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Golden Independence and Hilo Mining Complete Spin-Out

Mergers & Acquisitions

Golden Independence and Hilo Mining

Complete Spin-Out

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 12, 2021) - Golden Independence Mining

Corp. (CSE: IGLD) ("

Golden

") and Hilo Mining Ltd. ("

Hilo

") are pleased to announce that they have

completed their previously announced spin-out transaction (the "

Spin-Out

") involving common shares of

Hilo ("

Hilo Shares

").

In accordance with the terms of the arrangement agreement between Golden and Hilo, 1,000,000 Hilo

Shares have been distributed and holders of common shares of Golden received 01594764 of a Hilo

Share for each common share of Golden held by such holder.

Golden shareholders do not need to take

any action to receive their Hilo Shares.

Further details on the Spin-Out are contained in Golden's news

release date November 5, 2021. As a result of the Spin-Out, Hilo is now a "reporting issuer" in British

Columbia, Alberta and Ontario but is not currently listed on a stock exchange. There are currently

1,500,000 Hil0 common shares issued and outstanding.

Hilo is an exploration company currently focused on the Champ Property located in the Greenwood

Mining District of British Columbia, near Castlegar, British Columbia. The Chief Executive Officer of Hilo

is Jeremy Poirier and the Chief Financial Officer is Lachlan McLeod. Hilo intends to seek a listing on the

TSX Venture Exchange as

Tier 2 Mining Issuer.

Hilo also announces that it is completing a non-brokered private placement of up to 6,666,667 common

shares at a price of $0.15 per common share to raise gross proceeds of up to $1,000,000 (the "

Private

Placement

"). The net proceeds of the Private Placement will be used for working capital (including

expenses associated with seeking a listing on the TSX Venture Exchange) and exploration of the

Champ Property.

Early Warning Disclosure

In accordance with the early warning reporting provisions of applicable securities laws, Hilo is providing

the following information regarding shareholders who hold in excess of 10% of the outstanding Hilo

Shares on an undiluted and partially diluted basis.

Gino Demichele ("Demichele"), of 211 Church Ranches Way, Calgary, AB T3R 1B2 currently holds

500,000 Hilo Shares. The 500,000 Hilo Shares represent approximately 33.3% of the issued and

outstanding Hilo Shares. All of the Hilo Shares were acquired from Golden for cash consideration at a

price of $0.10 per Hilo Share. The aggregate consideration paid for the Hilo Shares was $50,000. The

Hilo Shares were acquired for investment purposes and Demichele may acquire or dispose of

additional Hilo Shares depending on market conditions and/or other relevant factors, subject to

applicable law.

Demichele has filed an early warning report in accordance with National Instrument 62-103 -

The Early

Warning System and Related Take-over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues

which is available on

SEDAR (

www.sedar.com

) under Hilo's issuer profile. To obtain a copy of any of the above referenced

early warning reports please contact Gino Demichele at 403-680-7898.

This press release contains forward-looking information (within the meaning of applicable Canadian

securities legislation) including disclosure regarding a listing of Hilo on the TSX Venture Exchange, the

completion proposed Private Placement and the proposed use of proceeds of the Private Placement

that involve various risks and uncertainties regarding future events. Such forward-looking information

includes statements based on current expectations involving a number of risks and uncertainties and

such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance of Golden or Hilo. There are

numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and Golden's and Hilo's plans and

objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking information in this news

release including, without limitation, Hilo's failure to meet the initial listing requirements of the TSX

Venture Exchange as Tier 2 Mining Issuer, Hilo's inability to locate suitable purchasers for the Private

Placement and the management of Hilo's discretion regarding the use of proceeds of the Private

Placement. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such

information. This forward-looking information is based on estimates and opinions of management on the

date hereof and is expressly qualified by this notice. Neither Golden nor Hilo assume any obligation to

update any forward-looking information or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from such

information unless required by applicable law.

To view the source version of this press release, please visit

https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/103406