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Surge Exploration No Longer Pursuing Spin-Out Company and Plan of Arrangement

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Suite 1220 ‐ 789 W Pender Street

Vancouver, BC V6C 1H2

Telephone: (778) 945‐2656

NEWS RELEASE

Surge Exploration No Longer Pursuing Spin-Out Company and

Plan of Arrangement

Vancouver, BC – June 21, 2019 – Further to its January 9, 2019 news release, Surge Exploration Inc. (the

"Company" or “Surge”) (TSX‐V: SUR, OTCQB:SURJF, FRA: DJ5C) announces that it is no longer pursuing a

strategic reorganization of the Company's assets involving a spin out and separate financing of its British

Columbia exploration projects into its wholly owned subsidiary, CuGold Corp.

Surge will continue to hold its interest in these B ritish Columbia copper‐gold mineral projects, (Mineral

Mountain and HedgeHog), along with its mineral inte rests in its Ontario cobalt projects (Teledyne and

Glencore Bucke) inside Surge Exploration Inc.

About Surge Exploration Inc. https://surgeexploration.com/

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

sector in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada.

Ontario Cobalt Properties (Cobalt):

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.

Mineral Mountain Property (Copper, Gold) British Columbia

As announced on November 28, 2018 and May 6, 2019, Surge has acquired a 100% interest in 11 claim

blocks comprising 26,455 hectares (265 sq km) in the Omineca region of north‐central British Columbia,

approximately 150 km north of Fort St. James. The claims are not subject to any royalty terms, back‐i n

rights, payments or any other agreements and encumbrances. The region is host to numerous operating

mines, good infrastructure including experienced exploration and supporting services.

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 staki ng during surges of exploration in B.C. dating from

the 1940’s to present day. Prominent among early d iscoveries in the Omineca region were the nearby

Lustdust/Stardust property (Sun Metals Corp. TSX‐V: SUNM) covering a large, coherent integrated

porphyry‐skarn, epithermal system; the Kwanika property (Serengeti Resources Inc./POSCO Daewoo TSX‐

V: SIR) a promising advanced stage copper‐gold project; the Lorraine property (Lorraine Copper Corp. TSX‐

V: LLC) host to a large copper/gold NI 43‐101 compliant resource. The tenures are located between the

Kemess North project being developed by Centerra Gold’s subsidiary Aurico Metals and Centerra Gold’s

operation Mt Milligan mine.

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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.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

“Tim Fernback”

Tim Fernback

President & CEO

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 release may contain forward‐looking state ments which include, but are not limited to, commen ts 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.