Aldridge Announces Receipt of Loan Advance

Aldridge Minerals Inc. (TSX-V: AGM) (“Aldridge” or the “Company”) announced today the receipt of an advance of US$3,600,000 under its loan with Banka Kombetare Tregtare sh.a. (“BKT”) and the resumption of land acquisition purchases at its Yenipazar Project in Turkey. This advance brings the total amount drawn to date under the loan to US$33,600,000.

In September 2016, the Company entered into a definitive loan facility agreement with BKT pursuant to which BKT agreed to make available to the Company a two year secured credit facility in the amount of up to US$40,000,000 including principal and interest to be capitalized. Based on the amount drawn to date under the loan, approximately US$6,330,000 of the facility is allocated to capitalized interest. The loan bears interest at an annual rate equal to 12 month Libor plus 6%, but not less than 9% per annum. Aldridge pays a loan administration fee of 1% on all advances made under the loan.

About Aldridge
Aldridge is a development-stage mining company focused on its wholly owned and permitted Yenipazar polymetallic VMS Project (Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc) in Turkey. Aldridge completed the Yenipazar Optimization Study and filed the related NI 43-101 compliant technical report in May 2014, which updated the original May 2013 Feasibility Study. The Company is currently advancing the Yenipazar Project on key aspects including land acquisition, engineering, and interim and project financing.
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Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This news release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as “proposed”, “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “believe”, “intend”, “plan”, and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and factors, include, but are not limited to, the ability of the Company to fund the purchase of the remaining land required to develop the Company’s Yenipazar Project and its ability to otherwise advance the development of the Project; the ability of the Company to raise additional debt or equity financing on acceptable terms or at all; economic performance; mineral prices; the future plans and objectives of the Company; and the other factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2015 and in other continuous disclosure filings made by the Company with Canadian securities regulatory authorities and available at www.sedar.com. Any number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements as well as future results.

Forward-looking information is based on a number of factors and assumptions which have been used to develop such information but which may prove to be incorrect, including, but not limited to, assumptions in connection with the continuance of Aldridge and its subsidiaries as a going concern, general economic, political and market conditions, mineral prices, and the accuracy of mineral resource estimates. Although Aldridge believes that the assumptions and factors used in making the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Aldridge disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless required by law.

Neither the 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 news release.

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Aldridge Minerals Inc.
Han Ilhan, 416-477-6988
President & CEO
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Director of Investor Relations