Ms. Silvana Travaglini reports

MEDIA ADVISORY - RESOLUTE TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE IN THUNDER BAY ON OCTOBER 25 WITH ONTARIO MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND FORESTRY JEFF YUREK AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS

Resolute Forest Products Inc. will hold a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, at 11 a.m. ET at its Thunder Bay pulp and paper mill. Resolute Forest Products will announce significant investments and projects under way at the company's Northwestern Ontario pulp, paper and sawmill operations located in Thunder Bay, Atikokan and Ignace.

Date:  Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018

Time:  11 a.m. ET (please arrive by 10:30 a.m. ET)

Location:  Resolute Forest Products' Thunder Bay pulp and paper mill, 2001 Neebing Ave., Thunder Bay, Ont., P7E 6S3

RSVP:  contact Robin Brigden by e-mail at robin.brigden@resolutefp.com or by telephone at 514-394-2388

About Resolute Forest Products Inc.

Resolute Forest Products is a global leader in the forest products industry with a diverse range of products, including market pulp, tissue, wood products, newsprint and specialty papers, which are marketed in close to 70 countries. Resolute Forest Products owns or operates approximately 40 manufacturing facilities as well as power generation assets in the United States and Canada. Resolute Forest Products has third party certified 100 per cent of its managed woodlands to internationally recognized sustainable forest management standards.