Omineca Increases Gold Exploration Claims 13-fold at Wingdam

SASKATOON, Jan. 17, 2020 - Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (TSX-V: OMM) ("Omineca" or the "Company") announces that it has staked an additional 36,000 hectares of mineral claims at Wingdam, British Columbia. Omineca now holds 100% ownership of over 39,000 contiguous hectares at its Wingdam project, in addition to the placer claims comprising the Wingdam underground alluvial gold recovery project. Based on the Company's own geophysical work from 2018/19 and the review of available SKYTem geophysical data and regional geology, the Company has identified multiple targets for its 2020 lode gold exploration program.

The geological similarities and location parallel to the multi-million ounce gold resource at Osisko Gold Royalties' Cariboo Gold Project (formerly Barkerville Gold Mines) provides an exciting exploration opportunity for Omineca. The newly acquired claims significantly expands the inventory of target structures that will be subject to the upcoming exploration and drilling program at the Wingdam gold project. The program will specifically target disseminated gold mineralization within the phyllite bedrock units as well as gold associated with quartz veining found at Wingdam and the surrounding area.

Qualified person

Dr. Stewart A. Jackson, PGeo, is a Qualified Person within the context of National Instrument 43-101 and has prepared, read and approved the technical aspects of this news release.

About Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd.

Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. controls a 100% interest in the flagship Wingdam Project and a 100% interest in the Fraser Canyon Project through its wholly owned subsidiary CVG Mining Ltd. The 2700 ha Wingdam Project is located 45 km east of Quesnel B.C. on the Barkerville highway. The property includes both placer and hard-rock tenures along the Lightning Creek valley, where topographic conditions created a thick overburden which preserved a large portion of the channel from conventional surface placer mining activity.

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