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Signature Resources Appoints John Hayes as an Advisor to Management and the Board of Directors

Management Changes

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SIGNATURE RESOURCES APPOINTS JOHN HAYES AS AN ADVISOR TO MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD

OF DIRECTORS

Toronto, Ontario, January 27, 2021. Signature Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SGU, OTCQB: SGGTF, FSE 3S3)

("Signature" or the "Company") is pleased to announ ce the appointment of John Hayes as an advisor to

the Company.

John Hayes is a professional geologist with over 20 years of exploration, and many years of capital markets

experience. John worked for ten years in mining equity research at BMO Capital Markets and at the time

of his retirement in 2014 was a managing director covering global precious and base metal companies as

they advanced projects from exploration to producti on. Most recently, Mr. Hayes served in senior roles

at Pretium Resources and Osisko Mining. John graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with

an Honours Bachelor of Science in Geology (1989) an d a Master of Science in Geology (1997). He also

holds an MBA from Dalhousie University (2003) and i s a member (P. Geo.) of the Professional Engineers

and Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador.

“The Lingman Lake property has historically defined mineralization within a little-explored

greenstone belt. Lingman is not unlike any number of early-stage projects in needing capital

and technical leadership to advance. I am pleased to be joining Dan Denbow as an advisor to

Signature to help the new leadership team and Board advance the project.”

John Hayes, M.Sc., MBA, P.Geo – Advisory Board

“We have known John Hayes for a number of years now and have always appreciated his

strategic guidance and technical ability. We are h onoured to have such an experienced

geological and finance professional join our team a s an advisor the board of directors and

management.”

Robert Vallis - President & CEO

Stock Options

The Company has also granted 200,000 incentive stoc k options to Mr. Hayes as a result of his

appointment. The options shall have an exercise pr ice of $0.125, expire five years from the date of

issuance, and shall vest 25% immediately, and 12.5% every six months thereafter, through to the third

anniversary.

About Signature

The Lingman Lake gold property consists of 622 staked claims, four free hold full patented claims and 14

mineral rights patented claims totaling approximate ly 12,148 hectares. The property hosts an historica l

estimate of 234,684 oz of gold* (1,063,904 tonnes g rading 6.86 g/t with 2.73 gpt cut-off) and includes

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what has historically been referred to as the Lingm an Lake Gold Mine, an underground substructure

consisting of a 126.5-meter shaft, and 3-levels at 46-meters, 84-meters and 122-meters depths.

*This historical resource estimate is based on prio r data and reports obtained and prepared by previou s

operators, and information provided by governmental authorities. A Qualified Person has not done

sufficient work to verify the classification of the mineral resource estimates in accordance with curr ent

CIM categories. The Company is not treating the his torical estimate as a current NI 43-101 mineral

resource estimate. Establishing a current mineral r esource estimate on the Lingman Lake deposit will

require further evaluation, which the Company and i ts consultants intend to complete in due course.

Additional information regarding historical resource estimates is available in the technical report entitled,

"Technical Report on the Lingman Lake Gold Property " dated January 31, 2020, prepared by John M.

Siriunas, P.Eng. and Walter Hanych, P.Geo., available on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com

To find out more about Signature Resources Limited, visit our website at www.signatureresources.ca, or

contact:

Jonathan Held

Chief Financial Officer

416-270-9566

Cautionary Notes

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Ser vices Provider (as that term is defined in the poli cies of the TSX

Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the ad equacy or accuracy of this news release.

This news release contains forward-looking statemen ts which are not statements of historical fact. For ward-looking

statements include estimates and statements that de scribe the Company’s future plans, objectives or go als, including words

to the effect that the Company or management expect s a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-lo oking statements

may be identified by such terms as “believes”, “ant icipates”, “expects”, “estimates”, “may”, “could”, “would”, “will”, or

“plan”. Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and condit ions, by their very

nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available

to the Company, the Company provides no assurance t hat actual results will meet management’s expectati ons. Risks,

uncertainties and other factors involved with forwa rd-looking information could cause actual events, r esults, performance,

prospects and opportunities to differ materially fr om those expressed or implied by such forward-looki ng information.

Forward looking information in this news release in cludes, but is not limited to, the Company’s object ives, goals or future

plans, statements, exploration results, potential m ineralization, the estimation of mineral resources, exploration and mine

development plans, timing of the commencement of operations and estimates of market conditions. Factors that could cause

actual results to differ materially from such forwa rd-looking information include, but are not limited to changes in general

economic and financial market conditions, failure t o identify mineral resources, failure to convert es timated mineral

resources to reserves, the inability to complete a feasibility study which recommends a production dec ision, the preliminary

nature of metallurgical test results, delays in obt aining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other

project approvals, political risks, inability to fu lfill the duty to accommodate First Nations and oth er indigenous peoples,

uncertainties relating to the availability and cost s of financing needed in the future, changes in equ ity markets, inflation,

changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodit y prices, delays in the development of projects, ca pital and operating

costs varying significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry,

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and those risks set out in the Company’s public doc uments filed on SEDAR. Although the Company believe s that the

assumptions and factors used in preparing the forwa rd-looking information in this news release are rea sonable, undue

reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news rele ase, and no assurance

can be given that such events will occur in the dis closed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or

obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information , future events or

otherwise, other than as required by law.