OPTIMUM VENTURES ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR

Vancouver, British Columbia – June 30, 2021 – Optimum Ventures Ltd. (“Optimum Ventures” or the “Company”) (TSXV:OPV), is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced nonbrokered private placement of units of the Company (the “Units”) pursuant to which the Company issued 11,538,191 Units at a price of $0.26 per Unit (the “Offering Price”) for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,999,930 (the “Offering”). Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company (a “Common Share”) and one-half of a common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant is exercisable to acquire one Common Share (a “Warrant Share”) at a price of $0.35 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the closing of the Offering. The securities issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a four-month and one day hold period under applicable securities laws in Canada. The net proceeds from the Offering are intended to be used for the exploration of the Company’s Premier South project area property near Hyder, Alaska, and general working capital expenses.

The Offering constitutes a “related party transaction” for purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”) as Andrew Bowering, Jeremy Ross and Ed Kruchkowski, directors of the Company, participated in the Offering by subscribing for an aggregate of 1,600,000 Units pursuant to the Offering. Such participation is exempt from the valuation and minority approval requirements of MI 61-101 by virtue of the fact that the Company is not listed on a specified market set out in section 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 and the value of Units subscribed for by the insiders is less than $2,500,000 in accordance with the requirements of section 5.7(b) of MI 61-101. The Company did not file a material change report in respect of the related party transaction at least 21 days before the closing of the Unit Offering, which the Company deems reasonable in the circumstances in order to complete the Unit Offering in an expeditious manner.

The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Tyler Ross as Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. Mr. Ross has 20 years of capital market experience in every stage of business development from inception through to sale. He has worked with many successful public companies, most recently Prime Mining Corp. and American Lithium Corp., primarily in financing, marketing and investor relations fields. Prior to his efforts at Prime Mining Corp. and American Lithium Corp., Tyler worked for Fission Energy Corp. (sold to Denison Mines Corp. for $ 80 million), Fission Uranium Corp. and Fronteer Gold Inc., which went on to sell its asset to Newmont Mining Corp. for $2.5 billion.

In connection with the appointment of Tyler Ross as CEO, Andrew Bowering has resigned as CEO of the Company and will continue to serve as a member of the board of directors. Tyler Ross will also fill the vacancy of departing director Jeremy Ross who has resigned as a director of the Company to pursue other business opportunities. Jeremy Ross has played an important role in the development of the Company and the Company wishes to thank him for all his efforts and contributions to date. The board of directors will now consist of Andrew Bowering, Randolph Kasum, Edward Kruchkowski, and Tyler Ross.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Tyler Ross
Optimum Ventures Ltd.
Tel: (604) 428-6128
info@optimumventures.ca

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