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Sama to Begin Enhanced Exploration Program using Three Drill Rigs Drilling Targets at Yepleu to Commence next week

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Sama to Begin Enhanced Exploration Program using Three Drill Rigs

Drilling Targets at Yepleu to Commence next week

MONTREAL, March 18, 2020 -- Sama Resources Inc. (“ Sama ” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: SME | OTC-PK: SAMMF ) is

pleased to announce enhanced exploration activities at its Nickel, Copper, Palladium projects in Ivory Coast, West Africa. The

Company is currently exploring at three specific sites simultaneously over a strike length of 25 kilometers; Samapleu, Bounta

and Yepleu.

Figure 1: Sama 2020’s Typhoon and drilling program, showing numerous high intensity electromagnetic targets in the vicinity

of the currently known mineralisation at Samapleu Main and Samapleu Extension.

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The Company confirms excellent results using HPX TechCo Inc’s (“HPX”) proprietary Typhoon™ time-domain electromagnetic

(TEM) geophysical transmitter (“ Typhoon”) (using loop 2) at Samapleu using both surface TEM loops and down-hole TEM

surveys (DHTEM).  The Company is waiting for the final interpretations on all DHTEM surveys performed at Samapleu.  The

DHTEM was also performed on a 688m deep pilot hole (SM2020-2) which intersected 200 meters of the complex and has

returned quality off-hole anomalies that the Company will receive final interpretation on shortly.  Drilling will be setting up at

Samapleu on March 19 to drill the large high intensity anomaly defined using the Typhoon (hole: PMarch16; refer to Figure 2

below)

Figure 2: Sama 2020’s Typhoon and drilling program at Samapleu project.

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The new C3000 drilling rig is currently in transit to the Yepleu sector to begin drilling on PY2020-03 next week. 

“We are pleased to begin a comprehensive drill program to enhance the speed of development of our projects using new high

intensity targets identified by the Typhoon system, ” stated Dr. Marc-Antoine Audet President, CEO & Director of Sama

Resources Inc.

In a previous press release (January 29, 2020), Sama announced an intersection of 53 m grading 0.43% nickel (“Ni”), 0.30%

copper (“Cu”) and 0.52 grams per tonne (“gpt”) palladium (“Pd”), including 4.6 m grading 1.98% Ni, 0.92% Cu and 2.54 gpt Pd

(Figure 2). The mineralization encountered in hole SM2020-1 is characterized by aggregates of the nickel, copper and iron

sulphides pentlandite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, respectively.  Pentlandite occurs together with pyrrhotite, while the

chalcopyrite is either mixed with the pentlandite and pyrrhotite or occurs as late millimetric to centimetric sulphide

veins/accumulations. The textures of the sulphide mineralization vary from disseminated to semi-massive and massive (> 80%

of sulphide material).

Readers are invited to view the Updated Corporate Presentation showing exploration progress made at the project sites.

About HPX

HPX is a privately-owned, metals-focused exploration company deploying proprietary in-house geophysical technologies to

rapidly evaluate buried geophysical targets. The HPX technology cluster comprises geological and geophysical systems for

targeting, modelling, survey optimization, acquisition, processing and interpretation. HPX has a highly experienced board and

management team led by Chief Executive Officer Robert Friedland and President Eric Finlayson, a former head of exploration

at Rio Tinto. For further information, please visit www.hpxploration.com.

About Sama Resources Inc.

Sama is a Canadian-based mineral exploration and development company with projects in West Africa. On October 23, 2017,

Sama announced that it had entered into a binding term sheet in view of forming a strategic partnership with HPX TechCo Inc.,

a private mineral exploration company in which mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland is a significant stakeholder, in order to

develop its Côte d’Ivoire Nickel-Copper and Cobalt project in Côte d’Ivoire, West-Africa. For more information about Sama,

please visit Sama’s website at http://www.samaresources.com.

The technical information in this release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Marc-Antoine Audet, P.Geo and President

and CEO of Sama, and a ‘qualified person’, as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral

Projects.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

SAMA RESOURCES INC./RESSOURCES SAMA INC.

Dr. Marc-Antoine Audet, President and CEO

Tel: (514) 726-4158

OR

Mr. Matt Johnston, Corporate Development Advisor

Tel: (604) 443-3835

Toll Free: 1 (877) 792-6688, Ext. 5

Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts

responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain of the statements made and information contained herein are "forward-looking statements" or “forward-looking

information” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information

such as “evidence”, “potential”, “appears”, “seems”, “suggest”, are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could

cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or forward-looking information,

including, without limitation, the availability of financing for activities, risks and uncertainties relating to the interpretation of drill

results and the estimation of mineral resources and reserves, the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits, the

possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will not be consistent with the Company's expectations, metal

price fluctuations, environmental and regulatory requirements, availability of permits, escalating costs of remediation and

mitigation, risk of title loss, the effects of accidents, equipment breakdowns, labour disputes or other unanticipated difficulties

with or interruptions in exploration or development, the potential for delays in exploration or development activities, the inherent

uncertainty of cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, commodity price fluctuations, currency

fluctuations, expectations and beliefs of management and other risks and uncertainties.

In addition, forward-looking statements and forward-looking information are based on various assumptions. Should one or more

of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary

materially from those described in forward-looking information or forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are advised

not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable

securities legislation, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements or forward-

looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.