Stock Option Grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Investor Relations Friday, December 27, 2013 Phone (604) 684-2181 (No.2013-12-24) [email protected]

Stock Option Grant

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Friday, December 27, 2013 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp.

(TSX Venture Exchange: CZX) (the “Company”) announces that it has granted an aggregate of 1,150,000 stock options to directors and officers of the company, exercisable for a period of 10 years, at a price of $0.39 per share.

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.

“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”

PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B CEO & CHAIRMAN

Suite 2050-1055 West Georgia St., PO Box 11121, Vancouver, BC Canada V6E 3P3 Phone (604) 684-2181 Fax (604) 682-4768 [email protected] www.canadazincmetals.com