Wealth Grants Stock Options

Suite 2300 – 1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Canada V6E 2K3

Tel 604.331.0096 Fax 604.408.7499 www.wealthminerals.com

NR17-03 January 17, 2017

Wealth Grants Stock Options

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE....Vanc ouver, British Columbia: Wealth Minerals Ltd. (the

“Company” or “Wealth”) - (TSXV: WML; OTCQB: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL; Frankfurt: EJZ),

announces that, pursuant to the Company’s 2004 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the Company has

granted incentive stock options to a consultant of the Company to purchase up to 80,000 common

shares in the capital stock of the Company. The options are exercisable on or before January 17,

2018 at a price of $1.12 per share.

About Wealth Minerals Ltd.

Wealth is a mineral resource company with inte rests in Canada, Mexico, Peru and Chile. The

Company’s main focus is the acquisition of lith ium projects in South America. To date, the

Company has positioned itself to develop the Aguas Calientes Norte, Pujsa and Quisquiro Salars

in Chile (the Trinity Project), as well as to work alongside existing pr oducers in the prolific

Atacama Salar. The Company continues to aggre ssively pursue new acquisitions in the region.

Lithium market dynamics and a rapidly increasing metal price are the result of profound structural

issues with the industry meeting anticipated future demand. Wealth is positioning itself to be a

major beneficiary of this future mismatch of supply and demand. The Company also maintains

and continues to evaluate a portfolio of precious and base metal exploration-stage projects.

For further details on the Company reader s are referred to the Company's website

(www.wealthminerals.com) and its Canadian regulatory filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors of

WEALTH MINERALS LTD.

"Hendrik van Alphen"

Hendrik van Alphen

Chief Executive Officer

For further information, please contact: Marla Ritchie

Phone: 604-331-0096 Ext. 3886 or 604-638-3886

E-mail: [email protected]

Neither 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 news release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statemen ts and forward-looking information (collectively,

“forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation,

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including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than

statements of historical fact, included herein in cluding, without limitation, statements regarding the

anticipated content, commencement, timing and cost of exploration programs in respect of the Project and

otherwise, anticipated exploration program results from exploration activities, the Company’s expectation

that it will be able to enter into agreements to acquire interests in additional mineral properties, the

successful negotiation and execution of a definitive Option Agreement for the Pr oject, the discovery and

delineation of mineral deposits/resources/reserves on the Project, the closing and amount of the Placement,

and the anticipated business plans and timing of futu re activities of the Company, are forward-looking

statements. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance

that such expectations will prove to be correct. Fo rward-looking statements are typically identified by

words such as: “believe”, “exp ect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “ estimate”, “postulate” and similar

expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions investors

that any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance,

and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements as a result of various

factors, including, issues raised during the Company's due diligence on the Project, operating and technical

difficulties in connection with mineral exploration and development activities, actual results of exploration

activities, the estimation or realization of minera l reserves and mineral resources, the timing and amount

of estimated future production, the costs of production, capital expend itures, the costs and timing of the

development of new deposits, requirements for additional capital, future prices of lithium and precious

metals, changes in general econom ic conditions, changes in the financial markets and in the demand and

market price for commodities, lack of investor interest in the Placement, accidents, labour disputes and

other risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaini ng governmental approvals, permits or financing or in

the completion of development or construction activities, changes in laws, regulations and policies affecting

mining operations, title disputes, the inability of the Company to obtain any necessary permits, consents or

authorizations required, including TSX-V acceptance, for the Property acquisition, the Placement and

other planned activities, the timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation, environmental issues

and liabilities, and risks related to joint venture opera tions, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in

the Company’s latest interim Management Discu ssion and Analysis and filed with certain securities

commissions in Canada. All of the Company’s C anadian public disclosure filings may be accessed via

www.sedar.com and readers are urged to review these materials, including the technical reports filed with

respect to the Company’s mineral properties.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company

undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward- looking statements in this news release or

incorporated by reference herein, except as otherwise required by law.

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