Valencia Closes Private Placement

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov. 16, 2017) -

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Valencia Ventures Inc. (NEX:VVI.H) ("Valencia" or the "Company") has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement financing of 1,346,428 Valencia common shares at a price of $0.14 per share for gross proceeds of $188,500.

The common shares issued pursuant to the private placement are subject to a statutory hold period which expires on March 16, 2018. The financing remains subject to receipt of final approval from the TSX Venture Exchange.

Valencia intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes and to identify and pursue opportunities to reactivate its business.

About Valencia Ventures Inc.

Valencia is a Canadian resource company with common shares that trade on the NEX Board of the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "VVI".

Forward Looking Information - Cautionary Statement

This press release contains "forward looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward looking information includes without limitation, statements regarding the use of proceeds of the private placement, receipt of final approval and the Company's ability to identify business opportunities and reactivate its business. Generally, forward looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information 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 information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

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