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Noble Enters Binding Letter of Intent to Vend its Wawa-Holdsworth Project Interest to MacDonald Mines

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2500 – 120 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1

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Noble Enters Binding Letter of Intent to Vend its Wawa-Holdsworth

Project Interest to MacDonald Mines

Toronto, Ontario – March 30, 2017 – Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. (“Noble” or the

“Company”) (TSX-V:NOB, FRANKFURT: NB7, OTC.PK:NLPXF) is pleased to announce that

it has signed a binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. (TSX -V:

BMK) (“MacDonald Mines”, “MacDonald”) to acquire all of Noble’s interest in the Holdsworth

property (the “Property”), located 25 kilometres northeast of Wawa, Ontario. MacDonald

previously entered into an Option and Joint Venture (“JV”) agreement with Noble on December

7, 2016 to advance exploration on the Holdsworth property. The LOI supersedes the JV

agreement.

LOI Highlights

To acquire a 100% interest in the Holdsworth property, MacDonald Mines agreed under the LOI

to:

• Issue 5,500,000 MacDonald units, each unit consisting of one Class A common share of

MacDonald and one non- transferable Class A common share purchase warrant of

MacDonald exercisable at $0.30 per share for a period of three years from the date of

issuance.

• Grant Noble a 1.5% net smelter return royalty (the “NSR”) on the Holdsworth property,

with MacDonald having the right to re-purchase one half of the NSR for $500,000 at any

time.

• Pay the equivalent of 5,000 ounces of gold equivalent to Noble once MacDonald has

extracted, refined and sold a minimum of 50,000 ounces of gold from the oxide sands

portion of the Property.

Quentin Yarie, MacDonald’s President and CEO commented: “In the few months our team has

worked on the Holdsworth property, we’ve determined that there is a good potential for gold

extraction there. We’ve already initiated a bulk sampling program of the oxides sands –the main

gold target on the property. S ecuring 100% interest ensures that MacDonald can continue to

aggressively advance the Wawa- Holdsworth Project and significantly increase shareholder

value.”

Vance White, Noble’s President and CEO commented: “By vending the balance of the Wawa

Holdsworth interest Noble will become a significant shareholder in MacDonald, have a potential

gold streaming revenue stream and an ongoing NSR over the entire project area whilst allowing

MacDonald to aggressively proceed w ith the plans for an oxide sand bulk sampling program

and follow up to the newly discovered gold bearing shear zone reported in a news release dated

December 13, 2016. This will allow Noble to focus on Project 81, where we plan an Airborne

Gravity Gradiometer Survey over the entire ~70,000 Hectare Project Area as well as an

airborne EM/Mag survey over the two southern townships (Carnegie and Crawford) which sit

2500 – 120 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1

Phone: 416-214-2250

Toll Free: 866-214-9486

Fax: 416-367-1954

immediately north of the world class Kidd Creek mine of Exstrada celebrating its fiftieth year of

production”.

Randy Singh P.Geo(ON), P.Eng (ON), VP Exploration & Project Development of Noble and a

"qualified person" as such term is defined by National Instrument 43 -101 has verified the data

disclosed in this news release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved the technical

information in this news release on behalf of the Company.

About MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.

MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. is a mineral exploration company headquartered in Toronto,

Ontario focused on gold and silica exploration in Canada. The Company has built a portfolio of

safe-jurisdiction, infrastructure-rich projects that demonstrate the greatest market potential for

return. The Company is aggressively advancing its highly prospective Wawa-Holdsworth Project

and Charlevoix Silica Property.

Wawa-Holdsworth Project Highlights:

• Approximately 285 hectares, 20 kilometres northeast of the town of Wawa

• Neighbouring Argonaut's >6Moz gold Magino Deposit & Richmont's >1Moz gold Island

Gold Mine;

• Numerous gold showings with diversified mineralization styles occurring in a 500 metres-

wide deformation corridor;

• Lode Gold in traditional quartz veins, known as the "The Soocana Vein;

• an oxidized cap at surface developed over a massive pyrite zone (Algoma Iron

Formation) known as the “The Oxide Sands";

• the precursor to the Oxide Sands - a massive pyrite zone (Algoma Iron Formation) at

depths, known as "The Massive Sulphide";

• Year-long road access and easy access to rail, road, electrical power, labour force and

suppliers;

• Fee simple absolute ownership of both surface and mineral rights property-wide

facilitates the early and advanced exploration process and timelines.

The Company's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "BMK".

About Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.:

Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is a Canadian based junior exploration company holding in

excess of 70,641 hectares of mineral rights in the Timmins - Cochrane areas of Northern

Ontario. The Company also holds a portfolio of diversified exploration projects at various stages

of exploration Gold in the Wawa area of Northern Ontario, and Uranium in Northern

Saskatchewan. More detailed information is available on the website at

www.noblemineralexploration.com.

Cautionary Statement:

Neither 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. No stock exchange, securities commission or other

regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

2500 – 120 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1

Phone: 416-214-2250

Toll Free: 866-214-9486

Fax: 416-367-1954

The foregoing information may contain forward- looking statements relating to the future

performance of Noble Mineral Expl oration Inc. Forward- looking statements, specifically those

concerning future performance, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results

may differ materially from the Company’s plans and expectations. These plans, expectations,

risks and uncertainties are detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the

Company with the TSX Venture Exchange and securities regulators. Noble Mineral Exploration

Inc. does not assume any obligation to update or revise its forward- looking statements, whether

as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contacts:

H. Vance White, President

Phone: 416-214-2250

Fax: 416-367-1954

Email: [email protected]

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