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Spruce Ridge signs LOI with Private Group regarding the Crawford Township Property

Property Options & Staking

TSX.V: NOB FWB: NB7 OTC.PK: NLPXF

Spruce Ridge signs LOI with Private Group regarding the Crawford

Township Property

Toronto, Ontario – September 28, 2018 – Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. (“Noble” or the

“Company”) (TSX-V:NOB, FRANKFURT: NB7, OTC.PK:NLPXF)

As previously announced, Noble signed an Option and Joint Venture Agreement (the “ Option

Agreement”) with Spruce Ridge Resources Ltd. (“Spruce Ridge”) providing Spruce Ridge the right

to earn up to a 75 percent interest in the Crawford Township Property on specific target areas

having a size of up to 2000 hectares (the “Crawford Targets”). The Crawford Township Property

comprises part of Noble’s ~ 79,000 hectare Project 81.

For full details of the Option Agreement, please see Noble’s news release dated May 8, 2018, as

clarified by Noble’s news release dated May 17, 2018.

Noble announces that it has been advised that Spruce Ridge has signed a letter of intent with a

private group of knowledgeable mining investors contemplating that such investors could acquire

up to half of the interest that Spruce Ridge can acquire in the Crawford Targets under the Option

Agreement. The letter of intent contemplates that the investors could so acquire part of Spruce

Ridge’s interest by contributing to the second payment of $50,000 owed to Noble under the Option

Agreement, and also contribute to the respective qualifying expenditures required to be made by

Spruce Ridge (SHL.V) to earn the agreed interest in the Crawford Targets. (Please refer to Spruce

Ridge's news release dated September 27, 2018 for more information on the terms of the LOI.)

Vance White, Noble’s President and CEO commented: “We are very pleased to see Spruce Ridge

move forward with the performance of the Option Agreement, and look forward to the results from

their planned drilling campaign. We will work diligently with Spruce Ridge and its new partners to

negotiate and reach agreement on the amendments to the Option A greement that are

contemplated under the terms of the LOI.”

About Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.:

Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is a Canadian-based junior exploration company which, in addition

to its shareholdings in MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. and its interest in the Holdsworth gold

exploration property in the area of Wawa, Ontario, holds in excess of ~79,000 hectares of mineral

rights in the Timmins - Cochrane areas of Northern Ontario known as Project 81. Project 81 hosts

diversified drill-ready nickel-cobalt, gold and base metal exploration targets at various stages of

exploration. More detailed information is available on the website at

www.noblemineralexploration.com.

Noble’s common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “NOB”.

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.

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

performance of Noble Mineral Exploration 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 t o 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]

Investor Relations

Email: [email protected]

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