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AURUM LAKE MINING CORPORATION

Brookfield Place, Suite 4400

181 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2T3

PRESS RELEASE

November 8, 2023 TSX-V: ARL.P

AURUM LAKE MINING RECEIVES CONDITIONAL APPROVAL REGARDING

QUALIFYING TRANSACTION

TORONTO, ON – Aurum Lake Mining Corporation (“Aurum” or the “Company”) is pleased to

announce that further to its news release of Decemb er 21, 2022, it has received conditional approval from

the TSX Venture Exchange (the “ Exchange”) to complete Aurum’s option (the “ Option”) to acquire a

100% interest of certain mineral claims known as the Homathko Gold Project, located in the Province of

British Columbia (the “ Homathko Property”) pursuant to an option agr eement with Transition Metals

Corp. (the “Option Agreement”). The Option Agreement will constitute its “Qualifying Transaction” (the

“Transaction”) in accordance with Exchange Policy 2.4 - Capital Pool Companies (“Policy 2.4”).

In connection with the Transaction, Aurum plans to complete a non- brokered private placement (the

“Concurrent Financing”) of 5,000,000 common shares (the “Common Shares”) in the capital of Aurum

at a price of $0.40 per Common Share to raise aggreg ate proceeds of up to $2,0 00,000. Aurum intends to

use the proceeds from the Concurrent Financing to f und the exercise of the Option, the exploration of the

Homathko Property, and to satisfy the general wo rking capital of the resulting issuer following the

Transaction.

In connection with the Concurrent Financing, Auru m will pay a finder’s fee consisting of (i) a cash

commission in the amount of 6% of the gross proceeds raised in the Concurrent Financing from persons

introduced to Aurum by the finder (the “ Cash Fee ”) and (ii) compensation warrants (“ Finder’s

Warrants”) equal to 6% of the aggregate Common Shares subscribed for by persons introduced to Aurum

by the finder. The payment of the Cash Fee and th e issuance of the Finder’s Warrant will occur upon on

completion of the Transaction. Each Finder’s Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Common

Share at an exercise price of $0.40 per Common Share for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the

date of issuance of the respective Finder’s Warrant. Assuming a Concurrent Financing of $2,000,000, the

Company will issue up to 300,000 Finder’s Warrants pursuant to the Concurrent Financing.

Completion of the Transaction is subject to the satisf action of the conditions of the Exchange including

completion of the Concurrent Financing.

For further information please contact:

Patrick Sapphire

Chief Executive Officer

Phone: 647-530-1117

Completion of the Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including, but not limited to, Exchange

acceptance and, if applicable pursuant to Exchange re quirements, majority of the minority shareholder

approval. Where applicable, the Transa ction cannot close until the required shareholder approval is

obtained. There can be no assurance that the Transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.

Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the management information circular or filing statement

to be prepared in connection with the Transaction, any information released or received with respect to the

Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of a

capital pool company should be considered highly speculative.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulations Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies

of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements involve

known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results,

performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results,

performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These forward-

looking statements or information may relate to th e Transaction, the Concurren t Financing, and various

approvals required in connection with the Transacti on and the Concurrent Financing, the reliability of

third-party information and other factors or information Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of

the date of this news release and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company

disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new

information, future events or results or otherwise.