FOKUS MINING ANNOUNCES SECOND AND FINAL CLOSING OF ITS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada, June 23, 2022 – Fokus Mining Corporation (“Fokus” or the “Company”) (TSXV: FKM, OTCQB: FKMCF, FSE: F7E1) is pleased to announce that it has completed a second and final closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement. The Company issued in this second tranche (i) 2,500,000 units (the “Units”) at a price of $0.08 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000, and (ii) 2,500,000 “flow-through” units (the “FT Units”) at a price of $0.10 per FT Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $250,000.

Each of the Units is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (the “Unit Warrants”) and each of the FT Units is comprised of one “flow-through” common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant (together with the Unit Warrants, the “Warrants”). Each Warrant entitles its holder to acquire one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.12 until June 23, 2024.

The Company intends to use the proceeds from the FT Units for exploration expenditures of its Galloway property located in the Province of Québec and the proceeds from the Units for working capital purposes.

In connection with the private placement, the Company paid a finder’s fee to Mine Equities Ltd., an exempt market dealer, (“Mine Equities”) in an amount of $15,000.  In addition, the Company issued finders’ warrants to Mine Equities entitling it to acquire up to 150,000 additional common shares of the Company at a price of $0.12 per share until June 23, 2024.

As a result of this second and final closing of the private placement, there are 81,504,087 common shares of the Company issued and outstanding. Under applicable securities legislation, the securities issued in the private placement are subject to a four-month hold period, expiring on October 24, 2022.

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About Fokus Mining

Fokus Mining Corporation is a mineral resource company actively acquiring and exploring precious metal deposits located in the province of Quebec, Canada. In implementing this major undertaking within the Canadian mining industry, we are determined to unlock the secret of the Galloway gold project. 

For further information: Jean Rainville, President & Chief Executive Officer

Tel.: (514) 918-3125, Fax: (819) 762-0097

Email: jrainville@fokusmining.com

The Galloway project covers an area of 2,865.54 hectares and is located just north of the Cadillac-Larder Lake deformation which extends laterally for more than 100 km. Numerous gold deposits are related to that structure and its subsidiaries. The current work focuses on a small western portion of the mineral claims where several mineral occurrences have been identified. For more information, visit our website: fokusmining.com.

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