GTA Announces Grant of Incentive Stock Options

Burlington, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 20, 2018) - GTA Mining and Resources Inc. (TSXV: GTA) ("GTA" or the "Company")announces the grant of incentive stock options.

GTA announces that it has granted an aggregate of 1,350,000 (one million three hundred and fifty) options to management, directors and consultants, with a five year term and an exercise price of $0.05 per common share. Vesting of the options is immediate with respect to 1,225,000 options and six months from the date of grant for 125,000 options.

ABOUT GTA RESOURCES

GTA is a publicly traded mineral exploration company. It is led by an experienced and successful management team and is focused on exploring for gold and zinc in Canada. GTA has roughly 50,000,000 shares outstanding, with its Northshore JV partner Balmoral Resources Inc. holding a roughly 6% interest. The Company's shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "GTA." The Company currently has three projects located in northern Ontario: the 54% owned Northshore Gold Project and the 100% owned Big Duck Lake Project, both located near Schreiber and the 100% owned Auden Project near Hearst. GTA also owns a 100% interest in the Burnt Pond Zinc-Copper-Silver Project in central Newfoundland, along strike from Teck Resources Limited's past-producing Duck Pond Mine.

On behalf of the board of directors,

GTA Resources and Mining Inc.

"Peter M. Clausi"
President and CEO
+1 289-288-3255

For more information, please visit the corporate website at www.gtaresources.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 and forward-looking information (collectively, "forward looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, including statements regarding the anticipated content, commencement, duration and cost of exploration programs, anticipated exploration program results, the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/resources/reserves, the timing of the receipt of assay results, and business and financing plans and trends, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions or are those which, by their nature, refer to future events. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, 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. The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include those related to weather, equipment and staff availability; performance of third parties; risks related to the exploration stage of the Company's projects; market fluctuations in prices for securities of exploration stage companies and in commodity prices; and uncertainties about the availability of additional financing; risks related to the Company's ability to identify one or more economic deposits on the properties, and variations in the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be located on the properties; risks related to the Company's ability to obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for its activities on the properties; and risks related to the Company's ability to produce minerals from the properties successfully or profitably. Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative. All of the Company's public disclosure filings may be accessed via www.sedar.com and readers are urged to review these materials, including the latest technical reports filed with respect to the Company's mineral properties.

This press release is not, and is not to be construed in any way as, an offer to buy or sell securities in the United States.