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KORE Mining Announces Receipt of Interim Order and Filing of Management Information Circular FOR Special Meeting to Approve the Spin-Out of Karus GOLD

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KORE MINING ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF INTERIM ORDER AND FILING OF MANAGEMENT

INFORMATION CIRCULAR FOR SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE

SPIN-OUT OF KARUS GOLD

Vancouver, BC December 23, 2020 - KORE Mining Ltd. (TSXV: KORE | OTCQ X: KOREF) (“ KORE” or the

“Company”) is pleased to announce that it has obtained an interim order from the Supreme Court of

British Columbia for its previously announced proposed plan of arrangement (the “ Arrangement”),

pursuant to which the Company plans to transfer all of its British Columbia gold exploration assets (“Spin-

out”) into Karus Gold Corp. (“Karus” or “Karus Gold”).

The Company has also filed the management information circular (the “ Circular”) and related materials

for the special meeting of the KORE shareholders (the "Meeting") to be held on January 20, 2021 under

its profile on SEDAR and on the Company’s website at www.koremining.com/specialmeeting.

As previously announced in the Company’s press release dated December 16, 2020, shareholders of the

Company will consider and vote on the approval of the Spin -out. To be effective, the Spin-out must be

approved by a special resolution passed by : (a) at least 66⅔% of the votes cast by KORE shareholders

present or represented by proxy at the Meeting and (b) a majority of the votes cast by shareholders in

person or represented by proxy at the Meeting, after excluding the votes cast by those shareholders

whose votes are required to be excluded in accordance with Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection

of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). Each shareholder is entitled to one

vote for each KORE common share held.

2176423 Ontario Ltd. (a corporation beneficially controlled by Mr. Eric Sprott), which holds 25.75% of the

Company’s currently issued and outstanding common shares is an insider and control person, will be the

only excluded vote pursuant to MI 61-101. 2176423 Ontario Ltd. is the sole warrant holder of KORE and

pursuant to the Arrangement, will be issued 1,750,000 Karus warrants at an exercise price of $0.75 per

Karus Share, exercisable for the same period of time as the KORE warrants.

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Meeting will be held by way of virtual only format whereby

shareholders may participate in the Meeting remotely. The Meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.

(Vancouver time) January 20, 2021. Shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 17,

2020 are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting.

The Company welcomes all registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders who wish to

participate to the online Meeting to do so by joining the live webcast available at

https://web.lumiagm.com/204510194. As usual, only duly appointed proxyholder s will be allowed to

vote and intervene during the live Meeting. Unregistered s hareholders and guests will be able to watch

the online Meeting via the live webcast available at the same link.

Instructions to vote and participate in the online Meeting, including submitting questions to management

and to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, will be available on the Company’s website

and on the online Meeting platform. KORE encourages shareholders to vote and submit their proxies prior

to the Meeting.

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The Board of Directors has determined that the Spin -out is in the best interest of the Company and

unanimously recommends that KORE shareholders vote in favour of the Spin-out.

The Circular and other meeting materials are available on the Company’s website at

www.koremining.com/specialmeeting and under KORE’s profile at www.sedar.com.

Additional information about Karus Gold is available at www.koremining.com/Karus or by contacting us

as [email protected].

About KORE Mining

KORE is 100% owner of a portfolio of advanced gold exploration and development assets in California and

British Columbia. KORE is supported by strategic investor Eric Sprott who after three successive financings

in 2019 and 2020 owns 26%. KORE management and Board are aligned with shareholders, owning an

additional 38% of the basic shares outstanding. KORE is actively developing its Imperial and Long Valley

Gold projects while aggressively exploring across its portfolio of assets.

On behalf of KORE Mining Ltd

”Scott Trebilcock”

Chief Executive Officer

Karus Gold Spin Out Investor Support

David Jan

1-888-455-7620

[email protected]

KORE Investor Relations

Arlen Hansen, KIN Communications

1-888-684-6730

[email protected]

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.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to the future operations of the Company

and Karus Gold and other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are often

identified by terms such as "will", "may", "plan", "should", "anticipate", "expects", “intends”, “indicates”

and similar expressions. All statements other than statements of historical fact, included in this release,

including, without limitation, statements regarding the future plans and objectives of t he Company and

Karus Gold are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but

are not limited to, the expected timeline and date of completion of the Arrangement, the ability of KORE

to receive and obtain sharehold er approval and court approval, the ability of the parties to satisfy, in a

timely manner, the other conditions to closing of the Arrangement, the future listing of Karus Gold and

the expected timeline and completion of the anticipated Karus rights offering. There can be no assurance

that the Arrangement will be completed or that it will be completed on the terms and conditions

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contemplated in this news release. The Arrangement could be modified or terminated in accordance with

its terms. Such forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made

in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of our business. Management

believes that these assumptions are reasonable. Forward -looking informati on 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 implied by the forward-looking information.

Such factors include, among others: the Arrangement will be completed on the terms currently

contemplated, the Arrangement will be completed in accordance with the timing currently expected

without any undue delay, all conditions to the completion of the Arrangement will be satisfied or waived

in due course and the Arrangement Agreement will not be terminated prior to the completion of the

Arrangement, assumptions and expectations related to the trading price of KORE and the future listing of

Karus Gold, and other expectations and assumptions concerning the Arrangement.

In addition to the above summary, additional risks and uncertainties inherent to the Company and its

operations are described in the “Risk Factors” section o f the Company’s management discussion and

analysis for the year ended December 31, 2019 , prepared as of April 27, 2020 , available under the

Company’s issuer profile on www.sedar.com. Other risks and uncertainties include, among other things:

the Arrangement may not be completed on the terms, or in accordance with the timing currently

contemplated, or at all; the Company and Karus Gold has incurred expenses in connection with the

Arrangement and will be required to pay for those expenses regardless of whether or not the

Arrangement is completed; the Company and Karus Gold may not be successful in satisfying the conditions

to the Arrangement, including failing to obtain KORE shareholder approva l; the possibility of adverse

reactions or changes in business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the

Arrangement; the failure to realize the expected benefits of the Arrangement; and other risks inherent to

KORE’s current business and/or factors beyond its control which could have a material adverse effect on

KORE or the ability to consummate the Arrangement.

Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this news release and the

Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new

information, future events or results, except as may be required by applicable securities laws. There can

be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future

events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not

place undue reliance on forward-looking information.