BITTERROOT RESOURCES COMMENCES DRILLING AT THE LM NICKEL-COPPER-PGM PROJECT IN MICHIGAN Bitterroot Resources Ltd.’s ( symbol BTT, TSX -V) drilling contractor has resumed core drilling on the LM Property in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Exploration of the LM

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NEWS RELEASE

February 1, 2021

BITTERROOT RESOURCES COMMENCES DRILLING AT THE

LM NICKEL-COPPER-PGM PROJECT IN MICHIGAN

Bitterroot Resources Ltd.’s ( symbol BTT, TSX -V) drilling contractor has resumed core

drilling on the LM Property in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Exploration of the LM

Property is being funded by Bitterroot Resour ces Ltd. (51%) and privately- owned joint

venture partner Below Exploration Inc. (49%).

The hole in progress is targeting the LM intrusion’s basal contact at approximately 300

metres down-hole, some 75 metres down-plunge from the high metal tenor mineralization

previously intersected in hole LM 20- 01. Hole LM 20- 01 returned 4.8 metres ( true

thickness) grading 0.58% Ni, 0.62% Cu, 3.13% S and 0.33 grams Pt+Pd+Au in

disseminated, blebby and interstitial sulphides in a basal ultramafic phase of the intrusion.

Further details are included in Bitterroot’s news release dated August 24, 2020 and on the

Company’s website, www.bitterrootresources.com.

The 2021 winter drill program at the LM Property is planned to comprise up to 2,400

meters of core drilling in 6 to 8 holes, before March 15, 2021.

Mr. Glenn W. Scott, CPG, is the Qualified Person responsible for the technical content of

this release.

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Michael S. Carr

Director

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