New Age Metals Promotes VP Business Development to President/COO

March 1, 2017 Vancouver, BC – New Age Metals Inc. (TSXV: NAM; OTCQB: PAWEF; FSE: P7J.F)

New Age Metals would like to announce that effective today Trevor Richardson, formerly VP Business Development, has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer. Trevor is a Co-founder and Director of Caracle Creek International Consulting (CCIC), an International geological consulting firm, with offices in South Africa and Canada. Trevor has extensive exploration experience, in Africa and Canada, in precious metals, more specifically Gold and Platinum Group Metals as well as base metals. Registered as a Professional Natural Scientist, under the South African Council of Natural Scientific Professions, Trevor has managed many multi-million dollar projects from conception through to exploration and production. Trevor was also the co-founder, CEO, President and Vice President/Director of various junior exploration companies on TSXV.

At this time the Company also announces the resignation of Colin Bird as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company but will remain as a director. NAM looks forward to working with Colin in his ongoing capacity as director.

ABOUT NAM’S PGM DIVISION

NAM’s flagship project is its 100% owned River Valley PGM Project (NAM Website – River Valley Project) in the Sudbury Mining District of NW Ontario (60 kilometres due east of Sudbury, Ontario). Presently, the River Valley Project has Measured + Indicated resources of 91 million tonnes @ 0.58 g/t* Palladium, 0.22 g/t Platinum, 0.04 g/t Gold, at a cut-off grade of 0.8 g/t for a PdEq of 2,463,000 ounces PGM, plus Gold. River Valley PGM-Copper-Nickel Sulphide mineralized zones remain open to expansion and is undergoing continued exploration.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Harry Barr

Harry G. Barr
Chairman and CEO

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