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President of Black Iron Acquires Shares & Black Iron Engages Conduit Investor Relations

Marketing Announcement

PRESIDENT OF BLACK IRON ACQUIRES SHARES & BLACK IRON ENGAGES

CONDUIT INVESTOR RELATIONS

For Immediate Release

TORONTO, MAY 10, 201 7 – Black Iron Inc. (“Black Iron” or the “Company”) (TSX: BKI) is pleased to

announce that Michael Spektor, Black Iron’s recently appointed President, has started to acquire a

considerable number of Black Iron shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange given his strong belief i n the

future development of the Shymanivske iron ore project. Mr. Spektor now owns 1,775,000 Black Iron

common shares.

The Company is also pleased to announce that it has retained the services of Conduit Investor Relations

Ltd. (“Conduit”) to provide investor relations services, including increasing awareness of its high quality

Shymanivske iron ore project . Conduit is an investor relations and corporate advisory business founded

by Derek Wood. Mr. Wood has been involved in the Canadian Securities Industry for decades and has

an established network of professional and retail market participants with an interest in small cap

opportunities. Conduit will initiate contact with its network of market participants, as well as, current

stakeholders, and other members of the financial community to introduce Black Iron as a compelling

investment opportunity and keep them apprised of ongoing company developments.

Derek Wood commented: “Conduit only works with a very small number of select clients and is excited to

be working with Black Iron. Before taking on a client, Conduit must believe that new and existing investors

are likely to be well rewarded by the substantial creation of new wealth. Conduit works to underst and the

potential returns and risks associat ed with investing with a client and then works diligently to convey that

message to market participants. Conduit is impressed with Black Iron’s diverse and talented management

team and board members and extremely confident that Black Iron’s Shymanivske i ron ore project is a

world class deposit that will be brought into production.”

About Black Iron

Black Iron is an iron ore exploration and development company, advancing its 100% owned Shymanivske

project located in Kryviy Rih, Ukraine. The Shymaniviske project contains a NI 43- 101 compliant

resource estimated to be 645.8 Mt Measured and Indicated mi neral resources, consisting of 355.1 Mt

Measured mineral resources grading 32.0% total iron and 19.5% magnetic iron, and Indicated mineral

resources of 290.7 Mt grading 31.1% total iron and 17.9% magnetic iron, using a cut -off grade of 10%

magnetic iron. A dditionally, the Shymanivske project contains 188.3 Mt of Inferred mineral resources

grading 30.1% total iron and 18.4% magnetic iron. Full mineral resource details can be found in the N I 43-

101 compliant technical report dated January 24, 2014 titled "Feasibility Study of the Shymanivske Iron

Ore Deposit for Black Iron Inc." under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The

Shymanivske project is surrounded by five other operating mines, including ArcelorMittal 's iron ore

complex. Please visit the Company's website at www.blackiron.com for more information.

The technical and scientific contents of this press release have been prepared under the supervision of

and have been reviewed and approved by Matt Simpson, P.Eng, CEO of Black Iron, who is a Qualified

Person as defined by NI 43-101.

For more information, please contact:

Matt Simpson Derek Wood

Chief Executive Officer Conduit Investor Relations

Tel: +1(416) 309 2138 +1 (403) 200 3569

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward- looking information. Forward- looking information is based on what

management believes to be reasonable assumptions, opinions and estimates of the date such statements

are made based on information available to them at that time, including those factors discussed in the

section entitled ‘‘Risk Factors’’ in the Company’s annual information form for the year ended December

31, 2016 or as may be identified in the Company’s public disclosure from time to time, as filed under the

Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward- looking informat ion may include, but is not

limited to, statements with respect to the Shymanivske project, insiders acquiring or disposing securities

of the Company, the Company’s ability to obtain the requisite land rights for the Shymanivske project, the

impact of the appointment of Conduit , and future plans for the Company’s development. Generally,

forward looking information can be identified by the use of forward- looking terminology such as "plans",

"expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled" , "estimates", "forecasts", "intends",

"anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that

certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be

achieved". Forward- looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other

factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company

to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward- looking information, including

but not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, geopolitical and social uncertainties; the

actual results of current exploration activities; other risks of the mining industry and the risks described in

the annual information form of the Company. Although the Company has attempted to identify important

factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward- looking

information, there may be other factors th at cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.

There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future

events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not

place undue reliance on forward looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any

forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.