O3 Mining Completes Shares For Debt Transactions

TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- O3 Mining Inc. ("O3 Mining" or the "Corporation") (TSXV:OIII) announces that it has entered into agreements with various arm's length creditors to settle $820,279.48 of indebtedness through the issuance of 211,643 common shares of the Corporation in order to preserve cash for its operations. The shares are subject to a four month hold period expiring on March 1, 2020.

About O3 Mining Inc.

O3 Mining is an emerging consolidator of exploration properties in prospective gold camps in Canada ? focused on projects in Québec and Ontario - with a goal of becoming a multi-million ounce, high-growth company. The Corporation's goal is to become one of the premier gold exploration companies in Canada.

O3 Mining is well-capitalized and holds a 100% interest in a number of properties in Québec (435,000 hectares) and Ontario (25,000 hectares). O3 Mining controls 61,000 hectares in Val D'Or and over 50 kilometres of strike length of the Cadillac Larder break. The Corporation's projects host resources of 2,066,154 gold ounces of measured and indicated resources at 1.40 g/t Au and 1,059,057 gold ounces of inferred resources at 2.95 g/t Au in Val D'Or area, and also holds the Garrison project in Ontario with over 1,570,000 gold ounces of measured and indicated resources at 1.12 g/t Au. O3 Mining also has a portfolio of assets in the James Bay and Chibougamau regions of Québec and in the Hemlo district in Ontario.

For further information on O3 Mining, please contact:
José Vizquerra Benavides
President, CEO and Director
(416) 848-9504

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