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Juggernaut Commences Inaugural Drill Campaign ON Its Empire Property

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JUGGERNAUT COMMENCES INAUGURAL DRILL CAMPAIGN ON ITS EMPIRE PROPERTY

Vancouver, British Columbia - July 31, 2018 – Juggernaut Exploration Ltd. (JUGR.V) (the “ Company” or

“Juggernaut”) is pleased to report it has commenced diamond drilling and IP programs on its Empire property,

40 km northeast of Terrace British Columbia.

JUGGERNAUT PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

• Inaugural drill program started on Empire at the MaxMin zone

• 2018 IP survey at Big One identifies significant chargeability anomaly in the subsurface coincident with

the airborne EM anomaly

• New Jay-Bear zoned discovered on Empire that is situated on regional northwest trending geophysically

indicated structure

• Diamond drilling will commence August 7th on Midas.

MAX MIN AND METALWORKS ZONE EXPLORATION UPDATE

The drill program will start on the Max Min Zone (Link to Drill Pad photo at Max Min) which measures 170 m by

100 m and remains open in all directions, including to depth. Channel highlights from Max Min include 4.8 gpt

Au, 0.26 % Cu, 3.73 % Zn, 4.85 % Pb over 4.6 meters that ended in mineralization (see Nov 29th Press Release).

The Empire inaugural drill program will focus on targeting the widespread gold and polymetallic mineralized

zones along the 5.5 km Inca Trend (link to new Empire map). The mineralization and alteration at Max Min and

Metalworks (Link to Drill Pad Photo s at Metalworks) at the northern end of the Inca Trend , strongly indicates

the presenc e of a polymetallic feeder system at depth. Toward s the southern end on the Inca T rend, at

Rockstar, the mineralization and alteration are more typical of a volcanic massive sulphide mineralizing system;

the same can also be said for the Big One zone to the north.

BIG ONE EXPLORATION UPDATE

The Big One target is a strongly conductive, subsurface tabular body consistent with a VMS target ( see Feb 12th

Press Release) (Link to 3D Big One Video) . The 2018 ground IP program just completed on the Big One target

also identified a significant chargeability anomaly in the subsurface that is coincident with the 2017 SkyTem

survey EM anomaly. Drill collars and pads are being sited and built in preparation for drilling this VMS target in

the immediate future.

ROCKSTAR ZONE UPDATE

Mapping, prospecting, IP, and channel sampling remains ongoing over an area of 1.5 km by 550 metres, and

many new areas containing mineralization have been found in 2018. Drill c ollars and pads are being sited and

built in preparation for testing the mineralization to depth and along strike (link to new Rockstar discovery

video).

NEWLY DISCOVERED J-BEAR ZONE ON EMPIRE PROPERTY

Initial prospecting on Empire has already resulted in the discovery of the new J-Bear Zone in an area of receding

snowpack and ice. The J -Bear Zone was discovered along a regional northwest trending magnetic high. Grab

and channel samples from this zone contai ned massive chalcopyrite and bornite and were collected over an

area of approximately 150 metres by 20 metres ( link to new J -Bear zone video). The J-Bear Zone remains open

and the area will be mapped and prospected as the snow and ice continue to recede. Assays results are

pending.

MIDAS PROPERTY EXPLORATION UPDATE

The Midas property is located in a world class geologic setting and contains the King Solomon zone, a 2.1 by 1.6

km region that is defined by widespread bedrock-hosted, polymetallic and gold mineralized channel, chip and

grab samples. The widespread gold and polymetallic mineralized showings, anomalous soil geochemistry and

extensive alteration suggest the King Solomon Zone may be the surface e xpression of a significant

hydrothermal system.

Juggernaut plans to begin its inaugural drill program on Midas with a second drill rig set to start within a week.

Drilling will target several zones of bedrock polymetallic and gold mineralization on the King Solomon Zone that

contains channel cuts of up to 4.43 meters of 10.28 grams per tonne gold (see Jan 15th Press Release).

Mr. Dan Stuart, Director, President and CEO of Juggernaut states:

“We look forward to reporting drill results from these exciting new discoveries from both the Empire and Midas

properties with much anticipation.”

Qualified Person

Stefan Kruse, Ph.D., P. Geo., Chief Geologist, is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43 - 101,

for Juggernaut Exploration projects, and supervised the preparation of, and has reviewed and approved, the

technical information in this release.

Other

All rock, channel and ta lus fine samples were crushed and pulverized at ALS Canada Ltd.’s lab in Terrace, BC or

in Reno Nevada. ALS is either Certified to ISO 9001:2008 or Accredited to ISO 17025:2005 in all of its locations.

The resulting sample pulps were analyzed for gold by f ire assay in Reno, Nevada or in Vancouver, BC. The pulps

were also assayed using multi -element aqua regia digestion at ALS Canada Ltd.’s lab in Vancouver, BC. The silt

samples were sieved and assayed at ALS Canada Ltd.’s lab in Vancouver, BC. The coarse re ject portions of the

rock, channel and talus fine samples, as well as the pulps, were shipped to J2 Syndicate’s storage facility in

Terrace, BC. The silt samples were disposed of after analysis. All samples were analyzed using ALS Canada Ltd.’s

assay proce dure ME -ICP41, a 1:1:1 aqua regia digestion with inductively -coupled plasma atomic emission

spectrometry (ICP -AES) or inductively -coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP -MS) finish for 35 elements as

well as the Au -AA24 lead -collection fire assay fusion proc edure with atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS)

finish. Any results greater than 100 ppm for silver or 10,000 ppm copper, lead and zinc were additionally

assayed using ALS’s OG46 method particular to each element. This method used an HNO 3-HCl digestion

followed by ICP -AES (or titrimetric and gravimetric analysis). Gold values of greater than 10 ppm Au were

assayed by the Au-GRA22 method which includes a fire-assay fusion procedure with a gravimetric finish. Blanks

and duplicates QA/QC samples were inserted into channels sample laboratory batches. Additionally, and 10%

sub-sample of pulp and reject material was sent to Activation Laboratories in Ancaster Ontario, for check -

analysis.

The reader is cautioned that grab samples are spot samples which are typically, but not exclusively, constrained

to mineralization. Grab samples are selective in nature and collected to determine the presence or absence of

mineralization and are not intended to be representative of the material sampled.

For more information please contact:

Juggernaut Exploration Ltd.

Mr. Dan Stuart

President and Chief Executive Officer

Tel: (778) 223-0293

[email protected]

Website: JuggernautExploration.com

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and uncertainties relating to Juggernaut’s operations that may cause future results to differ materially from

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