Largest Athabasca Uranium Drilling Program to Date Scheduled for August

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 21, 2016) - Makena Resources Inc. (TSXV: MKN) (FSE: A1KB6R) (OTCBB: CANSF) (the "Company" or "Makena") has scheduled the next phase of drilling at the Patterson Prospect in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan for early August. Makena anticipates the drill program to consist of at least 3-5 holes in this next phase. This prospect is located in-between Fissions' Patterson discovery, the Pure Point discovery and NexGen.

Recently, Makena also acquired 4,060 hectares prospective for diamonds in the Athabasca region of Saskatchewan in the direct vicinity of the De Beers diamond option from CanAlaska Uranium Ltd.

Negar Adam, president of Makena states, "We are looking forward to the upcoming drill program. This will be the single largest drill program that Makena has undertaken in many years and we are optimistic about what this program may uncover. Since Makena has this uranium drill program about to commence along with the newly acquired diamond project, management believes that Makena is about to potentially have game changing weeks ahead."

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Makena has an option agreement with CanAlaska on the Patterson Prospect and looks forward to utilizing their uranium expertise on this drill program.

Contact Information
Tel: 1.604.685.5150
Fax: 1(604) 689-1733

"Negar Adam"
President, Director

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