Rome Resources Announces Appointment of Mark Gasson to Board of Directors

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 17, 2023) - Rome Resources Ltd. (TSXV: RMR) ("Rome" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mark Gasson has been appointed to the Company's board of directors.

Mr. Gasson is a geologist with 38 years of experience and has been active in South Africa, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC") since 1986 in exploration for gold and base metals and resource development. Mr. Gasson has served on the boards of and in senior management positions at several mineral exploration and mining companies, and was instrumental in the discovery of the Bisie tin project (250,000 tonnes of contained tin), the Kipoi one million tonne copper project and in the three million ounce Giro gold project, which are all located in the DRC. Mr. Gasson is member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Dr. Georg Schnura, CEO and a director of the Company, states that "Mark Gasson's extensive experience as a geologist, especially in the DRC, will help the Company to oversee and conduct its exploration activities on the two licences that the Company has optioned in eastern DRC."

About Rome Resources

Rome Resources Ltd is a mineral exploration company that has entered into two option agreements to acquire 51% direct and indirect interests in two contiguous properties situated in the Walikale District of the North Kivu Province in eastern DRC, which are referred to collectively as the "Bisie North Tin Project". Rome intends to fund exploration on the project up to the completion of a definitive feasibility study.

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Georg Schnura
President, CEO and Director
Telephone: (604) 687-6140
Email: [email protected]

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