PERU.V · 2020-08-17 12:00:00

Chakana Copper Announces Drilling at Soledad Project, Peru Fully-Funded 15,000m Drill Program Starts on Outcropping Gold-Enriched Breccia Pipes.

Exploration Programs

Chakana Copper Announces Drilling at

Soledad Project, Peru

Fully-Funded 15,000m Drill Program Starts on Outcropping

Gold-Enriched Breccia Pipes.

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 17, 2020) -

Chakana Copper Corp. (TSXV:

PERU) (OTCQB: CHKKF) (FSE: 1ZX)

(the

Company

Chakana

"), is pleased to announce that

drilling has commenced to test multiple high-grade gold-enriched breccia pipe targets at its Soledad

project in Ancash, Peru.

Drilling is underway at Paloma East, and will then continue on to Paloma West,

and the Huancarama breccia pipe complex.

These outcropping targets are in part defined by high-grade

gold rock sample results during surface exploration but have not been previously drilled.

The targeted

pipes demonstrate a number of surface characteristics consistent with previous results from other drilled

breccia pipes at Soledad.

Phase 3 Drill Program

The current drill program is the continuation of the Phase 3 drill program initiated in June, 2019.

A total of

5,717m of diamond drilling were completed at that time, with important mineralization encountered in

Breccia Pipe 7 ("Bx 7") and high-grade extension of mineralization in Bx 5 (see news releases dated

July 29, 2019 and September 10, 2019). Drilling was suspended in October 2019 to await permits that

allowed drill testing of targets in the expanded mineral rights (see news release dated May 23, 2018)

and was further delayed by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Paloma Target Area

The Paloma target area is characterized by two prominent outcropping breccia pipes, Paloma East and

Paloma West, and several smaller exposures of mineralized breccia, vein breccia, and silicified

structures (Fig. 3). The breccia pipes and occurrences are aligned along a northeast trend, likely

controlled by structures. Paloma East is the exposed top of a breccia pipe with a conical shape and

altered wall rock preserved around the contact with the breccia. The alteration consists of quartz-sericite

replacement of lithic tuff, cut by quartz-tourmaline veins. Mineralized breccia is exposed where the

altered wall rock is eroded. Previous rock chip and channel sampling in the Paloma target area returned

numerous multi-gram gold assays indicative of significant mineralization encountered in other previously

drilled breccia pipes with similar surface geochemical expression.

Initial drilling is designed to determine the geometry and plunge of the Paloma East breccia pipe and the

grade. Drilling will test both the oxide and primary zones. If significant mineralization is encountered, in-fill

drilling will be conducted at a density sufficient for inferred resource estimation. The initial drill holes

planned for the Paloma target area are shown in Figure 4. Additional holes may be drilled or modified

based on results from the previously completed holes. Hole SDH20-133 is in-progress and at a depth of

approximately 22,7m; tourmaline breccia was encountered at 18.6m depth (Fig 5).

David Kelley, President and CEO commented

, "This is a very exciting time for our team to start drilling

again on newly defined targets within our expanded mineral rights. The Paloma and Huancarama

targets are some of the best of the ninety-two identified targets on the 3,085-hectare property. The

drilling program is running concurrently with a surface channel sampling program that we expect will

contribute to the maiden resource estimate for the project. Our team is diligently incorporating COVID-

19 protocols into the work program. The health and safety of our employees, contractors, and nearby

communities remain our highest priority."

About Chakana Copper

Chakana Copper Corp is a Canadian-based minerals exploration company that is currently advancing

the high-grade gold-copper-silver Soledad Project located in the Ancash region of Peru, a highly

favorable mining jurisdiction with supportive communities. The Soledad Project consists of high-grade

gold-copper-silver mineralization hosted in tourmaline breccia pipes. A total of 30,273m of drilling has

been completed to-date, testing seven of twenty-three confirmed breccia pipes with more than 92 total

targets. Chakana's investors are uniquely positioned as the Soledad Project provides exposure to the

forecasted copper critical metals shortage supply and growing demand in the precious metals sector.

For more information on the Soledad project, please visit the website at

www.chakanacopper.com

Qualified Person

David Kelley, an officer and a director of Chakana, and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101,

reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

(signed) "

David Kelley

President and CEO

For further information contact:

Joanne Jobin, Investor Relations Officer

Phone:

647 964 0292

Email:

[email protected]

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in

the policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this

release.

Forward-looking Statement Advisory:

This release may contain forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which

may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Chakana to be materially different

from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking

statements. Forward looking statements or information relates to, among other things, the

interpretation of the nature of the mineralization at the

Soledad copper-gold-silver

project (the

"Project"), the potential to expand the mineralization, and to develop and grow a resource within the

Project, the planning for further exploration work, the ability to de-risk the potential exploration targets,

and our belief in the potential for mineralization within unexplored parts of the Project. These forward-

looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs but given the

uncertainties, assumptions and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such

forward- looking statements or information. The Company disclaims any obligation to update, or to

publicly announce, any such statements, events or developments except as required by law.

Figure 1 - map showing land position, breccia pipes (circles), and occurrences (stars). Previously drilled

breccia pipes shown in green and yellow. Untested breccia pipes and targets shown in red.