Surge Exploration 2019/2020 Plans Include a Focus on BC Gold

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NEWS RELEASE

Surge Exploration 2019/2020 Plans Include a Focus on BC Gold

July 24, 2019 – Vancouver, British Columbia; – Surge Exploration Inc. (“the Company” or

“Surge”) TSX-V: SUR, OTCQB: SURJF, FRA: DJ5C) would like to provide its shareholders with

additional information regarding the history and cu rrent status of the company, as well as, its

proposed operating plan for 2020.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND PARTNERS:

Over the course of the last year, the Company has announced several key initiatives that have resulted

in the Company becoming a land bank of key gold, copper and cobalt mineral exploration properties

in Canada. With the announcement of the refocusing of the Company on April 23, 2019 , Surge and

its management team have added several key copper‐gold mineral exploration properties in British

Columbia Canada, namely the Mineral Mountain Properties (North Central, BC) and the Trapper Lake

Properties (Golden Triangle, BC), to complement our existing BC copper‐gold property, Hedgehog ,

and our Ontario cobalt properties, Teledyne and Glencore Bucke .

Mineral Mountain Properties (Northcentral BC) Trapper Lake Properties (Golden Trian gle / Northwest BC)

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Mr. Tim Fernback, Surge President & CEO, comments “ Given the direction of the cobalt commodity

markets lately hovering at what we regard as low co mmodity prices of US$12‐15/lb, the Company

has decided to focus its resources on its Canadian copper gold properties. Management and the

Board both agree that this effort should provide the biggest opportunity for Surge shareholders going

forward. In particular, our exploration properties in British Columbia’s Omineca and Golden Triangle

Region appear to well situated given the proposed 2 019 exploration activity in the area by our

neighbours. This 2019 activity includes CAD$23.7 million to be spent by Barkerville Gold Mines

Ltd. (TSXV: BGM) nearby our Hedghog Property, CAD$5.4 million to be spent by Sun Metals Corp .

(TSXV: SUNM) nearby our Mineral Mountain Properties and a projected initial 1,000 m of drilling by

Brixton Metals Corp. (TSXV: BBB) which is nearby our Trapper Lake Properties.”

“We are very excited to acquire these key additiona l mineral claims in mining friendly British

Columbia. This area has already generated several promising projects, and is the subject of

significant interest and exploration expenditure in 2019 by many prominent exploration companies

like Sun Metals, Teck Resources, Centerra Gold, Ser engeti Resources, Barkerville Gold Mines, and

Brixton Metals Corp. Furthermore, this region is h ost to numerous operating mines, good

infrastructure including experienced exploration an d supporting services. Our exploration team

believes that this land package is strategically situated to exploit the high copper‐gold values of the

region.”

“In 2019, the Mining Journal of London gave British Columbia the title of Least Risky Global Mining

Jurisdiction and the BC government has made some bi g infrastructure investments including a

CAD$736 million investment in power line transmission to the north and made permanent a popular

flow‐through tax benefit investment incentives which encourages significant investment in

exploration. The fact that large global mining companies like Newmont Goldcorp (NYSE: NEM) are

investing large $$ to buy into the Galore Creek Partnership with Tech Resources (TSE: TECK.B) and

Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX: NCM) has invested US$806.5 million to buy 70% of the Red Chris

Mine from Imperial Metals Corp (TSX: III) inside BC’s Golden Triangle.

Furthermore Mr. Fernback states “Long‐term, the Company believes in the market for cobalt and we

will continue to explore and develop our cobalt properties in Ontario. They are great and important

Company assets because of the predicted emergence of the overall Electric Vehicle (“EV”) market. An

EV like a Tesla Model S needs 51 lbs of cobalt for its battery. Cobalt is an essential component in a

lithium ion rechargeable battery, and this technology used in all sorts of desirable consumer items

such as cars, laptops, cell phones, appliances etc. EVs are expected to drive a large part of this

increased future metal demand. Globally EVs are pr ojected to grow from a small number today to

140 million vehicles by the year 2035. China plans to ban the sale and production of gas powered

cars by the year 2040, as it grapples with ways to improve overall air quality and China is expected

to be the largest global market for EVs. As you c an see the future for cobalt is certainly bright an d

Surge management is extremely bullish on the future demand for this metal.”

We are now planning our 2019 / 2020 Canadian explor ation programs, and plan to both further

enhance and move our mineral exploration properties forward.

Thank you for joining us on this journey, and we look forward to a great 2019 and 2020.

Cheers,

Tim

Tim Fernback

President & CEO

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Qualified Person

The BC properties technical content of this news re lease dealing with the Omineca properties and

the Hedge Hog property has been reviewed by Bruce L aird, P.Geo., an independent consulting

geologist and a qualified person within the context of NI 43‐101.

About Surge Exploration Inc.

The Company is a Canadian‐based mineral exploration company which has been active in the

resource sector in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada.

Golden Triangle – Trapper Lake Property (Copper Gold), British Columbia

The Company owns 100% interest in the Golden Triangle – Trapper Lake Group of 14 mineral claims

which are located in the prolific Golden Triangle R egion of northwestern British Columbia

approximately 90 km ENE from Juneau, Alaska. Surges’ staking program acquired an area of 213 sq.

km within the regionally important geological and s tructural trend. A large portion of the new

property is adjacent to the Thorn Project owned by Brixton Metal’s Corp . (“Brixton”, TSXV:

BBB) with the balance covering prospective open ground containing numerous B.C. Minfile showings

with Cu, Ag, Au values adjoining the boundaries of the Golden Bear Mine of Chevron Resources, a

480,000 oz Au past producer.

In Brixton’s news release dated July 15, 2019 ( Brixton News Release ), they reported results from drill

hole THN19‐150, which was drilled to 829.06 metres depth at the Oban diatreme breccia pipe within

the Camp Creek copper corridor. Brixton reported a drill hole intercept of 1.97 grams per tonne gold

equivalent across 554.70 meters including 135.96M of 1.35 g/t Au, 0.31 Cu, 133.62 g/t Ag or 5.00 g/t

Aueq including 6M of 3.56% Cu, 3.37 g/t Au, 257.77 g/t Ag. Structural mapping and soil‐rock

geochemistry at the Chivas zone and relogging of se lect core from the Glenfiddich zone were also

conducted as part of the overall exploration program at the Thorn Project.

Mineral Mountain Properties (Copper Gold) British Columbia

The Company owns a 100% interest in the Omineca Gro up of 12 claim blocks which are located in

the Omineca Mining Division of north‐central British Columbia, approximately 150 km north of Fort

St. James. The claims are not subject to any royal ty terms, back‐in rights, payments or any other

agreements and encumbrances.

B.C. Minfile assessment report data indicates that most of the area covered by the Omineca Group

claim blocks were at one time or another covered by staking during surges of exploration in B.C.

dating from the 1940’s to present day. Largely the claims appear to have been minimally explored

with little follow‐up. However, some work was recorded on several claims with results for stream

sediment sampling showing anomalous to highly anoma lous results for gold in a few areas. These

areas were recommended for detailed follow‐up, howe ver due to a previous commodity price

downturn no further work was recorded.

Prominent among early discoveries in the Omineca re gion were the nearby Lustdust/Stardust

property ( Sun Metals Corp. TSXV: SUNM ) covering a large, coherent integrated porphyry‐sk arn‐

manto, epithermal system; the Kwanika property ( Serengeti Resources Inc./POSCO

Daewoo TSXV: SIR ) a promising advanced stage copper‐gold project; the Lorraine property ( Teck

Resources and Sun Metals ) host to a significant copper gold NI 43‐101 compl iant resource. The

Surge tenures are located between the Kemess North project being developed by Centerra Gold ’s

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subsidiary Aurico Metals and Centerra Gold’s operation Mt Milligan mine.

Hedge Hog Property, (Copper Gold) British Columbia

The Company has an option to earn an undivided 60% interest seven mineral tenure covering 2,418

hectares (5,972 acres) located approximately 80 km northeast of the town of Quesnel, BC and 20 km

north of the historic gold mining towns of Wells and Barkerville.

Ontario Cobalt Properties (Cobalt) Ontario

The Company has an option to earn an undivided 60% interest in the Glencore Bucke Property and

the Teledyne Property, located in Cobalt, Ontario Canada.

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. This news r elease may

contain forward‐looking statements which include, but are not limited to, comments that involve future events and

conditions, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Except for statements of historical facts, comments

that address resource potential, upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt and security of mineral

property titles, availability of funds, and others are forward‐looking. Forward‐looking statements are not guarantees

of future performance and actual results may vary materially from those statements. General business conditions are

factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from forward‐looking statements.