TMAC Resources Strengthens Executive Team and Appoints Gil Lawson as Chief Operating Officer

TMAC Resources Inc. (TSX: TMR) ("TMAC" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Gil Lawson has joined the TMAC executive team as Chief Operating Officer effective August 31, 2017.

Dr. Catharine Farrow, Chief Executive Officer of TMAC, stated, "We are in the process of adding significant talent and expertise to our executive and operational teams and are extremely pleased to welcome Gil Lawson to TMAC. As we continue our ramp up to full production at Hope Bay, Gil's extensive start-up experience at Musselwhite and Snap Lake, plus his experience; working in Canada's Arctic, leading engineering and mine planning departments for a major gold mining company, operating gold mines and processing plants in geological environments similar to ours at Hope Bay, will enable us to complete the ramp up and optimization at Doris. Gil will also lead the Company's organic growth as we put our second (Madrid) and third (Boston) mines into production." Dr. Farrow went on to say, "Gil will be responsible for the leadership, oversight and guidance of our operations and is already working with us to add an experienced General Manager to our Doris operational team."

Gil Lawson is a registered professional mining engineer in Ontario and British Columbia and has over 31 years of experience in the mining business, primarily in narrow vein underground gold operations. He has managed two start-up operations, Goldcorp Inc.'s Musselwhite Mine in Ontario and De Beers Canada Ltd.'s Snap Lake Mine in the Northwest Territories. Gil has worked in the Timmins and Red Lake, Ontario gold mining districts, which are very similar to the Hope Bay gold mining district. His expertise lies in gold mining operations management, engineering studies, project management and exploration.

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TMAC holds a 100% interest in the Hope Bay Project located in Nunavut, Canada. TMAC is an emerging gold producer with the Doris Mine pouring first gold in the first quarter of 2017 and achieving commercial production in the second quarter of 2017. The Madrid and Boston properties are expected to commence production in 2020 and 2022, respectively. The Company has an experienced, expert board of directors combined with exploration, development and operating teams with extensive track records of discovering, developing and operating high grade, profitable underground mines. TMAC's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol TMR.

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