Mr. Gino Roger reports

MIDLAND COMMENCES A DRILLING PROGRAM ON ITS WILLBOB GOLD PROJECT IN THE LABRADOR TROUGH

Midland Exploration Inc. has released the results of the July, 2019, prospecting campaign and has started a new drilling program on its 100-per-cent-owned Willbob gold project. The diamond drilling campaign, which will begin in early September, 2019, includes a minimum of 1,000 linear metres. In addition to the drilling program, prospecting work will be carried out simultaneously on the project.

Drilling program, 1,000 metres

The main objective of the September drilling campaign will be to test the extensions of two promising showings, the Ants and Stars showings:

• Ants showing: Drill the extensions of the gold zone characterized by channels; 1.78 grams per tonne gold over 23.3 metres, including 3.19 g/t Au over 10 m (ANTS-18-03 channel); 3.33 g/t Au over five m (ANTS-18-02 channel); 2.22 g/t Au over 4.5 m (ANTS-18-04 channel).
• Stars showing: Drill the extensions of the massive sulphide zones at approximately 50 m below drillhole WB-17-21 (0.40 g/t Au, 0.79 per cent Cu and 0.046 per cent Co over 1.9 m) and below drillhole WB-17-22 (0.49 g/t Au, 0.59 per cent Cu and 0.042 per cent Co over 4.55 m).

New channel results on Ants showing

Two new channels in July extended the gold zone by about 15 m. The Ants gold zone is now identified at surface over a distance of at least 65 m in length by five to 24 m in width. Channel No. 6, at the southeast end, yielded 1.46 g/t Au over 11 m, including 2.99 g/t Au over four m. This channel remains open to the northeast and the Ants area remains open to the east.

July prospecting work on new claims block

A new block of 81 claims recently acquired in the Canyon Lake area near the Kan showing, owned by Osisko Mining Inc., was prospected in July. Selected grab samples yielded up to 18.55 g/t Au, 16.85 g/t Au, 10.2 g/t Au, 4.94 g/t Au, 1.01 g/t Au and 0.97 g/t Au. These grab samples were collected from a gold-bearing quartz vein hosted in an iron formation and aligned over a distance of 300 m. Follow-up on the Romeo showing returned two gold-bearing samples. Assay results of 2.94 g/t Au and 1.55 g/t Au were obtained from floats having a local source and containing quartz veins in an altered diorite.

Follow-up prospecting work in September

Prospecting work will also be undertaken in September and will target, among other things, the new gold showings discovered during the July campaign.

Mythril project update

Diamond drilling (phase III, 2,500 m) and the prospecting campaign resumed in early August on the Mythril project. The final assay results of the previous drilling campaign completed last July (phase II) are still pending.

Quality control

Exploration program design and interpretation of results is performed by qualified persons employing a quality assurance/quality control program consistent with industry best practices, including the use of standards and blanks with every 20 samples. Rock samples on the project are assayed for gold by standard 30-gram fire-assaying with atomic absorption (Au-AA23) or gravimetric finish (Au-GRA21) at ALS Minerals laboratories in Val d'Or, Que. Samples with visible gold or above one g/t Au were further analyzed by metallic screen with fire assays (Au-SCR21); Au-SCR21 values were used to calculate gold intervals when available. All samples are also analyzed for multielements using four-acid inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy method (ME-ICP61) at ALS Minerals laboratories in Vancouver, B.C.

About Midland Exploration Inc.

Midland targets the excellent mineral potential of Quebec to make the discovery of new world-class deposits of gold, platinum group elements and base metals. Midland is proud to count on reputable partners such as BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., Osisko Mining Inc., Soquem Inc., Nuvavik Mineral Exploration Fund and Abcourt Mines Inc.

This press release was prepared by Mario Masson, PGeo, vice-president of exploration for Midland, and qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

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