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Trius Agrees to Purchase Newfoundland Mineral Exploration Assets

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TRIUS INVESTMENTS INC.

TRIUS AGREES TO PURCHASE NEWFOUNDLAND MINERAL EXPLORATION ASSETS

Fredericton, New Brunswick – September 9, 2020 – Trius Investments Inc. (TSXV: TRU) (“Trius” or

the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned sub sidiary (the “Subsidiary”) has entered

into an asset purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) wit h several arm’s length vendors

(collectively, the “Vendors”), pursuant to which the Company ha s indirectly agreed to purchase a mineral

license for the Gander West exploration property in Newfoundland (the “Property”), along with all related

permits and technical data (collectively, the “Purchased Assets”).

The Property consists of 120 claims covering nearly 3,000 hecta res, and is located approximately 16

kilometres from the centre of New Found Gold Corp.’s Queensway Project.

Figure 1: Gander West Property

Trius’ President and CEO Joel Freudman commented: “We’re excite d to announce our acquisition of the

Property, following on the recent major gold discovery in the s ame region by New Found Gold. We think

the Property can be explored, advanced, and monetized in a number of ways.”

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Vendors will receive th e following consideration for the

Purchased Assets: (i) the issuance by Trius of an a ggregate of 2,000,000 common s hares in the capital of

Trius at a deemed price of $0.19 per share; (ii) the payment by the Subsidiary to certain of the Vendors of

an aggregate of $25,000 in cash; and (iii) the granting by the Subsidiary to certain of the Vendors of a

3.0% net smelter returns royalty from any future mineral produc tion at the Property. The acquisition of

the Purchased Assets is expected to be completed as soon as practicable, subject to regulatory approval by

the TSX Venture Exchange.

Trius is acquiring the Purchased Assets as a passive investment , and does not intend to operate the

Property. The Purchased Assets will be a novel, direct mineral exploration holding within the Company’s

broader investment portfolio.

About Trius Investments Inc.

Trius is an investment issuer searching for new investments and /or business opportunities, with existing

investments in the precious metals and e-commerce / consumer go ods sectors. Trius’ common shares

trade on the TSXV under the symbol “TRU”.

Trius is a portfolio company of Resurgent Capital Corp. (“Resur gent”), a merchant bank providing

venture capital markets advisory services and proprietary finan cing. Resurgent works with promising

public and pre-public micro-capitalization Canadian companies.

For further information, please contact:

Joel Freudman

President & Chief Executive Officer

Trius Investments Inc.

Phone: (647) 880-6414

Cautionary Statements

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of

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

This press release may contain certain forward-looking statemen ts. These statements are based on

numerous assumptions regarding the Purchase Agreement and the P urchased Assets that are believed by

management to be reasonable in the circumstances, and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,

including without limitation: the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement,

the exploration or monetization potential of the Purchased Asse ts and specifically the Property, and those

other risks described in the Comp any’s continuous disclosure do cuments. Actual results may differ

materially from results contemplated by the forward-looking sta tements herein. Investors and others

should carefully consider the for egoing factors and should not place undue reliance on such forward-

looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update an y forward-looking statements herein

except as required by applicable securities laws.