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BTU Metals Signs 2,200 Meter Drill Contract Mobilization Underway

Exploration Programs

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BTU METALS SIGNS 2,200 METER DRILL CONTRACT

MOBILIZATION UNDERWAY

October 18, 2021 Vancouver, BC, Canada – BTU METALS CORP. ("BTU" or the "Company") (BTU-

TSX:V; BTUMF-OTC) today announces it has signed a contract with Fusion Drilling Ltd of

Hawkesbury, Ontario for a minimum of 2,200 meters of diamond drilling on its flagship Dixie Halo

project in Red Lake, Ontario.

Drilling is expected to take place from October through to the Christmas break and the holes will be

designed to test a host of new gold exploration targets identified by BTU’s technical team. The targets

relate to areas of noted and interpreted alteration and sulphide mineralization often associated with gold

mineralization in the area. “Our team has worked diligently all season with data collected from ongoing

field and drill programs and, as a result, selected approximately 10 high priority targets as our next phase

of work at Dixie Halo,” stated BTU CEO Paul Wood.

Figure 1: General geology of BTU’s Dixie Halo Property and Great Bear Resources’ Dixie Project. BTU's upcoming drill program will

focus on targets in the Hiewall Lake Area.

Drill hole BTU-21-66 fire assay results have been received with gold values up to 268 ppb. No multi-

element results from this hole have been received to date.

Red Lake Activities

The Red Lake mining area is extremely busy with the highlights being the purchase of the Newmont

Mining assets in the camp by Evolution Mining, Evolution’s recent purchase of Battle North Gold

Corporation, the progression of several local properties toward commercial production, as well as the

establishment of the gold discoveries of Great Bear as significant new areas and styles of gold

mineralization that have the potential to rewrite the geology of this high-grade gold camp that has

already produced more than 28 million ounces of gold. The area where Great Bear has been busy

outlining strong gold mineralization on the Dixie property is not far from the BTU Dixie Halo property

in an area that was historically under-explored and poorly understood largely due to the extensive

overburden cover. As exploration by Great Bear and others progresses in the area, and the geology as

well as controls on gold mineralization are better understood, new gold discoveries will almost certainly

be outlined. Great Bear continues to define gold mineralization along the LP Fault as they prepare for

upcoming resource evaluation work which clearly makes the Dixie area a focus for gold exploration in

Ontario. BTU is the largest landholder in the immediate area of the Great Bear discoveries.

COVID-19

The Company’s exploration work at its Red Lake, Ontario projects remains largely on schedule with no

major disruption due to the COVID-19 government guidelines. The Company continues to monitor this

situation, continues to be careful to conduct all work in compliance with COVID-19 guidelines, and will

adjust its activities and timelines as deemed appropriate.

Bruce Durham, P. Geo., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 has reviewed and

approved the technical information in this press release.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“Paul Wood”

Paul Wood, CEO, Director

[email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Andreas Curkovic, Investor Relations

Telephone 1-416-577-9927

BTU Metals Corp.

Telephone: 1-604-683-3995

Toll Free: 1-888-945-4770

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange 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.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or

future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements reflect

management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and using information currently available to the Company.

Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and they are subject to risks and

uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements are made as of

the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to update

or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these

cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in Canada (available at WWW.SEDAR.COM).