FOKUS MINING ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF ITS PRIVATE PLACEMENT

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ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, Dec. 21, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Fokus Mining Corporation ("Fokus" or the "Company") (TSXV: FKM) (OTCQB: FKMCF) (FSE: F7E1) is pleased to announce that it has completed a closing of its non-brokered private placement. The Company issued 9,175,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.06 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to Fokus of $550,500, and 4,950,000 "flow-through units (the "FT Units") at a price of $0.08 per FT Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to Fokus of $396,000. 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 common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant (the FT Unit Warrants, together the "Warrants"). Each Warrant entitles its holder to acquire one additional common share of Fokus at a price of $0.09 from Units and at a price of $0.10 from FT Units for a period of two years from the closing date. Fokus intends to use the proceeds from the FT Units for exploration of its Galloway property located in the Province of Québec and the proceeds from the Units for working capital purposes.

Three officers and directors of Fokus (collectively, the "Insiders") purchased, directly and indirectly, 800,000 Units for a total consideration of $48,000. The issuance of Units to the Insiders constitutes a related party transaction, but is exempt from the formal valuation and minority approval requirements of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101") as Fokus' securities are not listed on any stock exchange identified in Section 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 and neither the fair market value of the Units issued to the Insiders, nor the fair market value of the entire private placement, exceeds 25% of Fokus' market capitalization. Fokus did not file a material change report with respect to the participation of the Insiders at least 21 days prior to the closing of the private placement as the insiders participation was not determined at that time.

In connection with the private placement, Fokus paid cash finders' fee to two securities dealers in the aggregate amount of $17,465. In addition, Fokus issued finders' warrants to the securities dealers entitling them to acquire up to 22,750 additional common shares of Fokus at a price of $0.06 per share and up to 201,250 additional common shares of Fokus at a price of $0.08 per share until December 20, 2024.

As a result of the closing of the private placement, there are 97,393,793 common shares of Fokus issued and outstanding. Under applicable securities legislation, the securities issued in the private placement are subject to a four-month hold period, expiring on April 21, 2023.

About Fokus

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

The Galloway project covers an area of 2865.54 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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SOURCE Fokus Mining Corporation

Jean Rainville, President & Chief Executive Officer, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail]