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        TRANSATLANTIC MINING ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF STOCK OPTION PLAN
October 9, 2015                                                                                 TSX Venture Exchange
                                                                                                Trading Symbol: TCO

Vancouver, British Columbia

Transatlantic Mining Corp (TSX.V: TCO) (the "Company") announces that it has now received the approval of the
TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") to its Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), which received disinterested
shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting held May 29, 2015.

The Plan is a fixed plan that reserves a maximum of 20,692,850 common shares for the issuance of stock options.
Shares reserved under Plan options that expire, terminate or otherwise cease to be exercisable will become
available for the issuance of future options under the Plan. Options under the Plan may be granted at the
Discounted Market Price, as defined in the policy of the Exchange, at the time of the grant. The Plan contains the
limitations required by Exchange policy on the number of shares that may be optioned to consultants and persons
providing investor relations services, and other restrictions and conditions required by Exchange policy.

 For further information contact Rob Tindall, President & CEO, at (604) 424 8257.

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About Transatlantic Mining Corp.

Transatlantic Mining Corp. is a mineral exploration company focused on becoming the next diversified
industrial metal producer. The Company's holdings include an option to earn an 80% interest in AMCOR's
Monitor Copper, Gold and Silver project in the Coeur D'Alene Mining District in Idaho.



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