Red Pine Exploration Initiates Exploration Target Review at its Wawa Gold Project

NEWS RELEASE

April 4, 2017

Red Pine Exploration Initiates Exploration Target Review at its Wawa Gold

Project

Toronto, Ontario – April 4, 2017 - Red Pine Exploration Inc. (TSX -V: RPX) (“Red Pine”

or “the Company”) announces that it has contracted Golder Associates Ltd. (“Golder”) to

review the exploration target potential at the Wawa Gold Project and update the June

2015 Technical Report1.

Quentin Yarie, President and CEO of Red Pine, stated, "We are pleased to work in

collaboration with Golder to review the exploration target at the Wawa Gold Project. From

the beginning, our team determined that there was more gold on the property than

previously thought. Our exploration program to date has shown that many mineralized gold

zones are not included in the current inferred resource and that high -grade gold zones exist

beyond it. As we continue to aggressively advance exploration on the property, Golder’s

review will provide stakeholders and investors with insight on the possible extent of the gold

mineralization at Wawa.”

The exploration target will summarize the tonnage and grade ranges for the mineralized

corridor that includes the Surluga Deposit at the Wawa Gold Project. The Reader is

cautioned that the potential quantity and grade will be conceptual in nature, that there

will be insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and that it is uncertain if

further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource.

Golder will then complete an update of the June 2015 Technical R eport that will include

the exploration target and provide recommendations for future exploration programs.

Wawa Gold Project Highlights

 The Surluga Deposit hosts a 43-101 Inferred Resource of 1.088 Million oz gold at

1.71 g/t gold (0.5 g/t gold cut-off)2

 The deposit remains open in all directions including new gold mineralization

discovered in the hanging-wall and footwall of the Surluga Deposit

 Recent exploration results suggests gold mineralization extends 525 metres to the

north (2.0 g/t over 8.96 m [SD-16-43])

 High-grade mineralization (57.31 g/t over 3.14 m [DG-17-56]) exists 3 km south of

the Surluga deposit

 The gold mineralization is hosted in closely stacked parallel shear zones (Wawa

Gold Corridor)

 Property package hosts 8 past producing mines (total historic production of

120,000 oz gold with an average grade of 9.04 g/t gold)

 Located 2 km southeast of the Municipality of Wawa, Ontario, close to roads,

power and other infrastructure

Qualified Person

Quentin Yarie, P Geo. is the qualified person responsible for preparing, supervising and

approving the scientific and technical content of this news release.

About Red Pine Exploration Inc.

Red Pine Exploration Inc. is a gold and base -metals exploration company headquartered

in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Company's common shares trade on the TSX Venture

Exchange under the symbol "RPX".

Red Pine has a 60% interest in the Wawa Gold Project with Citabar LLP . holding the

remaining 40% interest. Red Pine is the Operating Manager of the Project and is focused

on expanding the existing gold resource on the property.

For more information about the Company visit www.redpineexp.com

Or contact:

Quentin Yarie, President & CEO, (416) 364-7024, [email protected]

Or Mia Boiridy, Investor Relations, (416) 364-7024, [email protected]

1Mineral Resource Statement , Surluga -Jubilee Gold Deposit, Wawa Gold Project, Ontario, SRK Consulting

(Canada) Inc. (effective May 26, 2015). The report is available on www.SEDAR.com under Red Pine’s profile.

2NI 43-101 inferred resource of 1,088,000 ounces of gold at 1.71 grams per tonne (g/t) using a 0.40 g/t gold

cut-off grade for pit -constrained and 2.50 g/t gold cut -off grade for underground -constrained resources,

contained in 19.82 million tonnes open along strike and at depth. The Cut-off grades are based on a gold price

of US$1,250 per once and a gold recovery of 95 percent (Mineral Resource Statement , Surluga -Jubilee Gold

Deposit, Wawa Gold Project, Ontario, SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. (effective May 26, 2015)).

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