Vanadium One Energy Announces Top Quebec Geological Engineer to the Board of Directors and Granting of Options

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 12, 2017) - Vanadium One Energy Corp. (TSXV: VONE) (FSE: 9VR1) (the "Company"), pleased to inform shareholders that Pierre-Jean Lafleur, ing?(C)nieur g?(C)ologue, has accepted an appointment to its Board of Directors. Mr. Lafleur brings access to some of the top geologists and technology in the Quebec exploration resource sector.

As an Engineer in geology, Mr. Lafleur works in mine production and exploration in the following areas: sampling, drilling, mapping, interpretation, ore reserves, mine planning, and more. He is also a representative of world-renowned consultants and leading mining software companies (SGS Geostat and 3DS GEOVIA, formerly Gemcom) for their work on implementation of computer technologies. Mr. Lafleur acts primarily as a subject matter expert and influences projects, financial analysis and business strategies with a particular focus on enterprise optimization (Whittle Consulting) from exploration to marketing through mine planning and processing.

Granting of Options

The Company is pleased to announce that the Company has granted 750,000 incentive stock options to various Officers, Directors and Consultants. The options are exercisable at $0.135 per option for a period of 3 years from the date of grant and have no vesting conditions. The options are being issued under the terms of the Company's Stock Option Plans which were approved by shareholders at the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting on September 6, 2016.

About Vanadium One Energy:

Vanadium One Energy is a mineral exploration company located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Our mandate is to acquire near-term production exploration mining projects and existing producers which focus specifically on "Energy Minerals" used in the rapidly growing Electro-Voltaic and Battery Storage Technology sector. Vanadium One Energy Corp. is managed by an experienced team of mining professionals with extensive operating and financial experience.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF VANADIUM ONE ENERGY CORP.

W. John Priestner
President and Chief Executive Officer
info@vanadiumone.com

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