HPQ Silicon Signs Option Agreement with Golden Hope Mines on the Bellechasse-Timmins Gold Deposit

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - May 23, 2017) - HPQ Silicon Resources Inc ("HPQ") (TSX VENTURE:HPQ) (FRANKFURT:UGE) (OTC PINK:URAGF) is pleased to announce that it has signed an option agreement with Golden Hope Mines ("GNH") in relation to the advancement of the Bellechasse-Timmins gold deposit located in St-Magloire in the Beauce region of southeastern Quebec.

On March 24, 2017 HPQ announced the signing of a MOU with Golden Hope Mines leading to a new option agreement between the two companies. This new option agreement ends the legal dispute between the two companies and establishes a new agreement for the advancement of the Bellechasse-Timmins gold deposit into a producing mine.

Patrick Levasseur, President and COO of HPQ Silicon stated, "I look forward to working with Golden Hope Mines to advance the B-T gold deposit. It's exciting to have this opportunity to develop the potential of the B-T property while also advancing HPQ's Beauce Gold property both of which are located in the Bellechase Gold Belt."

Frank Candido, President, Director of Golden Hope Mines Limited "We are extremely pleased to be moving forward with HPQ and their team on the terms of this new option agreement. We believe that this new option agreement will benefit both companies and especially our shareholders. We expect to update our shareholders of all advancements and progress as it unfolds."

KEY POINTS OF THE NEW OPTION AGREEMENT

1. The New Agreement provides HPQ with an option to earn a 30% undivided interest in the B-T Deposit by completing, at its cost, a list of actions specified milestones and time deadlines in the New Option Agreement.

2. The New Option Agreement provides HPQ with a further option to earn an additional 20% undivided interest in the Deposit (total 50%), following the completion of all specified actions, by securing the required financing to fully fund the commercial production of the Deposit in accordance with an Economic Assessment.

3. HPQ will subscribe to a private placement financing of GNH in the amount of $150,000 at a minimum price of $0.20 cents per share within 45 days of this announcement subject to all regulatory approvals.

4. An assignment of HPQ's rights and obligations under the New Agreement to HPQ's wholly-owned subsidiary Beauce Goldfields (BGF) may take place upon completion of certain conditions stipulated in the New Agreement.

5. In the event that HPQ does assign its rights and obligations under the New Agreement to BGF, GNH shall receive $50,000 in shares of BGF, subject to required approvals.

A Preliminary Economic Assessment and a Feasibility Study has not been completed and there is no certainty the proposed operation will be economically viable or mineable.

About HPQ Silicon

HPQ Silicon Resources Inc is a TSX-V listed junior exploration company planning to become a vertically integrated and diversified High Value Silicon Metal (99.9+% Si), and Solar Grade Silicon Metal (99.999+% Si) producer.

Our business model is focused on developing a disruptive High Purity and Solar Grade Silicon Metal manufacturing process (patent pending) and becoming a vertically - integrated High Value Silicon Metal and Solar Grade Silicon producer that can generate high yield returns and significant free cash flow within a relatively short time line.

About Beauce Gold Property

The Beauce Gold project is a unique, historically prolific gold field located in the municipality of Saint-Simon-les-Mines in the Beauce region of Southern Quebec. Comprising of a block of 145 claims 100 per cent owned by HPQ, the project area hosts a six-kilometre-long unconsolidated gold-bearing sedimentary unit (a lower saprolite and an upper brown diamictite). The gold in saprolite indicates a close proximity to a bedrock source of gold, providing possible further exploration discoveries.

Beauce Gold Property highlights (Beauce Technical 43-101 Report January 2015)

• Certificate of authorizations (CA) allowing the start of first phase mining activities on the Rang Chaussegros sector of the Beauce gold project;
• Polygonally calculated gold exploration target for the entire historical placer channel ranging between 61,000 ounces (2.2 million cubic metres at 0.87 gram of gold per cubic metre) and 366,000 ounces (2.2 million cubic metres at 5.22 grams of gold per cubic metre); Potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature, that there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and that it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource
• Significant potential for further exploration discoveries; geology suggest a proximate bedrock source of gold;
• 176 acres of real estate 100 per cent owned by HPQ;
• The property once held four historical gold mining operations;
• The property produced the largest gold nuggets in Canadian mining history (St-Onge nugget, 43 ounces; McDonald nugget, 45 ounces; Kilgour nugget, 51 ounces). Source: W. Chapamn 1881 Gold Mines of Beauce, F. Drouin 2003 Les Mines D'Or En Beauce

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