Prism Announces the Appointment of Richard Dufresne as Vice President Exploration

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sept. 20, 2016) - Prism Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PRS) ("Prism" or the "Company") announces that it has appointed Richard Dufresne as its Vice President of Exploration.

Mr. Dufresne brings to Prism more than 25 years of experience in the mineral exploration and development industry. He has held senior positions with major mining companies including Anglo American Exploration (Canada) and Falconbridge (which was subsequently acquired by Xstrata/Glencore). More recently, he was a senior geologist for Balmoral Resources in northern Quebec and prior to this role between 2009 and 2014 he held the position VP Exploration for Camino Minerals in Mexico.

Mr. Dufresne has considerable international exploration experience in Peru, Mexico, Dominican Republic and the Ivory Coast. He has participated in several new discoveries in the Raglan district of northern Quebec and the central lead-zinc-silver belt in Peru, where one discovery was recognized as the Mining Prospect of the Year by the Peruvian Mining Merit Awards Committee in 2002. Mr. Dufresne graduated from the University of Montreal with a B.Sc. in geology and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC) and of Ordre des Géologues du Québec (OGQ). Richard is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

In addition Mr. Dufresne has been granted an option to purchase 300,000 common shares in the company at a price of $0.17. The Options are exercisable for a period of three years ending September 20, 2019 and have been granted in accordance with the terms of the Company's stock option plan.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Robert W Baxter

President & CEO

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Such factors include, but are not limited to: fluctuations in the spot and forward price of gold or certain other commodities; changes in national and local government legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments in Canada, or other countries in which the Company may carry on business in the future; business opportunities that may be presented to, or pursued by, the Company; operating or technical difficulties in connection with mining activities; the speculative nature of gold exploration and development, including the risks of obtaining necessary licences and permits; diminishing quantities or grades of reserves; and contests over title to properties, particularly title to undeveloped properties. In addition, there are risks and hazards associated with the business of gold exploration, development and mining, including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations, pressures, cave-ins, flooding and gold bullion losses (and the risk of inadequate insurance, or the inability to obtain insurance, to cover these risks). Many of these uncertainties and contingencies can affect the Company's actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of providing information about management's expectations and plans relating to the future. All of the forward-looking statements made in this release are qualified by these cautionary statements and those made in our other filings with the securities regulators in Canada. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company. Although the Company believes that the expectations in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may vary, and future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements cannot be guaranteed.