Komet Announces Closing of Previously Announced Transaction Regarding the Sale of the Dabia Sud Property in Mali

MONTREAL, July 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Further to its news release dated May 15, 2020 announcing the entering into of a binding letter of intent, Komet Resources Inc. (“Komet” or the “Company”; TSX-V: KMT) is pleased to announce that it has closed, on July 2, 2020 (the “Closing Date”) its previously announced transaction relating to the sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of its wholly owned subsidiary Komet Mali SARL (“Komet Mali”), which owns the Dabia Sud project, to RosCan Gold Corporation ("RosCan"; TSX-V: ROS).

The disposition price was CAD $ 3.2 million. Komet received on Closing Date CAD $1.6 million in cash and an aggregate of 4,060,336 common shares of RosCan, each such common share having a deemed issuance value of CAD $0.394, representing the 5-day volume weighted average price of RosCan’s common shares as of the trading day prior to the Closing Date.

RosCan shares issued in the transaction are subject to a voluntary hold period for 6 months after the Closing Date. Komet has entered into a voting trust agreement with RosCan pursuant to which it has agreed to vote the issued RosCan shares in favour of management’s recommendations for a period of 12 months.

Investor Relations/information :

Mr. Robert Wares, Chairman and interim President:  514-951-4235 / r.wares@kometgold.com

More information about the Corporation is available at: http://kometgold.com.

Forward-looking Statements

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