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Aston BAY Holdings Engages Integral Wealth Securities Limited to Provide Market Making Services

Marketing Announcement

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TSX-V: BAY

ASTON BAY HOLDINGS ENGAGES INTEGRAL WEALTH SECURITIES LIMITED

TO PROVIDE MARKET MAKING SERVICES

Toronto, Ontario – October 12, 2017 - Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX -V: BAY) (“Aston Bay” or the

“Company”) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Integral Wealth Securities Limited ( “Ìntegral”) to

provide market-making services to the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws and the

policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX -V”). Integral will trade s hares of the Company on the

TSX-V for the purposes of maintaining an orderly market and improving the liquidity of the Company ’s

issued shares. The capital and securities required for any trade undertaken by Integral as principal will be

provided by Integral.

Aston Bay has engaged Integral to provide market making services for a 12- month term, with a one-time

right by the Company to terminate the engagement after the first three months. After 12 months, the

agreement may be terminated by the Company on 30 days’ written notice. Integral will be paid a monthly

fee of C$5,500 plus any reasonable costs and expenses it inc urs in connection with the services provided,

which Aston Bay will pay for from its unallocated working capital . Integral will not receive shares or

options as compensation pursuant to the agreement.

Established in 2003, Integral is a private, Investmen t Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada

(“IIROC”) licensed investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with offices in Calgary, Vancouver,

Ottawa, Nanaimo (B.C.) and Sidney (B.C.). and can access all Canadian Stock Exchanges and Alternative

Trading Systems. The capital and securities required for any trade undertaken by Integral as principal will

be provided by Integral. Aston Bay and Integral are unrelated and unaffiliated entities and Integral has no

current interest, direct or indirect in Aston Bay or its securities. Integral and its clients may acquire a

direct interest in the securities of the Company.

The engagement of Integral to provide market -making services to Aston Bay is subject to acceptance by

the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Aston Bay Holdings

Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX.V: BAY) is a publicly traded mineral exploration company exploring for

large, high -grade, sediment -hosted copper and zinc deposits in Nunavut, a mining- friendly Canadian

jurisdiction. Aston Bay is 100% owner of the 1,024,345- acres (414,5 37-hectares) Aston Bay Property

located on western Somerset Island, Nunavut . The Aston Bay property hosts the Storm Copper Project

and the Seal Zinc Prospect, with historical drilling confirming the presence of sediment -hosted copper

and zinc mineralization.

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

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www.astonbayholdings.com.

For additional information contact:

Thomas Ullrich, Chief Executive Officer

Telephone: (416) 456-3516

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

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

This news release contains certain statem ents 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 Company’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.

We seek Safe Harbor.

THIS PRESS RELEASE, REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE CANADIAN LAWS, IS NOT FOR

DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED

STATES, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN

OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN IN THE UNITED

STATES. THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED

UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE

SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES OR

TO U.S. PERSONS UNLESS REGISTERED OR EXEMPT THEREFROM.