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Country Manager & Alicia Exploration update

Exploration Programs

Monterey Minerals Bolsters Technical Team and

Initiates Mobilization for Exploration Program

TORONTO, ON – August 26, 2020 - Monterey Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “Monterey”)

(CSE: MREY and FSE :2DK) is pleased to announce that it appointed Max Tuesley as Country

Manager for the Alicia high-grade gold and base metals project in Alicia Municipality,

Philippines (the “Alicia Project”).

Mr. Tuesley will oversee exploration activity at the Alicia Project. Max is a highly experienced

project manager and has spent over 25 years in grassroots, advanced mineral exploration and

mine production, predominantly in gold, copper and base metals. He has been working in the

Philippines for nine years, including senior management positions at the Masbate Gold Project

for B2Gold Corp. and the Runruno Gold Mine for Metals Exploration Plc. Other experience

includes managing start up gold projects in Central Asia and porphyry copper exploration in

both Mongolia and Sudan. Mr. Tuesley holds an Honour’s degree in Economic Geology from

James Cook University in Australia and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and

Metallurgy.

Monterey also announces that it is mobilizing its technical team to the Alicia Project to initiate

the previously announced 2020 exploration program (see press release dated June 8, 2020).

2020 Exploration Plan Highlights:

• Exploration drilling along strike down to a depth of 300 metres to:

o Discover the source of the veins at surface and test the geologist’s premise that

the vein systems are merging at depth

o Define the down-dip continuity/extension of the vein systems, grade

distribution, consistency and vein characteristics

o Check consistency of zone width and grade at depth below the near surface

oxidation zone

o Begin the groundwork for JORC or NI 43-101 maiden resource

• Priority Drill targets include:

o Pamaraw- Sumilhig Area

o Baloy Vein

• Ground and downhole IP surveys to define possible extent of mineralization

• Extended geological mapping, trenching and sampling program

https://montereyminerals.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/monterey-minerals-corporate-

presentation-august-2020-2.pdf

Monterey has also recently granted 1.5 million options to directors, officers and consultants at

a strike price of $0.10 good for five (5) years.

Qualified Person

The technical information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Martin Dormer, a

consultant to the Company, who is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. Martin is a member

of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), the Australian Institute of

Geoscientists (AIG). He is a West Australian geologist with over 22 years’ experience and sufficient

experience of relevance to the styles of mineralization and types of deposits under consideration to

qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2012 Edition of the Joint Ore Reserves Committee

(JORC) Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources, and Ore Reserves.

About Monterey Minerals Inc.

The Company owns 100% of the Alicia Project in the Alicia Municipality of the Philippines. The

Alicia Project is a system of multiple, high-grade gold and silver veins with base metals over a

strike length of greater than ten kilometres. The Company also owns the Cobalt Mountain

Property (the “Property”) in the Omineca Mining Division of British Columbia near the town of

Smithers. The Company’s NI 43-101 technical report, available on SEDAR, notes historic

sampling on the Property that returned mineralized showings of gold, silver, copper, zinc and

cobalt. The Company also owns 877 sq. km. of prospective Pilbara Basin tenements on the

eastern flank of the Pilbara Basin in Western Australia, including a property that abuts Pacton

Gold’s tenement where gold-bearing conglomerates were identified.

For more information, contact investor relations at [email protected]

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

James Macintosh,

President and CEO

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its regulation services provider has reviewed or

accepted responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release

This press release may include forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities

legislation, concerning the business of the Company. Forward-looking information is based on certain

key expectations and assumptions made by the management of the Company. Although the Company

believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking information is based on

are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking information because the

Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Forward -looking statements

contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any

intent or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new

information, future events or results or otherwise, other than as required by applicable securities laws.