Mr. Gary Economo reports

FOCUS WELCOMES A NEW BOARD MEMBER

Focus Metals Inc. has appointed Chester Burtt as a director of Focus.

Mr. Burtt is president of Chester Burtt & Associates Ltd. (CBAL), a corporate and public affairs advisory firm that specializes in connecting private and public companies with domestic and international opportunities. CBAL also arranges for the provision and supply of financial services in mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. Working through an international network and associate firms, CBAL has a 25-year history of offering a full range of services to assist companies with strategy development and decisions to best suit their investor and corporate relations. Mr. Burtt graduated with a BA from Waterloo Lutheran University and MA from Wilfrid Laurier University in political science.

Mr. Burtt will receive options to purchase 200,000 common shares of Focus at an exercise price of 82 cents per share until Jan. 5, 2017. In addition, the company granted employees and consultants options to purchase 415,000 common shares of Focus at 82 cents until Jan. 5, 2017. The options are subject to regulatory approval and approval of an increase in the number of common shares reserved for issuance under Focus's stock option plan. The options may not be exercised until such approval has been received by the company.