CEO.CA Chairman's Briefing

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan. 24, 2017) -

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Regulus Resources Inc. ("Regulus") (TSX VENTURE:REG) is very pleased to announce that on January 23, 2017, its wholly owned Peruvian subsidiary, Southern Legacy Peru S.A.C., finalized the execution of a Definitive Agreement with Compañía Minera Coimolache S.A. ("Coimolache") to allow for collaborative exploration of the AntaKori copper-gold project in northern Peru. This Definitive Agreement is based on the previously executed Memorandum of Understanding with the terms of the agreement remaining effectively the same. Please refer to the Regulus news release of May 18, 2016 for a summary of the key components of the agreement. By mutual agreement, the Memorandum of Understanding and the time frame for the completion of a parallel definitive agreement with Compañía Minera Colquirrumi S.A. ("Colquirrumi") have been extended to March 30, 2017 to allow for additional legal review (as previously announced on January 3, 2017). The completion of the Colquirrumi Agreement is required to maintain the Coimolache Agreement in good standing and both parties are confident the agreement will be completed within the extension period.

John Black, Chief Executive Officer of Regulus, commented as follows: "We are very excited to have the Definitive Agreement with Coimolache completed. This innovative agreement has been carefully crafted to allow for the collaborative exploration of the AntaKori deposit while maintaining the autonomy of each party until such a point as it becomes clear what the best path forward will be for development of the project. There is a small amount of work remaining to complete the parallel agreement with Minera Colquirrumi for exploration on the north side of the AntaKori project - this work will not take long and we see no impediments to having this agreement signed soon. We now look forward to an aggressive exploration program in 2017 with a 15-18,000 meter drilling program scheduled to commence by early March. Additional details about the exploration program will be announced after signing the definitive Colquirrumi agreement."

About Regulus Resources Inc.

Regulus Resources Inc. is an international mineral exploration company run by an experienced technical and management team, with a portfolio of precious and base metal exploration properties located in North and South America. For further information on Regulus Resources Inc., please consult our website at www.regulusresources.com .

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Specifically, and without limitation, all statements included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that Regulus expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including the proposed exploration and development of the AntaKori project described herein, and management's assessment of future plans and operations and statements with respect to the completion of the anticipated exploration and development programs, may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws and necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, most of which are beyond Regulus' control. These risks may cause actual financial and operating results, performance, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. Although Regulus believes that the expectations represented in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The forward looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof and Regulus does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities law.