East Africa Metals Announces Delay in Filing of Financial Reports

PO Box 48658, Station Bentall Centre Vancouver, BC V7X 1A3 Tel: 604.488.0822 Web: www.eastafricametals.com

NEWS RELEASE

East Africa Metals Announces Delay in Filing of Financial Reports

Vancouver, British Columbia – August 28, 2020 – East Africa Metals Inc. (TSX-V: EAM - “East Africa” or the “Company”) announces that due to circumstances created by the COVID 19 pandemic, it will not be filing its financial statements and accompanying management’s discussion and analysis and related CEO and CFO certificates for the six months ended June 30, 2020 (the “Q2 Filings”) by the scheduled due date of August 31, 2020, as required by National Instrument 51-102.

BC Instrument 51-517 provides issuers with an extension period of 45 days for filings required between June 2, 2020 to August 31, 2020, to allow issuers extra time to make the filings as a result of COVID-19. The Company expects to file the Q2 Filings by no later than October 15, 2020. Management and other insiders of the Company are subject to a trading blackout policy that reflects the principles in section 9 of National Policy 11-207 until its Q2 Filings have been filed.

Other than as previously disclosed by the Company, there have been no material business developments since the date of the Company’s most recent filing of its interim financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis.

More information on the Company can be viewed at the Company’s website:

www.eastafricametals.com.

On behalf of the Board of Directors:

Andrew Lee Smith, P.Geo., CEO

For further information contact:

Nick Watters, Business Development Telephone +1 (604) 488-0822 Email [email protected] Website www.eastafricametals.com

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