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Vertical Exploration Closes ON Additional Prospective Properties Near the Company’S St-Onge Wollastonite Project IN Quebec

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VERTICAL EXPLORATION CLOSES ON ADDITIONAL PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES

NEAR THE COMPANY’S ST-ONGE WOLLASTONITE PROJECT IN QUEBEC

VANCOUVER, BC / January 27th, 2022 / VERTICAL EXPLORATION INC. (TSX-V: VERT) ("Vertical"

or "the Company") is pleased to announce that further to the news release disseminated January 17,

2022 it has closed on the option agreement to earn a 100% interest in four strategic wollastonite

properties, including two located near the Company’s 100% owned flagship St-Onge Wollastonite

project in the Lac-Saint-Jean area in the Province of Quebec.

Terms of the acquisition in order to acquire a 100% interest in all four properties, require Vertical to

issue 3.5 million common shares and make a one-time cash payment of $25,000 to the arm’s length

vendors. In addition, a $5 per tonne royalty on the first million tonnes of raw unprocessed ore

produced from the properties will be granted to the vendors, and for all additional tonnes of

unprocessed material a $1 per tonne royalty will be granted. As well, products from the properties

sold other than as raw unprocessed ores, including concentrates, leachates or refined products, will

be subject to a gross overriding royalty of 2% of the fair value of the products sold by the Company,

subject to a minimum of $5 per tonne for the first million tonnes of products and $1 per tonne for any

number of additional products. Finally, the vendors will retain all rights to amazonite and gemstones

on the properties.

ABOUT VERTICAL EXPLORATION

Vertical Exploration’s mission is to identify, acquire, and advance high potential mining prospects

located in North America for the benefit of its stakeholders. The Company’s flagship St-Onge

Wollastonite property is located in the Lac-Saint-Jean area in the Province of Quebec.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Peter P. Swistak, President/CEO

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Telephone: 1-604-683-3995

Toll Free: 1-888-945-4770

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

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

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to

future events or future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions. Such

forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and

information currently available to the Company. Investors are cautioned that these forward -looking statements

are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to

differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and,

except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to

update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All of the forward-looking statements made in this

press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in

Canada (available at www.sedar.com).