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MONTREAL, Dec. 31, 2019 /CNW/ - Genius Metals Inc. (CSE: GENI) ("Genius Metals" or the "Corporation") completed the second tranche of a non-brokered private placement offering (the "Private Placement") for gross proceeds of $215,000.

Under the first and second tranches of the Offering, Genius Metals raised aggregate gross proceeds of $775,500.

Under the second tranche of the Offering, Genius Metals issued and sold:

• 860,000 Flow-Through Share Units (the "Flow-Through Share Units") at a price of $0.25 per Flow-Through Unit, with each such unit being comprised of one "flow-through" Common Share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant entitling the holder of one whole warrant to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.30 for a period of eighteen months.

The net proceeds of the Private Placement will be used principally for exploration campaigns on the Sakami and Iserhoff properties in Quebec.

In connection with the second tranche of the Private Placement, the Corporation paid finder's fees to arm's length third parties in the amount of $6,300.

All securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement are subject to a hold period under applicable securities laws, which will expire four months plus one day from the date of their issuance.

About Genius Metals

Genius Metals is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration and, if warranted, development of natural resource properties of merit in Canada.

The CSE has in no way passed upon the merits of the transactions and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release. Neither the CSE nor its Regulation Services Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

Forward-Looking Statements and Disclaimer

Certain information contained herein may constitute "forward-looking information" under Canadian securities legislation. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as, "will be", "expected" or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "will" occur. Forward-looking statements, including the expectations of the Corporation's management regarding the use of proceeds of the Private Placement, are based on the Corporation's estimates and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Corporation to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. The Corporation will not update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking information that are incorporated by reference herein, except as required by applicable securities laws.

SOURCE Genius Metals Inc.

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