Hunt Mining Delivers First Shipment of Concentrate from Martha Mine

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 3:25 PM UTC

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., March 07, 2017 -- Hunt Mining Corp. ("Hunt" or the "Corporation") (TSXV:HMX) is pleased to announce the first shipment of concentrate from production activities at the Martha Mine Project (“Martha Project”). Hunt entered into an offtake agreement (“Agreement”) with Ocean Partners USA Inc. (“Ocean Partners”) on December 16, 2016 for the delivery of Gold-Silver concentrate (“Concentrate”) from the Martha Project located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Under the terms of this Agreement, Hunt will deliver Concentrate with a gold range of 30 to 70 grams per dry metric tonne (“dmt”) and a silver range of 30,000 to 100,000 grams per dmt to a loading port at Ocean Partner’s option for shipment to smelter customers overseas. Concentrate will be shipped in 1 tonne bags in standard or heavy duty 20 foot containers for ocean freight transport. Hunt is continuing its mining activities and will provide additional updates as product is shipped from the Martha Project.

The first shipment of Concentrate consists of 20 bags as follows:

Bag #	Weight (kg)	Ag g/t	Au g/t
CCSA-001	883	67,460	52.10
CCSA-002	862	59,992	52.20
CCSA-003	876	51,645	42.80
CCSA-004	883	51,282	39.10
CCSA-005	857	45,194	46.10
CCSA-006	923	40,763	46.95
CCSA-007	871	46,950	41.50
CCSA-008	869	47,429	40.00
CCSA-009	893	48,867	41.60
CCSA-0010	858	49,957	40.30
CCSA-0011	891	43,874	39.90
CCSA-0012	892	45,986	39.20
CCSA-0013	895	47,429	38.70
CCSA-0014	878	46,180	31.10
CCSA-0015	866	60,767	62.20
CCSA-0016	883	58,682	53.30
CCSA-0017	856	49,754	60.10
CCSA-0018	896	77,727	55.00
CCSA-0019	921	104,096	103.50
CCSA-0020	861	69,496	72.10
Total Tonnage	17,612
Weighted Average		55,687	47.90

Notes:

Assays were analyzed in Martha's on-site laboratory
Official assays pending from Alex Stewart Laboratories in Mendoza Argentina
No independent QAQC samples were inserted into the sample stream

Klaus Triebel, Hunt Mining's Director of Project Development, is the Qualified Person under NI 43-101 who has approved the technical and scientific aspects of this press release.

About Hunt Mining

Hunt Mining Corp. has continued to develop its properties as an active and aggressive explorer in Santa Cruz since 2006. During that time, Hunt's wholly owned subsidiary, Cerro Cazador S.A., has completed exploration activity including 62,000 meters of HQ core drilling, 416 line kilometers of Induced Polarization geophysical surveys and more than 20,000 surface soil, sediment, channel, chip, and trench samples, beyond the historical work previous to the same properties. Hunt also owns a 100% interest in the Martha property, which includes the Martha Project, also located in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina.

Neither the TSX Venture nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

For more information contact:

Dean Stuart 
Investor Relations
T: (403) 617-7609
E: [email protected] 

Bob Little 
Chief Administration Officer
T: (509) 290-5659
E: [email protected]

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