Vendetta Mining Closes $4,238,219 Private Placement

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / April 28, 2017 / Vendetta Mining Corp. (TSXV: VTT) (“Vendetta” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed an oversubscribed private placement announced on April 10th, 2017 (and revised April 24th, 2017). The Company issued a total of 21,191,095 units at a price of $0.20 per unit for gross proceeds of $4,238,219; each $0.20/unit comprises one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant exercisable for two years at a price of $0.30 subject to certain acceleration terms.

Net proceeds from the financing will be used for the 2017 resource development program at the Company’s Pegmont lead-zinc deposit in Queensland, Australia and general working capital. A more detailed description of the 2017 planned program is contained in the April 10th news release.

Total commissions of $131,716 were paid and 667,780 finders warrants were issued associated with the proceeds of this private placement.

About Pegmont

The Pegmont lead-zinc-silver deposit is located in North West Queensland Mineral Province, 175 km south-east of the major mining centre of Mount Isa, and 25 km west of South32’s world class Cannington silver-lead-zinc operation and 28 km north of Chinova Resources’ Osborne and Kulthor copper-gold operations. It is proximate to infrastructure including roads, rail, and natural gas for power generation.

Pegmont is a multiple lens, stratiform Broken Hill style deposit that outcrops with an overall shallow dip to the south east and is hosted in a magnetite rich banded iron formation within high grade metamorphic rocks. The Company has, through its programs confirmed Zone 5 is an area of higher grade zinc and multiple mineralized horizons. The project consists of three granted mining leases and two exploration permits that cover an area of approximately 3,468 ha.

About Vendetta Mining Corp.

Vendetta Mining Corp. is a Canadian junior exploration company focused on advanced stage exploration and development at the Pegmont Lead Zinc Project in Australia. Vendetta has an option to acquire a 100% interest by completing certain work requirements and making option and advance royalty payments. Additional information on the Company can be found at www.vendettaminingcorp.com

Qualified Person

Peter Voulgaris, MAusIMM, MAIG, a Director of Vendetta, is a non-independent qualified person as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Voulgaris has reviewed the technical content of this press release, and consents to the information provided in the form and context in which it appears.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Michael Williams”

Michael Williams
President & CEO
(604) 484-7855

Forward Looking Information

This news release includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Disclaimer

All statements within, other than statements of historical fact, are to be considered forward looking. Although Vendetta Mining Corp. believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include: the completion of the full exploration program for which the use of proceeds is geared toward, the accuracy of exploration results, the accuracy of Mineral Resource Estimates, the anticipated results of future exploration, the forgoing ability to finance further exploration, and general economic, market or business conditions. There can be no assurances that such statements will prove accurate and, therefore, readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such uncertainties. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release and as such, accepts no responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

SOURCE: Vendetta Mining Corp.

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