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Sun Peak Metals Corp Appoints Kaeli Gattens as Vice President, Corporate Development

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Sun Peak Metals Corp Appoints Kaeli Gattens as Vice President, Corporate Development

September 17, 2020 – Vancouver - Sun Peak Metals Corp (the “Company” or “Sun Peak”, TSX-V: PEAK) is

pleased to announce the appointment of Kaeli Gattens as Vice President, Corporate Development.

Kaeli will be responsible for general corporate development, investor relations, and supporting

management evaluate and execute new investment opportunities, partnerships, mergers and

acquisitions.

Ms. Gattens has nearly a decade of mining, construction and technology sector experience. Prior to Sun

Peak, she began her career in communications a t Goldcorp, where she demonstrated value through

strategic social media engagement with key investors and stakeholders. Her secondment to Mexico as

Change Management Lead, supported the adoption of centralized technology systems such as SAP across

Goldcorp’s operating mines. Kaeli’s transition from Manager of Communications at Finning Digital to

Director of Business Development at VRIFY, helped influence the need to leverage technology to

accelerate the future of mining exploration and attract new investment. Kaeli holds a Graduate Diploma

in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and a Bachelor of Political Science and

Economics.

"We are excited to have Kaeli join our leadership team at Sun Peak," said Greg Davis, President & CEO. "I

am confident that her energy, international network and diverse industry experience will help advance

the Company and complement our experienced team at Sun Peak.”

About Sun Peak Metals Corp.

Sun Peak Metals Corp. is exploring the district-scale Shire Project in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia.

The Shire Project is comprised of four exploration licenses: Nefasit, Adi Dairo, Terer & Meli, and covers

approximately 900 square kilometers in the prospective Arabian Nubian Shield. The licenses are in the

same geological environment as both the Bisha Mine and the Asmara Projects to the north in Eritrea and

Newmont's Project, also in northern Ethiopia, to the south. The Sun Peak team have worked together in

East Africa for almost two decades and t he Company’s strategy is to apply exploration techniques that

have worked successfully in the region before in significant discoveries , to build assets through major

discoveries.

PRESS RELEASE

NR 2020-3

For Immediate Release

September 17, 2020

Vancouver, British Columbia

Sun Peak Metals Corp.

Greg Davis

President, CEO, and Director

Contact Information

[email protected]

Direct: +1 (604) 999-1099

Disclaimer for Forward-Looking Information

Certain information and statements in this news release may be considered forward -looking information or forward -looking

statements for purposes of applicable securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking statements”), which reflect the expectations

of m anagement regarding its disclosure and amendments thereto. Forward -looking statements consist of information or

statements that are not purely historical, including any information or statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or

intentions regarding the future. Such information or statements may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to

the planned timing and scope of the exploration programs on the Shire Projects and the extent that COVID -19 may impact the

timing or execution of t hese plans . Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results,

performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements. No assurance can be given that any

of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits Sun Peak will obtain

from them. These forward -looking statements reflect management's current views and are based on certain expectations,

estimates and assumptions, which may prove to be incorrect. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to

differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward -looking statements, including without limitation: the risk that

the results of the planned exploration progr ams at the Shire Project to not meet expected results. These forward -looking

statements are made as of the date of this news release and, except as required by applicable securities laws, Sun Peak assumes

no obligation to update these forward- looking state ments, or to update the reasons why actual results differed from those

projected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information about these and other assumptions, risks and uncertainties

are set out in the "Risks and Uncertainties" section in the Prospectus filed with Canadian security regulators.