Nippon Dragon Resources closes a private placement

Brossard, June 29, 2016 - Nippon Dragon Resources Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Nippon") (TSX-V Symbol: NIP), is pleased to announce the closing of a non-brokered private placement. The placement is for 5,063,782 units of the Corporation at a price of $0.07 per unit (the "Units"), for aggregate gross proceeds of $354,464.78. Each unit consists of one common share in the share capital of the Corporation (a "Common Share") and one warrant of the Corporation (a "Warrant"). Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share in the share capital of the Corporation at a price of $0.12 per common share for a period of 24 months following the closing of the private placement.

All securities issued in connection with the Private Placement are subject to a four month and one-day hold period from the date of issuance, expiring on October 30th, 2016. The Corporation intends to use the net proceeds of the Private Placement for general corporate purposes and working capital for adequate deployment of the thermal fragmentation technology on different projects.


About Nippon

Nippon is active in the exploration and the development of gold resources in Quebec. The Corporation holds a gold property with resources recognised in accordance with NI43-101, a modular treatment plant and also an exclusive license for the Thermal Fragmentation mining method.

The company's growth strategy is based on:
- The development of its gold deposits with the objective of producing revenue from its operations;
- Increasing the value of its mining assets by prioritizing the exploration targets; and
- The commercialisation and employment of its thermal fragmentation technology.



For additional information:

John Stella, Investor relations
(514) 718-7976
jstella@nippondragon.com

Donald Brisebois, President & CEO
(450) 510-4442
dbrisebois@nippondragon.com

Ressources Nippon Dragon Resources Inc.
7055 Taschereau Blvd., suite 500
Brossard (Quebec) J4Z 1A7

Tel: (450) 510-4442
www.nippondragon.com



Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This press release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future exploration drilling, exploration and production activities and events or developments that the Corporation expects, are forward looking statements. Although the Corporation believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.

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