Red Pine Exploration Closes Second Tranche of Financing

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 13, 2015) - Red Pine Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RPX) ("Red Pine" or the "Company") announces that it has closed the second tranche of its non-brokered financing (the "Financing"), pursuant to which it has received aggregate gross proceeds of $225,819. Total gross proceeds received to date from the Financing amount to $365,791.

The proceeds from the financing will be used to further the exploration work on the Wawa Gold Project.

Quentin Yarie, Red Pine's President and CEO, stated: "Our Wawa Gold Project has the potential to become a significant gold camp. The money raised will enable our team to further expand the current inferred resource on the property. Our exploration objective is to define the gold mineralization both in the hanging wall and footwall of Surluga Deposit and to connect the Surluga Deposit with the other historical mines on the property.

"I would like to sincerely thank all who participated in this placement for their continued support of the Project and supporting the Red Pine team. To reiterate we will continue to work hard to realize the Company's full value."

Pursuant to the Financing, the Company issued 4,516,372 flow-through units ("FT Units"). Each FT Unit, priced at $0.05 per FT Unit, contains one common share of the Company on a "flow-through" basis, within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada), and one half of one non-flow through common share purchase warrant. Each full warrant (the "Warrants") carries an exercise price of $0.10 per share and an expiry date of three years from the date of issue.

In connection with the closing of the second tranche of the Financing, Red Pine paid fees in the form of cash compensation of $13,547 and issued 177,491 non-transferable compensation options, with each such option entitling the holder to acquire one common share of Red Pine at a price of $0.05 per common share within three years from the date of issuance.

D&D Securities Inc. has acted as advisor to the Company throughout the Financing.

All securities issued pursuant to the Offering are subject to a restricted period of four months and one day from the date of issuance. The Offering is subject to receipt of final approval from the TSX Venture Exchange.

Qualified Person

Quentin Yarie, PGeo. is the qualified person responsible for preparing, supervising and approving the scientific and technical content of this news release and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company's exploration programs.

About Red Pine Exploration Inc.

Red Pine Exploration Inc. is a gold and base-metals exploration company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Company's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "RPX".

For more information about the Company visit www.redpineexp.com.

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