Vancouver - BTU METALS CORP. ('BTU' or the 'Company') (BTU-TSX: V) is pleased to provide the following update on the Dixie Halo current work program.

Widely spaced drill holes have been, and continue to be, drilled in an orderly fashion across just the northerly portion of the newly discovered TNT target. The initial large step-outs to the east, south and north on this early phase of drilling at TNT have been planned to create an optimally spaced grid across the target area for upcoming downhole geophysical surveying to better understand the extent of mineralization in the northern portion of the large TNT target, with the view to ultimately finding high-grade massive sulphides. The initial two step-out drill holes, BTU-19-19 and BTU-19-20, were located 165 and 355 metres east of discovery hole BTU-19-13 and perpendicular to the strike of the TNT system. Drill core assay results from these two holes have proven the large step-outs successful in identifying copper, silver and gold mineralization across the east-west span so far. BTU-19-25 was drilled further east along the same line and visual inspection confirms that copper mineralization continues to the east. Notably, the system is still open in all directions. These two holes were drilled in a westerly direction from well to the east of the location of previously announced hole 13 and intersected the mineralization at shallower depths than the mineralization in discovery drill hole 13.

Paul Wood, CEO commented; 'We are pleased to report additional assays from our new TNT target Cu-Au-Ag discovery. The mineralization discovered in holes 19 and 20 confirms the presence of a large footprint sub-cropping copper silver gold system that has never been drill tested before. These holes were completed as large step-outs to the original discovery hole, across the strike of the system, and I'm very pleased that the results validate our team's geophysical interpretations of the IP and VTEM data. Our geological team has taken a highly disciplined, systematic approach which will help us expeditiously find potential massive sulphide bodies and this is absolutely appropriate given the scale of this 640,000 m2 and growing, delineated mineralized target area. We also look forward to providing updates on our work on the Dixie Creek target once the SGH program results report is received and we have collected additional geophysical data as part of our evaluation of the northeast portion of our property close to the high-grade gold targets being pursued by Great Bear Resources.'

Bruce Durham, VP of Exploration stated; 'Our selected drill locations to date have been laid out in such a way that we will get maximum coverage with our down hole electromagnetic surveying program in the northern part of the TNT target. We are taking a methodical and judicious approach that will demonstrate the potential of the project in the short-term while setting us up for long-term results. On the southern side of TNT we are now permitted and our geophysical program there is underway. We are now able to work towards defining drill targets moving closer to where initial VTEM anomaly conductivity and historic airborne electromagnetic conductivity is indicated to be strongest.'

Contact:

Andreas Curkovic

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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