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Excelsior Mining’s Gunnison Copper Project Receives Draft State Permit

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NEWS RELEASE

Excelsior Mining’s Gunnison Copper Project Receives Draft State Permit

June 14, 2017

Excelsior Mining Corp. (TSX: MIN) (FSE: 3XS) (OTCQX: EXMGF) ("Excelsior" or the “Company”) is

pleased to announce that the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) has issued a draft

operating permit, the Aquifer Protection Permit (“APP”), for th e Gunnison Copper Project, located in

Cochise County, southeastern Arizona. The draft APP will remain open for public comment for a minimum

of 30 days. The timing of the issuance of the final APP is subject to this public comment period.

“The ADEQ’s decision to issue ou r draft APP for public comment is a substantial step forward in

advancing the Gunnison Copper Project; a project that will bring enormous economic benefits to the state

and local communities, whilst maintaining the highest environme ntal and safety standards,” added

Stephen Twyerould, President and CEO. “We look forward to cont inuing our work with the ADEQ, the

Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), local communities and other stakeholders to successfully

complete the permitting process in advance of commercial produc tion, which remains on schedule for

2018.”

Excelsior AGM

Excelsior is also pleased to announce that it has received Toro nto Stock Exchange ("TSX") approval to

hold its annual general meeting ("AGM") on September 8, 2017, o utside of the TSX requirement that a

company hold an AGM within six months of its year end. As Excel sior just completed its TSX listing in

February 2017 and held its last AGM on October 27, 2016, the TS X accepted an extended timeline for

the 2017 AGM.

About Excelsior Mining

Excelsior Mining “ The Copper Solution Company ” is a mineral exploration and development company

that is advancing the Gunnison Copper Project in Cochise County , Arizona. The project is an advanced

staged, low cost, environmentally friendly in-situ recovery copper extraction project that is scheduled for

commercial production in 2018.

Excelsior’s technical work on the Gunnison Copper Project is supervised by Stephen Twyerould, Fellow

of AUSIMM, President & CEO of Excelsior and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-

101. Mr. Twyerould has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this news release.

Additional information about the Gunnison Copper Project can be found in the technical report filed on

SEDAR at www.sedar.com entitled: “Gunnison Copper Project, NI 43-101 Technical Report , Feasibility

Study” dated effective December 17, 2016.

For more information on Excelsior, please visit our website at www.excelsiormining.com.

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ON BEHALF OF THE EXCELSIOR BOARD

"Stephen Twyerould"

President & CEO

For further information regarding this press release, please contact:

Excelsior Mining Corp.

Concord Place, Suite 300, 2999 North 44th Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85018.

JJ Jennex, Vice President, Corporate Affairs

T: 604-681-8030 x240

E: [email protected]

www.excelsiormining.com

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains "forward-looking information" concerning anticipated developments and events that may occur in the future. Forward

looking information contained in this news release includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to: (i) the timeline for, and the completion

of, the permitting process; (ii) economic benefits from the Gunnison Project; (iii) the commencement of commercial production from the Gunnison

Project; and (iv) the ability to mine the Gunnison Project using in-situ recovery mining techniques.

In certain cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected",

"budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts ", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variation s of such words and

phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may ", "could", "would", "m ight" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be ac hieved" suggesting

future outcomes, or other expectations, be liefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intent ions or statements about future events o r performance.

Forward-looking information contained in th is news release is based on certain factor s and assumptions regarding, among other t hings, the

estimation of mineral resources and mineral reserves, the realization of resource and reserve estimates, copper and other metal prices, the

timing and amount of future development expenditures, the estimation of initial and sustaining capital requirements, the estimation of labour and

operating costs, the availability of necessary financing and materials to continue to develop and construct the Gunnison Project in the short and

long-term, the progress of development activities, the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, the completion of the permitt ing process, the

estimation of insurance coverage, and assumptions with respect to currency fluctuations, environmental risks, title disputes or claims, and other

similar matters. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove

to be incorrect.

Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance

or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or imp lied by the

forward-looking information. Such factors include risks inherent in the exploration an d development of mineral deposits, including risks relating

to changes in project parameters as plans continue to be redefi ned including the possibility that mining operations may not com mence at the

Gunnison Project, risks relating to variations in mineral resources and reserves, grade or recovery rates resulting from curren t exploration and

development activities, risks relating to the ability to access infrastructure, risks relating to changes in copper and other c ommodity prices and

the worldwide demand for and supply of copper and related products, risks related to increased competition in the market for copper and related

products and in the mining industry generally, risks related to curr ent global financial conditions, uncertainties inherent in the estimation of

mineral resources, access and supply risks, reliance on key per sonnel, operational risks inherent in the conduct of mining acti vities, including

the risk of accidents, labour disputes, increases in capital and operating costs and the risk of delays or increased costs that might be encountered

during the development process, regulatory risks, including risks relating to the acqui sition of the necessary licenses and per mits, financing,

capitalization and liquidity risks, including the risk that the financing necessary to fund the exploration and development activities at the Gunnison

Project may not be available on satisfactory terms, or at all, risks related to disputes concerning property titles and interest, environmental risks

and the additional risks identified in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s reports and filings with applicable Canadian securities regulators.

Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors t hat could cause actual actions, events or results to differ m aterially from

those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated

or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward- looking information. The forward-looking informati on is made as

of the date of this news release. Except as required by applicable securi ties laws, the Company does not undertake any obligati on to publicly

update or revise any forward-looking information.

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, and no securities

regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this release.