VR Resources Closes First Tranche of Private Placement for Gross Proceeds of $650,000

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VR Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: VRR; FSE: 5VR; OTCBB: VRRCF) (the "Company" or "VR") is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche of the non-brokered private placement detailed in a news release dated May 10, 2019.  The first tranche closing consists of 4,333,334 flow-through common shares issued at a price of $0.15 per flow-through common share for gross proceeds of $650,000.

The securities that were issued under the flow-through private placement (the Financing) are subject to a four month hold period under Canadian securities law expiring on September 17, 2019.

In connection with the Financing, the Company paid cash fees of $30,000 and issued 200,000 finder warrants exercisable at $0.25 per warrant share for a period of 18 months from the closing date.

Use of proceeds from the Financing will be for exploration of the Ranoke property located in the Province of Ontario. Three separate, low-cost but high impact geophysical and geochemical surveys are planned for this spring and summer, as described in the recent news release on the Ranoke Property on April 9^th, 2019.

The securities have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any U.S. state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the "United States" or to "U.S. persons" (as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) without registration under the U.S. Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws or compliance with an exemption from such registration. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About VR Resources

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

"Michael H. Gunning"
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Dr. Michael H. Gunning, PhD, PGeo
President & CEO

For general information please use the following:
Website:               www.vrr.ca
Email:                    [email protected]                                          
Phone:                  Michael Gunning 604-262-1104                                                      
                                                                               

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Although the Company believes that the use of such statements is reasonable, there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.  The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements.  Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative.

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