Rupert Announces Results of AGM

TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rupert Resources Ltd. (“Rupert” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:RUP) (FSE:R05) is pleased to announce the results of its recently completed Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders. All matters submitted to shareholders, including the election of James Withall, Susan Milton, Brian Hinchcliffe, Mike Sutton and Robert Suttie as directors, were approved. Mr. Rob Suttie has joined the Board in place of Mr. Arthur Millholland, who did not seek re-election as a director of the Company at the Meeting.

Brian Hincliffe, Executive Chairman said “We are pleased to welcome Rob Suttie to the Board of Rupert Resources, who brings a wealth of expertise as we move the business forward. On behalf of the directors I would like to thank Arthur Millholland for his efforts over the period where Rupert completed its transformational acquisition of the Pahtavaara Project in Finland.”

Mr. Suttie currently works with Marrelli Support Services as its senior manager of financial reporting and compliance, possessing more than twenty years of experience, ten of which were in public accounting prior to his tenure with that company. Mr. Suttie specializes in management advisory services, accounting and the financial disclosure needs of the group's public client base. In addition to managing the group's financial-statement and disclosure team, Mr. Suttie also serves as Chief Financial Officer for a number of junior mining companies listed on the TSX and TSX-V, leveraging his skills and experience to become integral to the reporting issuers. Mr. Suttie graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a BA.

About Rupert

Rupert is a Canadian based gold exploration and development company that is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “RUP”. The Company owns the Pahtavaara gold mine, mill, and exploration permits and concessions located in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt in Northern Finland (see the Company’s November 9, 2016 press release). The Company also holds a 100% interest in the Gold Centre property, which consists of mineral claims located in the Balmer Township, Red Lake Mining Division of Ontario.

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Rupert Resources Ltd
82 Richmond Street East, Suite 203, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1P1
Tel: +1 416-304-9004

Web: http://rupertresources.com/

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This press release contains statements which constitute ”forward-looking statements”, including business activities and operating performance of the Company. The words “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “intend”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made, and are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other known and unknown factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These factors include the general risks of the mining industry, as well as those risk factors discussed or referred to in the Company's annual Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended February 28, 2017 available at www.sedar.com. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by applicable law.