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Giyani Appoints Robin Birchall as CEO and Director and Grants Stock Options

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Giyani Appoints Robin Birchall as CEO and Director and

Grants Stock Options

OAKVILLE, ONTARIO – November 28, 2017 – Giyani Metals Corp. (TSXV: WDG)

(“Giyani”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Robin Birchall as CEO and

Director with immediate effect.

Mr. Birchall brings more than eighteen years of experience in the financing and manage-

ment of resource companies. He was most recently the Executive Chairman of Silver

Bear Resources. Previous roles include CEO of a private oil and gas E&P company as

well as V.P. Investment and Corporate Banking with BMO Capital Markets (“BMO”),

where he completed a variety of high profile transactions for resource companies. Prior to

BMO, Mr. Birchall was V.P. Corporate Finance at Canaccord Adams Ltd. Mr. Birchall

earned an MBA from the University of Cape Town, a MSc in European and International

Politics from Edinburgh University, a Première Degré en Langues Literature et Civilisa-

tion, from Stendahl Université and a BA from Queens University.

In his capacity as CEO of the Company, Mr. Birchall is looking forward to advancing the

Company’s Kanye Manganese Project in Botswana and accelerating it towards becoming

a leading supplier of high-grade manganese for the battery industry. Mr. Birchall said,

“Through my extensive experience in financing and managing resources companies in

Southern Africa I am looking forward to leveraging all my contacts in the industry to

help propel Giyani towards becoming a significant player in the high-grade manganese

space. I am immensely pleased to be joining the Giyani team who have a reputation for

excellence in the industry.”

“Robin brings much needed continuous European managerial presence to Giyani as we

strive to grow our African manganese raw materials production strategy. His invaluable

experience fits well with our current management and Board who are dedicated to deliv-

ering shareholder value from our efforts,” states Duane Parnham, Chairman.

In connection with the above appointment, subject to exchange approval, Giyani has

granted 750,000 options exercisable at a price of $0.30 cents per share in accordance with

the Company’s stock option plan. The options have a five year term and vest immediate-

ly.

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 ade-

quacy or accuracy of this news release.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Giyani Metals Corp.

Duane Parnham, Chairman

For further information:

Duane Parnham, Chairman

Giyani Metals Corp.

Tel: 1.289.837.0066

Email: [email protected]

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking

statements”. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and

are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”,

“believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or

that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although

Giyani believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based

on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance

and actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. For-

ward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Giyani’s

management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by law, Giyani un-

dertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that man-

agement’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.

GIYANI METALS CORP.

277 LAKESHORE ROAD EAST, OAKVILLE, Ontario L6J 1H9

T:289-837-0066 F: 289-837-1166

www.GIYANIMETALS.com TSX.v-WDG