Minera Alamos Inc. Engages Environmental Consulting Firm for Permitting

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 2, 2016) - Minera Alamos Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MAI) (the "Company" or "Minera Alamos") today announced that they have engaged Mrs. Claudia Angelica Santos Rodriguez with the firm of Consultoria Ambiental Vugalit, S.C. to perform environmental studies and compile information necessary for the application of permits at the Company's Los Verdes and La Fortuna projects in Mexico.

"We have worked with Claudia many times at our previous operations in Mexico and I am confident that with her assistance we will be assured a smooth and efficient process," said Darren Koningen, President of Minera Alamos. "We remain on schedule to make all of our permit applications later this Fall".

Consultoria Ambiental Vugalit, S.C. will manage Minera Alamos' submissions to and ongoing relationship with the appropriate Government agencies including PROFEPA (Federal Prosecutor for Environmental Protection), SEMARNAT (Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources), CONAGUA (National Water Commission) and STPS (Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare).

Mrs. Santos holds a Chemical Engineering Degree from Durango Technical Institute as well as a Masters Degree in Engineering of Environmental Systems, from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tec de Monterrey).

About Minera Alamos

Minera Alamos is a junior exploration and development company. Its growing portfolio of high-grade Mexican projects includes the La Fortuna open pit gold project in Durango and the Los Verdes open pit copper-molybdenum project in Sonora, both currently in development.

Mr. Darren Koningen, P. Eng., Minera Alamos Inc.'s President, is the Qualified Person responsible for technical content of this release under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Koningen has supervised the preparation of, and approved the scientific and technical disclosures utilized in this news release.

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