Azarga Metals Issues Shares to Baker Steel FOR Semi-Annual Interest

AZARGA METALS CORP.

UNIT 1 – 15782 MARINE DRIVE, WHITE ROCK, B.C. V4B 1E6, CANADA

www.azargametals.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

20 April 2020 TSX-V: AZR

AZARGA METALS ISSUES SHARES TO BAKER STEEL FOR SEMI-ANNUAL INTEREST

AZARGA METALS CORP. ("Azarga Metals" or the “Company”) (TSX-V:AZR) as announced

on 9 April 2020, the Company has i ssued to Baker Steel Resources Trust Limited ( “BSRT”) a

total of 2,134,283 common shares to settle its semi-annual interest payment of C$160,071 on a

US$3.5 million convertible loan.

About Azarga Metals Corp.

Azarga Metals is a mineral exploration and development company that owns 100% of the Unkur

Copper-Silver Project in the Zabaikalsky administrative region in eastern Russia. On completion

of a first phase physical exploration program in 2016- 2018, the Company estimated an Inferred

Resource of 62 million tonnes at 0.53% copper and 38.6g/t silver for the project (see news release

15 October 2018). The Resource remains open in both directions along strike and down- dip.

Azarga Metals has recently completed a further 15 drill hole program totaling 5,572 meters with

the goal of expanding the size of the mineralized envelope at Unkur; full as say results expected

early next month.

AZARGA METALS CORP.

"Michael Hopley"

Michael Hopley,

President and Chief Executive Officer

For further information please contact: Doris Meyer, at +1 604 536 -2711 ext. 6, visit

www.azargametals.com, or follow us on Twitter @AzargaMetals. The address of the head office

of Azarga Metals is Unit 1 - 15782 Marine Drive, White Rock, BC V4B 1E6, British Columbia,

Canada.

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in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy

of this release.