Trigon Metals Initiates Project Restart Activities and Surface Drilling Program

TRIGON METALS INITIATES PROJECT RESTART ACTIVITIES AND SURFACE DRILLING PROGRAM

Toronto, Canada – September 5, 2017 – Trigon Metals Inc. (TSX -V: TM) ( “Trigon” or the

“Company”) is pleased to announce that it has initiated various operations restart activities at the

Company’s Kombat project located in northern Namibia (“Kombat”), including a drilling program.

Restart activities

The Company is concurrently progressing various workstreams regarding its strategy to bring the

Kombat Mine back into production.

The Company has engaged an environmental consultant , SLR Environmental Consulting (Namibia)

(Pty) Ltd, to assist with securing the environmental permits required for open pit mining, as well as

those needed for exploration activities for underground mining, which is the second phase of the

Company’s strategic plan for operations at Kombat.

Metallurgical testwork has been commissioned on historic drill cores from the open pit mining

areas to evaluate ore grades and achievable recoveries, as well as to optimize future comminution

and flotation parameters. Initial test results should be available within the next month.

The Company is also engaged in advanced discussions with several potential offtake partners and

is assessing various opportunities for marketing its product when production has recommenced.

Drilling program

An infill drilling program is focused on the Kombat Central and East open pit mi ning areas with the

primary aim being to upgrade the current Mineral Resource s from the Inferred category to

Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources. A total of 43 holes are planned for this program, with

an aggregate of 1,996 meters to be drilled. Thereafter, the Company plans to un dertake

additional drilling to : (i) increase the current open pit Mineral Resource within the current pit

boundaries, (ii) drill the gap between the Central and East pits, which is outside of the existing pit

boundaries, and (iii) test potential to the nor th and west of these areas. The three phase drilling

program to extend the current Mineral Resource comprises a further 34 holes, with an aggregate

of 1,437 meters to be drilled.

The drill ing program and protocols for the drilling, sampling and QA /QC have been designed by

Minxcon (Pty) Ltd to ensure compliance with database requirements for resource modelling

purposes.

It is the Company’s intention to mobili ze drills to site on a contract basis as soon as possible , with

the infill drilling anticipated to take approximately 6 weeks from mobilization to complete.

Stephan Theron, President and CEO of Trigon, commented: “These are all exciting steps for Trigon

in completing the first phase of its operational strategy, re-starting open pit mining at Kombat.

We are bullish on the copper market and believe that a re-start of Kombat is well timed in current

market conditions.”

Stock options

Trigon has granted a total of 275,000 stock options to certain consultants of the Company

pursuant to the Compa ny’s stock option plan. The stock options may be exercised at a price of

$0.35 per option for a period of five years from the date of grant. This grant of options is subject

to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Trigon Metals Inc.

Trigon is a publicly traded Canadian exploration and development company with its core business

focused on copper operations in Namibia, one of the world’s most prospective copper regions,

where it has substantial assets in place with significant upside. T he Company continues to hold an

80% interest in five mining licenses in the Otavi Mountain lands, an area of Namibia widely

recognized for its high -grade copper deposits. Within these licenses are three past producing

mines including the Company’s flagship property, the Kombat Mine.

For further information, contact:

Spyros Karellas

Investor Relations +1 (416) 433-5696

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.trigonmetals.com

Cautionary Notes

This news release may contain forward -looking statements. These statements i nclude statements

regarding the planned drilling program and Mineral Resource e stimate, the Company’s strategies

and the Company’s abilities to execute such strategies, the Company’s ability to restart the Kombat

operations, the Company’s expectations for the Kombat operations, the Company’s future plans

and objectives, and the grant of stock options. These statements are based on current expectations

and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially

because of factors discussed in the management discussion and analysis section of our interim and

most recent annual financial statements or other reports and filings with the TSX Venture

Exchange and applicable Canadian securities regulations. We do not assume any obligation to

update any forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable laws.

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

release.