Taipan Announces Private Placement Offering

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 1, 2016) - Taipan Resources Inc. (TSXV: TPN) ("Taipan" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement offering (the "Private Placement") of up to 8,000,000 units ("Units") at a price of $0.05 per Unit to raise aggregate gross proceeds of up to $400,000. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each full warrant gives the holder the right to purchase one additional common share of Taipan at an exercise price of $0.10 for two years following the closing of the Private Placement.

Taipan has a 25% working interest in in fifty seven (57) oil and gas leases in the bifurcated Texas Panhandle, and the proceeds will be used toward ongoing operational expenses, purchasing additional leases in the area and for general corporate purposes.

About Taipan

Taipan Resources Inc. is in the business of consolidating producing oil and gas asset blocks in stable hydro carbon producing regions. Taipan has a 25% working interest in Ponderosa Engergy, LLC which owns 57 oil and gas leases covering 7,314 acres located in the bifurcated Texas Panhandle. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary "Lion Petroleum Corp.", Taipan also has a 20% non-operated interest in Block 1 and a 100% operated-interest in Block 2B onshore Kenya.

Contact Information:

Joel Dumaresq
CEO and Director
Taipan Resources Inc.
(604) 336 3193
jdumaresq@taipanresources.com
www.taipanresources.com

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