Tango Closes Agreement With Georges Zard, Founder of The GZA Group

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 18, 2017) - Tango Mining Limited ("Tango" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TGV) announces that further to its news release dated March 23, 2017 the Company has now closed its agreement with Mr. Georges Zard ("GZ"), the owner of the international conglomerate The GZA Group, whereby GZ acquired from the Company an 8% interest in African Star Minerals (Pty) Ltd ("ASM"). ASM owns 100% of the Oena Diamond Mine which consists of 8,800 hectares Converted Mining Right ("CMR") located on the lower Orange River, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

An application for a nine-year renewal of the CMR was lodged with the Department of Mineral Resources with a Mining Work Programme, Environmental Management Plan and recently a revised Social and Labour Plan has been submitted in support of the renewal. The application for renewal of the CMR is pending. The transfer of the 8% interest to GZ is subject to South African regulatory consents and approvals required to implement the transaction.

Tango has received from GZ US$35,000 for the 8% interest in ASM. The Company has issued and placed in escrow a total of 3,245,160 common shares of the Company as security for GZ's interest in ASM, to be held while the CRM is being renewed (the "Escrowed Shares"). Upon receipt of the renewal of the CMR the Escrowed Shares will be cancelled and returned to treasury. In the event the CMR is not renewed, the Escrowed Shares will be released to GZ and GZ will transfer back to Tango a 31% interest in ASM, being the 8% acquired from Tango and the 23% interest acquired privately from Mr. Gallagher. Additionally, in the event that Tango does not receive the necessary consents and approvals as required under South African regulations and the transfer of the 8% of ASM cannot be effected, Tango will release 930,755 of the Escrowed Shares to GZ.

The Company also confirms that it has issued 375,400 shares in the capital stock of the Company at a price of $0.05 per share in full and complete settlement of indebtedness.

About Tango Mining Limited

Tango, via its South African subsidiaries, hold four thermal coal, metallurgical and processing plant and engineering contracts that process 6.5 Mt of coal per annum, with clientele that include Exxaro and Glencore. The four projects are located within the Ogies and Highveld coalfields, Mpumalanga Province and Kliprivier coalfield, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The Company also holds an interest in the Oena Project, an alluvial diamond property, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Tango has a continued development plan in place to grow the business using the successful past 19-year business model of the South African operations, an established market presence and its proven successful operational reputation in the coal, base and precious metal and precious stone mining sector in Southern Africa.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Tango Mining Limited

Mr Terry L. Tucker, P.Geo., Executive Chairman and Interim CEO

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Such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to statements with respect to the estimation of mineral resources; the realization of mineral resource estimates; anticipated future production, capital and operating costs; cash flows and mine life; potential size of a mineralized zone; potential expansion of mineralization; potential types of mining operations; permitting timelines; government regulation of exploration and mining operations; risks that the presence of diamond deposits mentioned nearby the Company's property are not indicative of the diamond mineralization on the Company's property, the supply and demand for, deliveries of and the level and volatility of prices of rough diamonds, risks that the actual revenues will be less than projected; risks that the target production for the existing mining contracts will be less than projected or expected; risks that production will not commence as projected due to delay or inability to receive governmental approval of the Company's acquisition or the timely completion of an NI43-101 report; technical problems; inability of management to secure sales or third party purchase contracts; currency and interest rate fluctuations; foreign exchange fluctuations and foreign operations; mineral title; various events which could disrupt operations, including labor stoppages and severe weather conditions; and management's ability to anticipate and manage the foregoing factors and risks.

The forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release are based on certain assumptions regarding, among other things, future prices for coal and diamonds; future currency and exchange rates; the Company's ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations and access capital markets to meet its future obligations; coal consumption levels; and the Company's ability to retain qualified staff and equipment in a cost-efficient manner to meet its demand. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any of the forward-looking statements contained in this news release unless required by law. The statements as to the Company's capacity to achieve revenue are no assurance that it will achieve these levels of revenue.