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Avante Mining Mobilizes Diamond Drill to the Voisey’s West Project

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Avante Mining Mobilizes Diamond Drill to the Voisey’s West Project

Vancouver, BC, August 1, 2023 - Avante Mining Corp. (" Avante" or the " Company") (TSXV: A V A), is

pleased to announce that it has mobilized a diamond drill to the V oisey’s West nickel project (“V oisey’s

West” or the “Project”) to begin drilling, targeting zones of 1% plus Nickel. V oisey’s West is located in the

same intrusive complex as the near-by V oisey’s Bay mine, and 70km west of the town of Nain, Labrador,

Canada.

Highlights

• 2.5-kilometre trend with high-grade nickel zones

• Same intrusive complex hosted on V oisey’s West claims as near-by V oisey’s Bay deposit

• 1.85% Nickel recently sampled by the Company

• First drilling since 2008 drilling cut 14 metres @ 1.02% Nickel, 0.51% Copper and 0.03% Cobalt

• Multiple new targets to be tested from 3D modeling

Adrian Smith, CEO of the Company comments, “Having recently sampled grades up to 1.85% nickel at

V oisey’s West we are excited to bring the drill on-site to begin work. We look forward to identifying new

zones and are excited to test targets from our 3D modeling, incorporating geology, magnetics,

electromagnetics and gravity. With a 2.5-kilometre trend identified, we are aiming to better define the zones

where these high-value minerals are concentrated.”

Figure 1: 3D view of conductor plates (red) from VTEM survey over Total Magnetic Intensity (TMI) with

proposed drill holes. The modeled image is approximately a 650 x 650 metre area including the All-

About-It area and its southern extension.

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Preliminary targets have been identified from new geophysical modeling (see figure 1) and are planned to

test VTEM conductors that have not been tested or exist beneath the historic drilling with 8 planned dill

holes, total metres to be determined. Along with potential extensions of the No Baccy zone, the C ompany

has also identified a jog, or bend in the main nickel bearing horizon located south of the All-About-It zone.

This structure intersects the horizon that has shown nickel values of greater than 1% Nickel, up to 1.85%

Nickel, as verified by the Company (see news release dated July 6, 2023).

Figure 2: Mobilizing drilling gear at the V oisey’s West project.

Initial drilling will focus on the areas with correlating VTEM conductors, magnetic and gravity anomalies

located at the south of the All-About-It zone (see figure 1 above) and to the north of the No Baccy zone .

These areas have not been properly tested and could represent location s where the flow of magma may

have slowed during emplacement allowing gravitational settling of nickel and sulphides.

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The Company looks forward to providing updates on the progress and results of the exploration program

and drilling at the Voisey’s West project in the coming months.

About the Voisey’s West Project

The V oisey’s West project is located 50km from, and within the same intrusive complex and geological

setting as the world class V oisey’s Bay nickel mine.

The Property is in the Churchill Province of Labrador and underlain predominately by quartz-feldspathic

and metasedimentary gneisses derived from plutonic and sedimentary rocks. The rocks are intruded by the

multi-phase, Nain Plutonic Suite (NPS) composed primarily of anorthosite, troctolite, diorite and granitoids

and are known to host nickel-sulphide mineralization.

Following the discovery of V oisey’s Bay deposit, enhanced regional prospecting led to the discovery of

three pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-pyrite-pentlandite showings located on the V oisey’s West project, namely, the

Long Pond, All-About-It and No Baccy. Initial surface grab samples from the Long Pond and All-About-It

showings returned up to 1.36% Ni ckel and 0.58% C opper, and 1.05% Ni ckel and 1.53% C opper

respectively. Continued work led to the identification of a primary mineralized corridor occurring over

approximately 2.5 kilometres and multiple high-grade nickel drill intersections up to 14 metres of 1.02%

Nickel, 0.51% Copper and 0.03% Cobalt.

Disclosure

Some results presented in this release are considered historic in nature. T he qualified person for the

Company has not verified all of the historic sample analytical data disclosed within this release. While the

Company has obtained all historic records, including analytical data from the previous owners of the

V oisey’s West project and from various government databases, the Company has not independently verified

all of the results of the historic sampling.

Adrian Smith, P.Geo., is a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101 for the V oisey’s West project. The

qualified person i s a member in good standing of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists

Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL) and is a registered professional geoscientist (P.Geo.). Mr. Smith has

reviewed and approved the technical information disclosed herein.

About Avante Mining Corp.

Avante Mining Corp. (TSXV: ACP) is a mining exploration company focused on developing high -value

geographically significant projects including the V oisey’s West project. Avante is paving the way by

combining quality projects with proven exploration strategies and a dedicated team to achieve exceptional

outcomes.

The V oisey’s West project is located in the same intrusive complex as the world class V oisey's Bay Nickel

mine where reported remaining proven and probable reserves include 32.4 million tonnes of 2.13% Nickel,

0.96% Copper, 0.13% Cobalt, and additional measured and indicated 10.3 million tonnes of 0.87% Nickel,

0.65% Copper, 0.04% Cobalt. It represents one of the most competitive nickel operations globally.

For more information visit avantemining.com

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof and Avante

Mining Corp. undertakes no obligations to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or

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information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by

applicable securities laws.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the

policies of the TSX Venture Exchang e) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this

release.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Adrian Smith, CEO and Director

Contact 1-778-331-3816

[email protected]