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NR17-03                                                                                        January 17, 2017

                                  Wealth Grants Stock Options
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE....Vancouver, British Columbia: Wealth Minerals Ltd. (the
"Company" or "Wealth") - (TSXV: WML; OTCQB: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL; Frankfurt: EJZ),
announces that, pursuant to the Company's 2004 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the Company has
granted incentive stock options to a consultant of the Company to purchase up to 80,000 common
shares in the capital stock of the Company. The options are exercisable on or before January 17,
2018 at a price of $1.12 per share.

About Wealth Minerals Ltd.

Wealth is a mineral resource company with interests in Canada, Mexico, Peru and Chile. The
Company's main focus is the acquisition of lithium projects in South America. To date, the
Company has positioned itself to develop the Aguas Calientes Norte, Pujsa and Quisquiro Salars
in Chile (the Trinity Project), as well as to work alongside existing producers in the prolific
Atacama Salar. The Company continues to aggressively pursue new acquisitions in the region.
Lithium market dynamics and a rapidly increasing metal price are the result of profound structural
issues with the industry meeting anticipated future demand. Wealth is positioning itself to be a
major beneficiary of this future mismatch of supply and demand. The Company also maintains
and continues to evaluate a portfolio of precious and base metal exploration-stage projects.

For further details on the Company readers are referred to the Company's website
(www.wealthminerals.com) and its Canadian regulatory filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
WEALTH MINERALS LTD.

"Hendrik van Alphen"
Hendrik van Alphen
Chief Executive Officer

For further information, please contact:             Marla Ritchie
                                                     Phone: 604-331-0096 Ext. 3886 or 604-638-3886
                                                     E-mail: info@wealthminerals.com

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively,
"forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation,


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including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation, statements regarding the
anticipated content, commencement, timing and cost of exploration programs in respect of the Project and
otherwise, anticipated exploration program results from exploration activities, the Company's expectation
that it will be able to enter into agreements to acquire interests in additional mineral properties, the
successful negotiation and execution of a definitive Option Agreement for the Project, the discovery and
delineation of mineral deposits/resources/reserves on the Project, the closing and amount of the Placement,
and the anticipated business plans and timing of future activities of the Company, are forward-looking
statements. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance
that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by
words such as: "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "postulate" and similar
expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions investors
that any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance,
and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements as a result of various
factors, including, issues raised during the Company's due diligence on the Project, operating and technical
difficulties in connection with mineral exploration and development activities, actual results of exploration
activities, the estimation or realization of mineral reserves and mineral resources, the timing and amount
of estimated future production, the costs of production, capital expenditures, the costs and timing of the
development of new deposits, requirements for additional capital, future prices of lithium and precious
metals, changes in general economic conditions, changes in the financial markets and in the demand and
market price for commodities, lack of investor interest in the Placement, accidents, labour disputes and
other risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaining governmental approvals, permits or financing or in
the completion of development or construction activities, changes in laws, regulations and policies affecting
mining operations, title disputes, the inability of the Company to obtain any necessary permits, consents or
authorizations required, including TSX-V acceptance, for the Property acquisition, the Placement and
other planned activities, the timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation, environmental issues
and liabilities, and risks related to joint venture operations, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in
the Company's latest interim Management Discussion and Analysis and filed with certain securities
commissions in Canada. All of the Company's Canadian public disclosure filings may be accessed via
www.sedar.com and readers are urged to review these materials, including the technical reports filed with
respect to the Company's mineral properties.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements in this news release or
incorporated by reference herein, except as otherwise required by law.

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