Opawica Announces Yukon Massive Sulphide Project Acquisition, Completion of
Financing, and New President and CEO

VANCOUVER , Nov. 6 /CNW/ - Opawica Explorations Inc. ("Opawica" / the "Company") announces:

    
    1. Yukon Massive Sulphide Bro Project
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The Company has obtained regulatory consent and made the required payment of 2,000,000 shares of the Company, under the Bro Property option agreement, for the Company to acquire a 100% interest in the 4 claim unit Bro Property located about 120 road kilometres southeast of Faro, Yukon Territory, Canada .

The Bro Property is primarily a massive sulphide, silver, lead, zinc prospect with exploration potential for gold and copper. Historical work on the property including surface work and diamond drilling, carried out by Noranda Mining Inc. between 1975 and 1979, and other operators to 1994, confirmed that the property hosts the above noted base and precious metal mineralization.

Several historical geological reports conclusion was to conduct more drilling to determine the source of the

    
    +/-  40 meter wide massive gossan zone with high values of up to :

    5.5 % copper, 34 % lead, 1.4 % zinc, 550 grams per ton silver, and 2.7
    grams per ton gold.
    

Prior Noranda diamond drilling returned gold values as high as .33 ounces (11 grams) per ton gold over 5.3 feet.

Opawica paid a finder's fee of 150,000 shares in connection with the Acquisition.

    
    2.  Completion of Private Placement
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The Company has also closed the private placement announced by the Company on October 27, 2009 . The placement consists of 1,600,000 Flow Through Share ("FT") units at $0.05 per unit and 400,000 Non Flow Through Share ("Non-FT") units at $0.05 per unit. Each unit of the above placements is comprised of one FT or Non-FT share, respectively, and a half share purchase warrant attached to each share. One whole warrant entitles the holder to acquire one further Non-FT share of the Company at $0.10 per share for a two year term for both placements.

All securities issued in connection with the above private placements, the Acquisition and finder's fee are subject to a 4 month hold period ending March 5, 2010 .

    
    3. New CEO, President and Director
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Following the closing of the above transactions the Company has appointed Mr. Michael Meyers as President, CEO and Director of the Company.

Mr. Meyers , Dipl. Tech. (BCIT), BA (Admin), Juris Doctor of Law, is a corporate and securities lawyer who is an officer and director of several private and public companies. Mr. Meyers was one of the vendors of the Company's recently acquired Yukon Bro Property, along with Shane Meyers and Robert (Bob) Moriarty.

Mr. Meyers participated in acquiring 1,000,000 units (50%) of the above private placements, with insider, Donald (Dan) M. Clark acquiring the other 50%. Mr. Clark will now act as Chairman of the Board of the Company.

    
    4. Diamond Drilling Planned to Expand Resources at 100 % owned Atikwa
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       Lake Gold Project
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The Company has now initiated metallurgical test work and is planning resource upgrade diamond driling on one of its gold projects, the Atikwa Lake Gold Project.

The 100% owned Atikwa Lake Gold Project located in Ontario currently has:

    
    total indicated resources of   78.088 million pounds of copper and
    215,000 ounces gold;

    plus,

    total inferred resources of   40.6 million pounds of copper and
    237,000 ounces gold.

    (* see NP 43-101 Technical Report by Robert Laakso, P.Eng. of Shaft &
    Tunnel Engineering Services, filed on SEDAR)
    

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The forgoing information may contain forward-looking statements relating to the future performance of the Company. Forward looking statements, specifically those concerning future performance, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the appropriate regulatory authorities. We seek safe harbour.

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For further information: Jon Samuda, Director, [phone]