Constantine and Carlin Option Three Yukon Properties to Fireweed Zinc

March 27, 2018 NR # 143-18

NEWS RELEASE

Constantine and Carlin Option Three Yukon Properties to

Fireweed Zinc

Vancouver, BC – Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. (TSX Venture – CEM) ("Constantine") and Carlin Gold

Corporation (TSX Venture – CGD) (“Carlin”) are pleased to announce signing of a Letter Agreement

(“Agreement”) granting Fireweed Zinc Ltd. (“Fireweed”) the Option to Purchase a 100% interest in three

properties (namely MC, MP and Jerry) totaling 624 claims in the Mac Pass area, Yukon. To tal consideration

for Fireweed to acquire a 100% interest in the properties includes an aggregate of CDN $500,000 in cash ,

and issuance of 300,000 common shares in the capital of Fireweed , to be paid over three years . The claims

were staked in 2011 under the Constantine Carlin Joint Venture (“CCJV”), and all option p ayments and

royalties will be split 50% payable to Constantine and 50% payable to Carlin.

The Agreement includes net smelter return royalty (“NSR”) rights retained by Constantine and Carlin ,

consisting of a 0.5% NSR on base metals and silver and a 2.0% NSR on all other metals. An additional

payment of CDN $750,000 is payable upon Fireweed producing an indicated resource of 2.0 million tonnes

on the optioned properties.

The CCJV controls an additional ten (10) properties in the greater Mac Pass area, totaling 1,835 claims and

approximately 37,700 hectares that are available for sale or option (Figure 1). These include multiple early-

stage gold prospects with high tenor gold-in-soil anomalies. Gold exploration activity has recently picked up

in Yukon’s Selwyn Basin, with two separate option agreements announced in 2017 by Newmont and

Barrick with junior explorers that include over CDN $100 million in combined total earn -in expenditures.

For additional information please visit Constantine’s website (www.constantinemetals.com).

About Constantine

Constantine is a mineral exploration company led by a proven technical team with a focus on premier North

American mining environments. In addition to the Company’s flagship copper-zinc-silver-gold Palmer VMS

Project, Constantine also controls a portfolio of high -quality, 100% owned, gold projects in the Timmins

camp, Ontario. This includes th e large, well located Golden Mile Property in Timmins and the Munro

Croesus Gold Property that is renowned for its exceptionally high -grade past production. Management is

committed to providing shareholder value through discovery, meaningful community enga gement,

environmental stewardship, and responsible mineral exploration and development activities that support

local jobs and businesses. Please visit Constantine’s website ( www.constantinemetals.com) for mo re

detailed company and project information.

About Carlin

Carlin Gold Corporation’s primary focus is on gold exploration in Nevada, USA, where it controls three

100% owned properties. All three properties contain Carlin -style targets and are available f or option. The

Cortez Summit property consists of 142 unpatented claims centrally located on the Cortez Trend, which

contains a major gold endowment that exceeds 45 million oz. total gold produced, reserves and resources

(Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geolog y annual mineral reports, Barrick annual reports). The JDS property

consists of 77 unpatented claims located approximately 13 miles southeast of Cortez Summit and three miles

east of NuLegacy Gold’s Iceberg discovery. The Willow property consists of 89 u npatented claims located

in northeast Nevada, northwest of the Long Canyon gold discovery in the Pequop Mountains, owned by

Newmont Mining Corporation. For additional information please visit Carlin’s website www.carlingold.com

On Behalf of Constantine Metal Resources Ltd.

“Garfield MacVeigh”

President & CEO

For further information please contact:

Garfield MacVeigh, President or Darwin Green, VP Exploration

Phone: 604-629-2348. Email: [email protected]

On Behalf of Carlin Gold Corporation

“K. Wayne Livingstone”

President & CEO

For further information please contact:

K Wayne Livingstone, President & CEO

Phone: 604-638-1402

Notes:

Forward looking statements: This news release includes certain “forward -looking information” within the meaning

of Canadian securities legislation and "forward -looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private

Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively "forward lo oking statements").” Forward -looking statements

include predictions, projections and forecasts and are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as

“seek”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “estimate”, "forecast", “expect”, "potential", "pr oject", "target",

"schedule", budget" and “intend” and statements that an event or result “may”, “will”, “should”, “could” or

“might” occur or be achieved and other similar expressions and includes the nega tives thereof. All statements other

than statemen ts of historical fact included in this release, including, without limitation, sta tements regarding the

option agreement with Fireweed Zinc Ltd., the CCJV’s mineral properties and other future plans, objectives or

expectations of Constantine and Carlin are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties .

There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could

differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forwa rd-looking statements are based on a number of

material factors and assumptions. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from

Constantine’s and Carlin’s expectations include actual exploration results, changes in project parameters as plans

continue to be refined, results of future resource estimates, future metal prices, availability of capital and financing

on acceptable terms, general economic, market or business conditions, uninsured risks, regulatory changes, defects

in title, availability of personnel, materials and equipment on a timely basis, accidents or equipment breakdowns,

delays in receiving government approvals, unanticipated environmental im pacts on operations and costs to remedy

same, and other exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by Constantine

and Carlin with securities regulators. Although Constantine and Carlin have attempted to identify important factors

that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ from those described in forward -looking statements, there

may be other factors that cause such actions, events or results to differ materially from those anticipated. There can

be no assurance that forward -looking statements will prove to be accurate and accordingly readers are cautioned

not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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.

Figure 1. Location map for CCJV Yukon gold properties, including claims optioned to Fireweed Zinc Ltd.