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Joint Press Release Pistol Receives Exchange Aproval to Proceed with Agreement to Acquire Confederation Lake Property IN Red Lake, Ontario from Aurcrest GOLD

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JOINT PRESS RELEASE

PISTOL RECEIVES EXCHANGE APROVAL TO PROCEED WITH AGREEMENT TO

ACQUIRE CONFEDERATION LAKE PROPERTY IN RED LAKE, ONTARIO FROM

AURCREST GOLD

January 13, 2017: Pistol Bay Mining Inc. (TSX -V - PST; Frankfurt - OQS2) ( “Pistol Bay ” or the

“Company’) and AurCrest Gold Inc. (“AurCrest”) (TSX-V: AGO) are pleased to announce that the TSX

Venture Exchange has granted approval of the Definitive Agreement under which Pistol Bay has the

option to acquire from AurCrest all the mining claims held by AurCrest in the Confederation Lake

greenstone belt southeast of Red Lake, Ontario. The TSXV approval requires Pistol Bay to file a NI 43-

101 compliant technical report related to the Arrow Zone of the Confederation Lake Property by mid-

March 2017.

The AurCrest property comprises 108 mining claims with a total of 321 claim units with a n area of 5,136

hectares (12,700 acres), being the Confederation Lake Property and the Fredart Lake Property. It covers a

31 kilometre length of the Confederation Lake greenstone belt. It includes two substantial mineral

deposits and a number of mineraliz ed drill intersections that are in need of follow -up drill testing.

Mineralization on the property is all of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) type, dominated by zinc,

copper and silver, with occasional associated gold values. In combination with the 1 00 percent optioned

Dixie and Dixie 3 properties, the Company now controls 7,050 hectares (17,400 acres) containing most of

the significant mineral occurrences over 43 kilometres of the total 60 kilometre length of the belt.

Mr. Desjardins, President of P istol Bay, stated, “Pistol Bay is a major land holder in a very prolifically

mineralized VMS-rich belt. Our holdings include the largest zinc -copper-silver deposit in the area, the

second-largest VMS deposit remaining (Fredart Lake Property) , and a portfo lio of exploration targets

ready for follow up drilling. Pistol Bay is engaged in compiling data and re -appraising the AurCrest

property with a view to planning an aggressive exploration program that will generate new drill targets, as

well as follow up existing target areas and known deposits.”

Under the terms of the Agreement, Pistol Bay has the option to acquire a 100% interest in the AurCrest

properties by paying AurCrest an aggregate of $250,000 and issuing an aggregate of 5 million common

shares over four years with an initial payment of $25,000 and the issuance of 1 million common shares on

closing, the payment of a further $25,000 within 90 days following closing and the payment of $50,000

and the issuance of 1 million common shares on each of the four anniversaries following closing. Each of

the AurCrest properties is subject to a 2% net smelter returns royalty in favour of third parties.

Technical material in this news release has been prepared and/or reviewed and approved by Colin

Bowdidge, Ph.D., P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101.

About Pistol Bay Mining Inc.

Pistol Bay Mining Inc. is a diversified Junior Canadian Mineral Exploration Company with a focus on

precious and base metal properties in North Amer ica. For additional information please contact Charles

Desjardins – [email protected] - at Pistol Bay Mining Inc.

About AurCrest Gold Inc.

AurCrest is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of

gold properties. AurCrest has a portfolio of properties in Ontario, which include the Richardson Lake and

Bridget Lake gold properties. For additional information please contact Ian Brodie -Brown, President and

C.E.O. of AurCrest at (416) 844-9969 or [email protected].

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

PISTOL BAY MINING INC.

"Charles Desjardins"

Charles Desjardins,

President and Director

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service s Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX

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

Cautionary note:

This report contains forward looking statements. Resource estimates, unless specifical ly noted, are considered speculative. Any

and all other resource or reserve estimates are historical in nature, and should not be relied upon. By their nature, forward looking

statements involve risk and uncertainties because they relate to events and depe nd on factors that will or may occur in the future.

Actual results may vary depending upon exploration activities, industry production, commodity demand and pricing, currency

exchange rates, and, but not limited to, general economic factors. Cautionary Not e to US investors: The U.S. Securities and

Exchange Commission specifically prohibits the use of certain terms, such as "reserves" unless such figures are based upon actual

production or formation tests and can be shown to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating

conditions.