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Aston BAY Holdings Closes Second Tranche of Non-Brokered Offering of $131,500 FOR Total Gross Proceeds of $2,227,846

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TSX-V: BAY

ASTON BAY HOLDINGS CLOSES SECOND TRANCHE OF NON-BROKERED OFFERING

OF $131,500 FOR TOTAL GROSS PROCEEDS OF $2,227,846

Toronto, Ontario – July 17, 2017 - Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX -V: BAY) (“Aston Bay” or the

“Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed today the second tranche of its previously

announced non-brokered private placement offering for gross proceeds of $131,500.

In the second tranche of the Offering, 550,000 Units were issued at a price of $0.13 per Unit, for total

gross consideration of $71,500. Each “Unit” consisted of one common share and one half-warrant. A total

of 275,000 warrants were issued to Unit subscribers in the second tranche of the Offering. In addition,

375,000 common shares (the “Flow -Through Shares”) were issued on a flow -through basis under the

Canada Income Tax Act at a per share price of $0.16, for total gross consideration of $60,000.

Pursuant to the first and second tranches of the Offering, a total of 10,014,200 Units and 5,787,500 Flow-

Through Shares were issued for total gross proceeds of $2,227,846, which represents an over-subscription

of $227,846 to the $2,000,000 offering as announced on May 11, 2017, June 21, 2017 and July 10, 2017.

Of the total gross proceeds, $1,556,026 was raised in the brokered portion of the financing and $671,820

was raised in the non-brokered portion.

Shares acquired by the placees under the second tranche of the Offering are subject to a hold period until

November 18, 2017, in accordance with applicable Canadian securities legislation.

Aggregate cash f inder’s fees of $2,370 were paid by Aston Bay to various arms ’ length parties, in

addition to an aggregate of 16,500 finder’s warrants issued (having the same attributes as the warrants

underlying the Units) , under agreements with the arms’ length parties in connection with certain non-

brokered subscriptions under this second tranche of the Offering.

Net proceeds from the Offering will be used by Aston Bay to conduct a planned property -wide

geophysical survey, a planned geological field program on Somerset Island to be led by Dr. David

Broughton, Chief Geologist for the Storm and Seal Projects, as well as for general corporate purposes.

The Company intends to use the data collected from these programs to generate and prioritize drill

targets.

About Aston Bay Holdings

Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX -V: BAY) is a publicly traded mineral exploration company focused on

the approximately 374,000 -hectare (92 3,000-acre) Aston Bay Property located on northwest Somerset

Island, Nunavut. The Aston Bay Property hosts the Storm Copper project and the Seal Zinc project.

Historical drilling has confirmed the presence of sediment -hosted copper and zinc mineralization on the

property.

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The Company’s public disclosure documents are available on http://www.sedar.com. For further

information about Aston Bay Holdings Ltd or this news release, please visit our website at

www.astonbayholdings.com.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Thomas Ullrich, Chief Executive Officer

Telephone: (416) 456-3516

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in

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

release.

This news relea se contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward -looking statements”.

Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always,

identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes” , “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”,

“potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or

“should” occur. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward -looking

statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance

and actual results may differ materially from those in forward -looking statements. Forward -looking

statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Compa ny’s management on the date the

statements are made. In the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors,

should change, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward -looking statements, except

as required by law.

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