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Collective Mining Hosts the Vice Minister of Mines of Colombia to its Project Facilities in Supía, Colombia

Corporate Updates

Collective Mining Hosts the Vice Minister of Mines of Colombia to its

Project Facilities in Supía, Colombia

Toronto, Ontario, February 6, 2023 - Collective Mining Ltd. (TSXV: CNL, OTCQX:

CNLMF) (“Collective” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the Company had a recent

opportunity to host the new Vice Minister of Mines of Colombia , Giovanni Franco , at its operation

facilities in Supia, Colombia. The Vice Minister was visiting the region as part of the Ministry of

Mines and Energy ’s Social Minin g Forum , which is a communication -based platform to discuss

mining between the Ministry and municipalities .

During the visit, the Company had the opportunity to present its “Collective” model to mining, which

is based on honesty, transparency, education and open dialogue with its stakeholders . The

Company reviewed in detail its business and social approach within the area of influence of the

Guayabales and San Antonio projects as it relates to various sustainability initiatives and

exploration methodologies .

Upon completion of the visit, the Vice Minister of Mines recorded a short video summarizing his

thoughts, which includes the following statement:

“What we see in the advances made by Collective Mining over the past three years is what we would

like to have in Colombia. We wish to have 10, 50, 100 companies like Collective Mining all around

Colombia to improve the geoscientific knowledge of the country, to improve the understanding of the

subsoil resources that we have in Colombia to define public policies to improve the extraction of our

subsoil resources.”

Please click on the link below to watch the full two-minute video testimony of the Vice Minister of

Mines: https://youtu.be/-Ak3a_HJiPE

Figure 1:Vice Minister of Mines Engaging with the Collective Mining Team in our Core Shack

in Supía, Colombia

About Collective Mining Ltd.

To see our latest corporate presentation and related information, please

visit www.collectivemining.com .

Founded by the team that developed and sold Continental Gold Inc. to Zijin Mining for

approximately $2 billion in enterprise value, Collective Mining is a copper, silver and gold

exploration company based in Canada, with projects in Caldas, Colombia. The Company has

options to acquire 100% interests in two projects located directly within an established mining

camp with ten fully permitted and operating mines.

The Company’s flagship project, Guayabales, is anchored by the Apollo target, which hosts the

large-scale, bulk -tonnage and high -grade copper, silver and gold Main Breccia discovery. The

Company’s near -term objecti ve is to continue with expansion drilling of the Main Breccia discovery

while increasing confidence in the highest -grade portions of the system.

Management, insiders and close family and friends own nearly 35% of the outstanding shares of

the Company and as a result, are fully aligned with shareholders. The Company is listed on the

TSXV under the trading symbol "CNL" and on the OTCQX under the trading symbol “CNLMF”.

Information Contact:

Follow Executive Chairman Ari Sussman (@Ariski) and Collective Mining (@CollectiveMini1)

on Twitter

Investors and Media

Steven Gold, Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations

Tel. +1 (416) 648-4065

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains certain forward -looking statements, including, but not limited to

Collective’s future and intentions. Wherever possible, words such as “may”, “will”, “should”,

“could”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict” or “potential” or the

negative or other var iations of these words, or similar words or phrases, have been used to identify

these forward- looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are

based on information currently available to m anagement as at the date hereof.

Forward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties, and assumptions. Many factors

could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from the results

discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements. These factors should be

considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward -looking

statements. Although the forward- looking statements contained in this news release are based

upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, Collective cannot assure readers

that actual results will be consistent with these forward -looking statements. These forward -looking

statements are made as of the date of this news release, and Collective assumes no o bligation to

update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.

Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of

the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.