Tectonic Metals Inc. (TSXV: TECT) (OTCQB: TETOF) (FSE:T15B) (the 'Company' or 'Tectonic') today announced metallurgical test results from the Company's Flat Gold Project ('Flat'), an intrusion-hosted, bulk tonnage gold system located in southwestern Alaska.

As part of the Company's first year exploration program at Flat, metallurgical samples were selected by Tectonic from historically drilled diamond core determined to be representative of the known drilled mineralization and five composites comprising of four oxide and one fresh sulphide were formed. The composites were then subject to conventional bottle roll, gravity, combined gravity and bottle roll and flotation metallurgical test work with the goal of de-risking the project and to provide insight into what metallurgical processing methods might be ideal. The metallurgical results from the five composites returned gold recoveries averaging 95.6%, with one test returning a high of 99.1%, all with conventional cyanide leaching (bottle roll) of 75-microm material. These exceptional results prompted Tectonic to conduct a follow-up bottle roll test at a coarser crush (6 mesh, 3360 -microm), which potentially can be used as a proxy for heap leaching, and an average gold recovery of 88.5% was achieved with four of the five composites returning an average gold recovery of 94.0% and a high of 96.8%. The metallurgical results also demonstrate that the mineralization presently known at Flat is not grind sensitive, is extremely low in sulphur, non preg robbing and favourable to various gold extraction methods. The success of Tectonic' metallurgical program warrants investigating column leach testing as a next step to determine if the mineralization at Flat is amenable to heap leaching.

Tony Reda, Tectonic President & CEO, commented: We are very pleased with the results of our initial metallurgical testing at Flat, which undoubtedly demonstrates the non-refractory nature of known mineralization to date as evidenced by the exceptionally high gold recoveries through bottle roll testing with minimal cyanide consumption. The baseline test work clearly de-risks the Flat project with respect to metallurgy and gives Tectonic confidence to aggressively explore for and develop resources on the project. Most importantly, the high gold recoveries from the 6 mesh bottle rolls coupled with the fact that mineralization begins at surface significantly endorses the potential amenability for open-pit, heap leachable mineralization at Flat. Heap leaching is a processing and extraction technology becoming increasingly popular over recent years due to the potential cost advantages and lower environmental impact it can offer to miners especially as the average grade of gold deposits has decreased over the past decade. Tectonic is excited to evaluate heap leaching as a viable metallurgical processing method at Flat as the next value creating opportunity.'

Metallurgical Highlights

Conventional bottle roll tests with 48-hour leach kinetics of material ground to a K80 of 75 -microm yields an average gold recovery of 95.6% with a range of 88.3% to 99.1%

Conventional gravity + bottle roll tests with 48-hour leach kinetics of material ground to a K80 of 75-microm yield an average gold recovery of 97.2% and a high of 98.7% across the 5 composites. The fresh sulphide composite yielded a highly favourable gold recovery of 94.7%

Given the initial favourable results, Tectonic then elected to do a coarser crush (6 mesh coarse crush, K100 of 3360-microm) bottle roll test on all five composites with leach kinetics over a 192-hour period as a proxy for heap leach amenability ahead of future column leach testing. Bottle roll testing on this coarser crush material achieved an average gold recovery of 88.5% with 4 of the 5 composites averaging 94.0% at 3360-microm vs 97.5% at 75-microm indicating the majority of the tested material is not grind sensitive

Strong and rapid leach kinetics demonstrated throughout the various metallurgical tests

Very low cyanide consumption with an average of 0.22 kg/t for both the 75-microm bottle and 3360-microm coarse bottle rolls tests

Low sulphur content with 4 of 5 composites averaging 0.02% and 0.06% in the fifth composite

No preg robbing identified

The various metallurgical tests and their positive results indicate that Tectonic may have several metallurgical processing options available at Flat

Flat Metallurgical Program - Composites

Tectonic's Metallurgical Test Work Program focused on Flat's primary target known as the Chicken Mountain Zone ('CMZ') comprised of intrusion-related gold mineralization hosted within a zoned monzonitic intrusion, which forms part of the more extensive Late Cretaceous Flat volcano-plutonic complex intruding Cretaceous-aged Kuskokwim sediments. 55 drill holes (diamond and reverse circulation) were historically drilled at CMZ, all of which encountered gold mineralization. Five composites (four oxide and one fresh non-oxidized sulphide) derived from 41 samples collected from 9 drill holes for a total weight of 119 kilograms were formed and determined to be representative of the known gold mineralization at Flat. The five composites were then subject to an array of metallurgical testing, including bottle roll testing at various crush sizes, gravity testing, combined bottle roll + gravity testing and flotation testing, to provide insight on what metallurgical processing methods might be ideal going forward.

In total 5 composites were created from historic drill core samples taken from representative examples of mineralization from various intrusive phases, alteration assemblages and oxidation profiles within the two main historically drilled areas on Chicken Mountain. Composites were blended following geochemical characterization, fire assaying and cyanide shake tests of each individual sample.

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Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the statements are made including, among others, assumptions about future prices of gold and other metal prices, currency exchange rates and interest rates, favourable operating conditions, political stability, obtaining governmental and other approvals and financing on time, obtaining required licenses and permits, labour stability, stability in market conditions, availability of equipment, accuracy of any mineral resources, successful resolution of disputes and anticipated costs and expenditures. Many assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Tectonic, and there is no assurance they will prove to be correct.

Although Tectonic considers these beliefs and assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect, and the forward-looking statements in this release are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks, including, without limitation: the Company's ability to implement its business strategies; risks associated with mineral exploration and production; risks associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; marketing and transportation costs; loss of markets; volatility of commodity prices; inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, and/or inability to access sufficient capital on favourable terms; industry and government regulation; changes in legislation, income tax and regulatory matters; competition; currency and interest rate fluctuations and other risks.

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