BTU Metals : NAMED TO TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE VENTURE 50 TO DISPLAY AT PDAC

Vancouver - BTU METALS CORP. ('BTU' or the 'Company') (BTU-TSX: V) has been recognized as the top ranked company in the mining sector for the 2020 TSX Venture 50.

The Venture 50 are comprised of the top ten companies listed on TSX Venture Exchange in each of five major industry sectors - mining, energy & energy services, clean technology & life sciences, diversified industries and technology - based on a ranking formula with equal weighting given to market cap growth, trading volume amount and share price appreciation. All data was as of December 31, 2019.

BTU CEO, Paul Wood stated, 'Selected Venture 50 companies are active traders in the market that have seen tremendous growth over the past year, consequently offering excellent returns to their shareholders. BTU is taking this momentum into 2020 as we actively drill both our high-grade gold targets at Dixie Creek and our VMS target at TNT.'

PDAC 2020

BTU Metals Corp. is a publicly traded junior, mining exploration company focused in the Red Lake district of Ontario, Canada. BTU currently holds or has under option approximately 200 sqkm of exploration properties continuous to Great Bear Resources in the Red Lake, Ontario area. BTU is actively exploring two key targets; the Dixie Creek prospect, a high-grade gold target immediately south of GBR and the TNT prospect, a very large potential-VMS systems towards the south on the properties.

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Andreas Curkovic

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management's current expectations and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and using information currently available to the Company. These forward -looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in Canada (available at WWW.SEDAR.COM).

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