Cortus to Acquire Claims and Data Package as Project and Target Generation Are Well Underway in Nevada

Edmonton, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - December 18, 2020) -  Cortus Metals Inc. (TSXV: CRTS) (the "Company", or "Cortus"), announces that it has entered into a purchase option agreement with Fremont Gold Ltd. (TSXV: FRE) ("Fremont") to acquire 100% interest in 114 unpatented mining claims and a 50% interest in 95 claims that Fremont owns jointly with Intermont Resources, LLC ("Intermont"), collectively known as the Goldrun property, located in Nevada, USA. As consideration for the claims, the Company paid $20,000 in cash and will issue 250,000 common shares, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. Cortus also paid Fremont $8,000 in cash to acquire data in relation to the Rock Creek and Roberts Creek properties, both located in Nevada. These acquisitions are in addition to an option the Company holds to acquire from Intermont a further package of wholly and jointly owned claims at Goldrun as well as the Roberts Creek and Rock Creek properties for 200,000 common shares each.

Cortus CEO, Sean Mager commented, "We are pleased to have secured the property and data packages at the Goldrun, Rock Creek and Roberts Creek project areas. Field-based exploration is in progress as we evaluate our portfolio of 23 projects, including our new acquisitions. Newly acquired geological, geochemical, and geophysical data, in conjunction with historical data sets, are delineating compelling new targets as we advance these projects to drill-ready status. We look forward to sharing these stories in the weeks ahead."

The Goldrun project spans 209 highly prospective claims located along the southwest extension of the Getchell Trend within the Golconda Basin. The Rock Creek project area is a contiguous land package to the north-northeast of the Goldrun project area, within the same prospective geology and basin as Goldrun, where the Getchell Trend would be intersected by the Battle Mountain-Eureka trend. The Roberts Creek project is located under shallow gravel cover just 5km south of McEwen Mining's Gold Bar Mine, on the flanks of the Roberts Mountains. (See Fig. 1)

Figure 1: Goldrun, Rock Creek & Roberts Creek project areas relative to major trends in Nevada.

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Qualified Person

The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Michael Dufresne, M.Sc, P.Geol., P.Geo., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

s/ "Sean Mager"
Sean Mager, Chief Executive Officer
Email: seanm@cortusmetals.com
Telephone: +1.780.701.3215

Cortus Metals Inc. is part of the Metals Group of Companies, managed by an award-winning team of professionals who stand for technical excellence, painstaking project selection and uncompromising corporate governance, with a proven ability to identify and capitalize on investment opportunities and deliver shareholder returns.

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