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Opawica Explorations Inc. Closes First Tranche of Private Placement

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OPAWICA EXPLORATIONS INC. CLOSES FIRST TRANCHE OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Vancouver, B.C. – December 14, 2020 – Opawica Explorations Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX.V: OPW) is

pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement of 4,360,000

Common Shares of the Company (each, a “Share”) at a price of $0. 10 per Share for gross proceed s of

$436,000 (the “Offering”).

All Shares issued in connec tion with the Offering will be subject to resale restrictions, expiring beyond

the customary statutory hold period of four months and one day after closing of the Offering. The Shares

will be issued and represented by three certificates (or DRS statements) of equal amount, each with a

different resale restriction endorsed thereon as follows: (i) one Share certificate will bear a legend

expiring four months plus one day from the Closing Date (April 15, 2020); (ii) one Share certificate will

bear a legend ex piring eight months from the Closing Da te (August 14, 2021); and (iii) one Share

certificate will bear a legend expiring twelve months from the Closing Date (December 14, 2021).

The proceeds from the Offering will be use d for project acquisition and explorat ion, payment of trade

payables and debt and working capital.

No finders’ fees were paid in connection with the Offering.

Christopher Reynolds, a director of the Company, subscribed for 300,000 common shares; Owen King, a

director of the Company, subscribed for 100,000 common shares ; and Sandra Wong, the CFO of the

Company, subscribed for 150,000 common shares. This participation constitutes a “r elated party

transaction” for the purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61 -101, Protection of Minority Security Holders

in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The Company is relying upon exemptions from the requirement to

obtain a formal valuation and se ek minority shareholder approval for the Offering on the basis that the

fair market value of the participation by related parties in the Offering is less than 25% of the Company’s

current market capitalization.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Blake Morgan

President and Chief Executive Officer

Opawica Explorations Inc.

Telephone: 604-681-3170

Fax: 604-681-3552

Disclaimer for Forward-Looking Information

This news r elease includes certain “forward -looking statements” under applicable Canadian securities l egislation that are not

historical facts. Forward -looking s tatements inv olve ris ks, uncertainties, and other factors t hat could cause actual results,

performance, pr ospects, and opportunities to differ ma terially from those expressed or implied by such for ward-looking

statements. Forward -looking statements in this news release include, but are not limit ed to, statements w ith respect to the

expectations of management r egarding the proposed Offering, the exp ectations of management regarding the us e of proceeds of

the Offering, closing conditions for the Offer ing, and Exchange app roval of the proposed Offer ing. Although the C ompany

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believes that the expectations reflected in the forward -looking information are reasonable, there can be no assurance t hat such

expectations will prove to be correct. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual

results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contai ned in the statements including that: th e Company

may not complete the Offering on terms favorable to t he Company or at all; the Exchange may not appro ve the Offering; th e

proceeds of the Offering may not be used as s tated in this news release; the Company may be unable to satisfy all of the

conditions to t he C losing; and those additional risks set out in t he Compa ny’s public d ocuments filed on SEDAR at

www.sedar.com. Alth ough the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forwa rd-looking

statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which on ly apply as of the date of this news

release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except where required by

law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward -looking statement, whether as a result of

new information, future events, or otherwise.

Neither the TSX Venture E xchange nor its Regulation Services Pro vider (as that term is defined in the po licies of th e TS X

Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.