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New Pacific Signs Memorandum of Understanding and Acquisition Option Agreement to Expand Land Package FOR Silver Sands Project

Mergers & Acquisitions Property Options & Staking Partnerships & JV

NEWS RELEASE

Trading Symbol: TSX Venture: NUAG

OTCQX: NUPMF

NEW PACIFIC SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

AND ACQUISITION OPTION AGREEMENT

TO EXPAND LAND PACKAGE FOR SILVER SANDS PROJECT

VANCOUVER, B.C. – July 25, 2018: New Pacific Metals Corp. (TSX -V: NUAG; OTCQX: NUPMF) (“New Pacific” or the

“Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Empresa Minera Alcira

S.A. (“Alcira”), signed a memorandum of understanding (the “MOU”) with Corporación Minera de Bolivia

(“COMIBOL”), allowing Alcira to explore and develop 38 mi neral concessions adjoining south and west to Alcira’s

Silver Sands project in the Potosi Department of Bolivia. The MOU established a process for the parties to

negotiate and complete definitive agreements on the mineral concessions . The signing of the MOU occurred at

the Silver Sands project site attended by the Honourable, César Navarro Miranda, the Minister of Bolivia’s Ministry

of Mining and Metallurgy, the Honourable, Hianny Romero, the Vice Minister of Bolivia’s Ministry of Development

and Planning, José Pimentel, President of COMIBOL, Fernando Leyton, the Director of Land of Autoridad

Jurisdiccional Administrativa Minera (“AJAM”), and representatives of the local communities.

The Company has also entered into an acquisition option agreement with private owner s to acquire their 100%

interest in certain mineral concessions located adjacent to the Silver Sands project . The owner s are currently

mining silver at a small scale on the concessions. The Company expects to enter into additional acquisition option

agreements with other private concession owners to further expand mineral concession area for the Silver Sand

project.

ABOUT NEW PACIFIC

New Pacific is a Canadian exploration and development company which owns the Silver Sand Project in the Potosi

Department of Bolivia, the Tagish Lake gold project in Yukon, Canada and the RZY Project in Qinghai Province,

China. Its largest shareholders are Silvercorp Metals Inc. (TSX/NYSE American: SVM), and Pan American Silver Corp.

(TSX/NASDAQ: PAAS), one of the world's largest primary silver producers, which operates six mines, including the

San Vicente mine located in the Potosi­ Department of Bolivia.

For further information, contact:

New Pacific Metals Corp.,

Gordon Neal

President

Phone: (604) 633-1368

Fax: (604) 669-9387

[email protected]

www.newpacificmetals.com

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts

responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary note regarding forward looking statements

This news release contains forward -looking statements regarding future events and the Company’s future results that are

subject to the safe harbors created under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Securities Act of 1933, as

amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and applicable

Canadian securities laws. These statements are based on current exp ectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the

Company’s exploration projects, the industry in which the Company operates and the beliefs and assumptions of the

Company's management. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "targets," "goals," " projects," "intends," "plans," "believes,"

"seeks," "estimates," "continues," "may," variations of such words, and similar expressions and references to future periods,

are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of assumptions,

risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, including such factors as the results of exploration activitie s and

whether the results continue to support continued exploration activities, unexpected va riations in ore grade, types and

metallurgy, volatility and level of commodity prices, the availability of sufficient future financing, and other matters disc ussed

under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended Ju ne 30, 2017, and our other periodic

and current reports filed with the SEC and available on www.sec.gov and with the Canadian securities commissions available on

www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned that forward -looking statements are not guarantees of fut ure performance and that

actual results or developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward -looking statements. Any

forward-looking statement made by us in this news release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks

only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward -looking statement, whether

written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or

otherwise.