Kintavar Begins 2019 Exploration Program on Mitchi Copper Project; Targets 5,000 Meter Drilling Program

MONTRÉAL, June 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kintavar Exploration Inc. (the “Corporation” or “Kintavar”) (TSX-V: KTR) (FRANKFURT: 58V), is pleased to announce the beginning of the 2019 exploration program on the Mitchi stratiform copper project. The program is divided into 3 main priorities: 1. Surface work to extend the mineralization of the main Sherlock zone to the East and to the West; 2. Continue surface exploration in the Elementary / Conan zones and identifying new zones of mineralization within the Sherlock corridor; and 3. Follow up drilling on both the Sherlock zone and the Elementary / Conan zones.

Sherlock Zone Surface Exploration

Surface exploration will focus on the following:

• Sherlock zone – The main Sherlock zone has provided the best mineralized intervals to date and remains open to the East, to the West and at depth. Surface work will focus on extending the mineralization in both directions and to identify on surface horizons that were previously intercepted only in drilling.
  
  
• Structural and lithological mapping to identify extensions and similar structural thickening patterns in proximity of the Sherlock zone

Elementary / Conan Zone Surface Exploration

• Elementary / Conan zone – The Elementary & Conan zone has been already confirmed to have mineralization from surface while large soil anomalies have been identified in 2018 that require extensive follow up. The strength and the size of the anomalies suggests the presence of a large target similar in size to the main Sherlock zone.
  
  
• Other regional targets within the Sherlock corridor will be evaluated for their potential to host significant size of mineralization and prepared for eventual follow up by drilling

Sherlock Corridor Drilling

Once the surface exploration work is complete, Kintavar is planning approximately 5,000 meters of drilling to investigate primarily the Sherlock zone extensions followed up by drilling on the Elementary / Conan zone.

In addition, the Corporation announces that all the resolutions that were presented at the annual and special meeting on June 20, were approved by the shareholders. These resolutions include the nomination of the directors and the auditors as well as the renewal of the Stock Option Plan.

Shareholders re-elected Kiril Mugerman, Mark Billings, Pierre Bertrand, David Charles and Maxime Lemieux to the Board of Directors.

Moreover, during the Board meeting, held after the meeting, all members of management have been re-appointed to their respective positions, and Mark Billings, David Charles and Maxime Lemieux will continue to form the audit committee.

The Board of Directors has granted today 1,135,000 stock options under its Stock Option Incentive Plan to directors, officers, consultants and employees at an exercise price of $0.165 per share. The options expire five (5) years from the date of grant on June 20, 2024.

NI-43-101 Disclosure

Alain Cayer, P. Geo., MSc., Vice-President Exploration of Kintavar, is the Qualified Person under NI 43-101 guidelines who supervised and approved the preparation of the technical information in this news release.

About Kintavar Exploration & the Mitchi Property

Kintavar Exploration is a Canadian mineral exploration Corporation engaged in the acquisition, assessment, exploration and development of gold and base metal mineral properties. It’s flagship project is the Mitchi property (approx. 30,000 hectares, 100% owned) located west of the Mitchinamecus reservoir, 100 km north of the town of Mont-Laurier. The property covers an area of more than 300 km² accessible by a network of logging and gravel roads with a hydro-electric power substation located 14 km to the east. The property is located in the north-western portion of the central metasedimentary belt of the Grenville geological province. Many gold, copper, silver and/or manganese mineralized showings have been identified to date, with many characteristics suggesting of a sediment-hosted stratiform copper type mineralization (SSC) in the Eastern portion of the property and Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) and skarn type mineralization in the Western portion. Osisko holds a 2% NSR on 27 claims of the southern portion of the Mitchi property, outside of the sedimentary basin.

For further information contact:

Kiril Mugerman, president and CEO
Phone : +1 450 641 5119 #5653
Email : kmugerman@kintavar.com
Web: www.kintavar.com

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