8F, No. 38, Lane 38, Jin-Xi Street Taipei, Da Tong District, Taiwan RIDGESTONE MINING ANNOUNCES GRANT OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS

Ridgestone Mining Inc.

8F, No. 38, Lane 38, Jin-Xi Street

Taipei, Da Tong District, Taiwan

RIDGESTONE MINING ANNOUNCES GRANT OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS

November 8, 2018 – Ridgestone Mining Inc . (TSX Venture-RMI) (the "Company" or "Ridgestone"),

announces that it has granted an aggregate of 2,300,000 incentive stock options (the "Options") to certain

of its directors, officers and consultants pursuant to the terms of the Company's stock option plan (the

"Plan"). The Options are exercisable for a term of f ive years at a price of $0.21 and vest immediately.

Following this grant, the Company has 2,300,000 options outstanding and 13,735 options remain

available for issuance under the 10% rolling Plan.

Any common shares issuable upon exercise will be subject to a four -month hold period expiring on

March 9, 2019.

For further information, please contact:

Erwin Wong

Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Ridgestone Mining Inc.

Telephone: 604-377-8758

About the Company

Ridgestone Mining Inc. is engaged in the business of mineral exploration and holds an option to acquire a

100% interest in the Cimarron Gold Property located in Nye County, Nevada, USA.

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.

This news release contains forward -looking statements or information (collectively referred to herein as "forward-

looking statements") with respect to the grant of the options . 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 and are not guarantees of future performance of the Company . 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 the Company 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 our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward- looking statements,

including those described in the Company 's Prospectus dated February 9, 2018 available on www.sedar.com .

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the Company 's assumptions prove

incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in the forward- looking statements.

Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risks, uncertainties and other factors is not exhaustive.

Unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed could also have material adverse effects on forward- looking

statements. The impact of any one factor on a particular forward- looking statement is not determinable with

certainty as such factors are dependent on other factors, and the Company 's course of ac tion would depend on its

assessment of the future considering all information then available. All forward- looking statements in this news

release are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Except as required by law, the

Company assumes no obligation to update forward- looking statements should circumstances or management's

estimates or opinions change.