Mr. W. Douglas Eaton reports

STRATEGIC METALS LTD. ANNOUNCES NEW NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID TO SUCCEED THE NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID WHICH WILL EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Strategic Metals Ltd. is making a new normal course issuer bid pursuant to the provisions of TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.6, to succeed its existing normal course issuer bid, as accepted by the TSX Venture Exchange on Nov. 21, 2012.

Strategic purchased 1.03 million shares under the old bid, which will expire on Nov. 25, 2013, at an average price of 37.2 cents per share, and has purchased a total of 4,635,500 shares since Jan. 2008, at an average price of 30.04 cents per share under four successive normal course issuer bids. The new bid will consist of the acquisition by Strategic of up to 7.3 million common shares of its capital stock, representing approximately 10 per cent of the public float of 73,909,333 common shares upon the date of commencement of the new bid. (There are currently 89,526,851 common shares of Strategic issued and outstanding.) The new bid will commence on Nov. 26, 2013, and will expire on Nov. 25, 2014.

Strategic is making the new bid, to succeed the old bid (which was limited to an aggregate of 8.4 million common shares), because it is of the opinion that fluctuating global market conditions periodically (and currently) may result in unwarranted reductions in Strategic's share price that do not reflect the underlying value of its assets. Strategic will utilize unallocated cash resources to effect purchases under the new bid with a view to capitalizing on these potential price weaknesses. Shares purchased under the new bid will be made at management's discretion based on market conditions, and will be returned to Strategic's treasury for cancellation.

The new bid will be conducted on behalf of Strategic by PI Financial Corp.

We seek Safe Harbor.