Strata Minerals Announces Board Appointment

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 7, 2015) - Strata Minerals Inc. (TSXV: SMP) ("Strata" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gordon Tainton to the Company's board as an independent director, effective immediately.

Mr. Tainton is the Geneva-based Vice President for Bulk Products at Aslchem International Inc. where he focusses on ferrous metals, fertilizers and petrochemical products for key industrial & end user accounts. He has 30 years of natural resource experience, primarily at a senior management level with Inspectorate S.A., Interacid S.A., a 100 % owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp., Tokyo, and European Nickel Plc. Mr. Tainton is also a non-executive director of NEOS Resources Plc and is a graduate of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

Strata's CEO, Jason Bahnsen, commented "We are delighted with the appointment of Gordon Tainton to the board of Strata Minerals. Mr Tainton brings a wealth of international commodities trading experience to Strata that will be invaluable as the Company continues to develop its flagship Diamond Mountain Project in Utah and pursues new projects and opportunities".

In connection with Mr. Tainton's appointment, Strata also announces the granting to him of 100,000 stock options in accordance with the Company's stock option plan. The options, which are subject to the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, are exercisable at $0.13 per share, vest in four equal instalments over a period of three years, and have a term of five years.

For further information, please contact:

Jason Bahnsen, President and CEO
Tel: +1 647 986 7542
Email: j.bahnsen@strataminerals.com

About Strata Minerals Inc. Strata Minerals Inc. is an emerging, phosphate focused, agricultural nutrient company exploring for commercial-scale phosphate rock mineralization deposits. Armed with the objectives of becoming a supplier to the US and global fertilizer industry and generating wealth for its shareholders, Strata is currently advancing its phosphate exploration project in Utah, USA and pursuing other opportunities in the bulk commodities market. For further information, please refer to the Company's website at www.strataminerals.com. Additional disclosure of the Company's financial statements, technical reports, material change reports, news releases and other information can be obtained on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

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