Black Tusk Resources Inc. Submits Drill Permit Application FOR the Mckenzie East Project, Quebec

BLACK TUSK RESOURCES INC.

500- 666 Burrard Street

Vancouver, BC, V6C 3P6

www.blacktuskresources.com

BLACK TUSK RESOURCES INC. SUBMITS DRILL PERMIT APPLICATION

FOR THE

McKENZIE EAST PROJECT, QUEBEC

March 26, 2020, Vancouver, B.C. – Black Tusk Resour ces Inc. (“Black Tusk” or the “Company) (CSE:TUSK,

OTC:BTKRF, FRANKFURT:0NB) is pleased to announce th at the application for a permit to conduct explorat ion

drilling on the McKenzie East Gold Project has been submitted to Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks.

The application process was prepared by Sulvicultur e La Verendrye of Amos, Quebec. The location of pro posed

drilling was determined by Black Tusk’s geological team.

The McKenzie East Project permit will allow for the construction of 18 drill pads, 11 water supply sta tions and 3

kilometres of access trails. Black Tusk anticipates conducting this work during the 2020 exploration s eason.

Prior to conducting diamond drilling on the propert y, Black Tusk plans to undertake surface prospectin g, mapping

and sampling once access to the property is conducive for this work, expected to be later this spring. Areas of interest

were determined from the results of the recently co mpleted magnetic survey over the property combined with the

results from historic exploration work.

The Company is looking forward to the start of the 2020 exploration season at the McKenzie East Gold P roject in

Val-d’Or, area, Quebec.

Figure 1 – Diamond drill hole and gold mineralized showing locations from SIGEOM database.

The Company also announces that it has issued 2,000,000 stock options of which 1,600,000 of the issued options were

issued to directors and officers of the Company. Th e options have an exercise price of $0.05 per share and expire on

March 24, 2022.

About Black Tusk Resources Inc.

Black Tusk Resources is engaged in mineral explorat ion of its gold projects in world-class mining regi ons across

Canada. The company currently owns a 100-per-cent undivided interest in 3 separate gold properties. The South Rim

Gold Project, situated in the Smithers mining camp B.C., The Golden Valley Project, located 35 kilomet res north of

La Sarre, West Abitibi, Quebec, and Black Tusk’s fl agship property, The McKenzie East Gold Project, wh ich is

located 30 kilometres north of Val-d’Or, Quebec in the prolific Abitibi greenstone belt.

Perry Grunenberg, P.Geo, a "Qualified Person" as t hat term is defined under NI 43-101, has reviewed a nd approved

the technical information contained in this news re lease. Mr. Grunenberg is also a director of the Company.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Richard Penn

CEO

(778) 384-8923

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