreement were recorded as a shares for debt transaction with a deemed value of $60,000.These common shares will be subject to a four-month hold period.

Lastly, the Company announces that incentive stock options to purchase up to 650,000 common shares of the Company have been granted to various officers, directors and consultants of the Company pursuant to the Company's stock option plan and subject to any regulatory approval.Each stock option is exercisable at $0.10 for a period of three years from the grant date.

Crown is focused on advancing its 100% controlled Moonlight-Superior Copper Project in Northeast California which includes 4 known copper deposits. The Moonlight deposit hosts a current National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") indicated resource of approximately 161 million tons (146.5 million tonnes) averaging 0.324% copper, 0.003 ounces of gold and 0.112 ounces of silver per ton for 1.044 billion pounds of copper, and an inferred resource of 88 million tons (80 million tonnes) averaging 0.282% copper per ton for 496 million pounds of copper. Further details of this resource can be found in the Technical Report on the Moonlight Copper Property dated April 12, 2007 at Sedar.com. The Superior and Engels deposits have a current NI 43-101 inferred mineral resource of 57 million metric tonnes at an average copper grade of 0.43% for 547 million pounds of copper. Further details of this resource can be found in the Technical Report on the Superior Project dated November 7, 2014 filed on Sedar which also discloses a historical resource estimate for the fourth deposit.

Mr. George Cole is the Qualified Person pursuant to NI 43-101 responsible for the technical information contained in this news release, and he has reviewed and approved this news release.

For more information please see the Crown website at www.crowngoldcorp.com.

For Further Information Contact:

Mr. Stephen Dunn, President, CEO and Director, Crown Mining Corporation (416) 361-2827 or email info@crownminingcorp.com.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws and regulations, including statements regarding the future activities of the Company.Forward-looking statements reflect the current beliefs and expectations of management and are identified by the use of words including "will", "anticipates", "expected to", "plans", "planned" and other similar words.Actual results may differ significantly.The achievement of the results expressed in forward-looking statements is subject to a number of risks, including those described in the Company's management discussion and analysis as filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities which are available at www.sedar.com.Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements.

This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction. The flow-through common shares will not be and have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or applicable exemption from the registration requirements.