Summit Commences Exploration Program at Cherry Creek, Nevada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 19, 2015) - Viscount Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:VML) ("Viscount" or "the Company"), a mineral resource exploration company with a portfolio of past producing gold and silver mines and exploration properties in the Western United States, is pleased to announce the 2015 exploration campaign has commenced on the Cherry Creek Project in White Pine County, Nevada.

The Cherry Creek Project (the "Property") lies within an historic silver district, where high grade silver production came from numerous mines up to the 1920's. This land holding includes the three largest past producing silver mines on the property - the Exchequer/New Century Mine, the Ticup Mine and the Star Mine.

After signing an Exploration-Earn In Agreement with Summit Mining Exploration II Inc.("Summit"), a wholly owned US subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, Summit as operators are primed to initiate the 2015 exploration campaign on the Company's Cherry Creek property block.

Summit has retained the services of Rangefront Geological Services of Elko, Nevada to begin an extensive soil sampling survey to collect approximately 1500 samples. Much of this area exhibited strong silver-gold and base metal anomalies from samples previously collected from outcrops. ALS Chemex in Reno Nevada will conduct the analytical work.

Summit has also strengthened its team with the addition of Geologist Dr. James Robinson Ph.D. PG.Mr. Jim MacKenzie, President and CEO of Viscount stated: "Dr. Robinson has worked extensively in eastern Nevada and is well published in technical journals, and has been working at Kinsley Peak (Pilot Gold) in recent years. We need detailed structural mapping and his experience with the same aged rocks as we have at Cherry Creek is invaluable".

During the 2015 and 2016 work seasons Summit Mining International Inc. will be funding a graduate student from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) to conduct research on specific aspects of the property geology. The program is administered through the Center for Research in Economic Geology (CREG) at UNR. The research project will be coordinated by Mike Ressel Ph.D, a research geologist with the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Previously, Mike was Chief Geologist of North America for Newmont Mining. Mike has a B.S. in Geology from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (1989) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Geology (1996 and 2005, respectively) from the University of Nevada, Reno. His graduate studies were Nevada-focused and broadly covered aspects of Tertiary volcanic geology, igneous petrology, regional magmatism, ore deposits, and tectonics. A major focus of his Ph.D. work was on the relationships between magmatism and Carlin-type gold mineralization on the Carlin Trend, Nevada.

For additional information regarding the above noted property and other corporate information, please visit the Company's website at www.viscountmining.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jim MacKenzie, President, CEO and Director

About Viscount Mining (TSX VENTURE:VML)

Viscount Mining is an exploration company with a portfolio of properties in the Western United States including holdings in Nevada comprising more than 9,000 acres, all 100% owned, including more than 20 past producing silver and gold mines. Silver Cliff in Colorado is comprised of 96 lode claims, covering much of the historical past producing mineral districts of Silver Cliff and Rosita Hills.

About Sumitomo Corporation

Sumitomo Corporation is one of the largest integrated trading and investment companies in Japan. Sumitomo Corporation, a fortune 500 company, conducts commodity transactions in all industries utilizing worldwide networks, provides related customers with various financing, serves as an organizer and a coordinator for various projects, and invests in businesses from the information industry to the retailing industry. Summit Mining Exploration, Inc. is wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation and is headquartered in Colorado, USA. For more information about Sumitomo Corporation, visit www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/english/.

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