Pan Andean Minerals Ltd. Announces Proposed Reverse Takeover by North Star Holdings

Vancouver, March 21, 2019 - Pan Andean Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: PAD) ("Pan Andean" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an arm's length binding letter of intent dated as of March 11, 2019 (the "LOI") with North Star Holdings ("North Star"). North Star is a fully integrated producer, processor and distributor of medicinal and adult use cannabis with operations in various states in the U.S. including Colorado, California and Nevada. The LOI outlines the proposed terms and conditions pursuant to which Pan Andean and North Star will effect a business combination that will result in a reverse takeover of the Company by the securityholders of North Star (the "Proposed Transaction").

Terms of the Transaction

The Proposed Transaction will be structured as an amalgamation, arrangement, takeover bid, share purchase or other similar form of transaction or a series of transactions that have a similar effect with Pan Andean acquiring all voting securities of North Star. The final structure for the Proposed Transaction is subject to satisfactory tax, corporate and securities law advice for both Pan Andean and North Star. The resulting issuer following closing of the Transaction (the "Resulting Issuer") is expected to change its business from mining to the business of North Star and terminate its existing mining business. Upon the closing of the Transaction (the "Closing") and the Concurrent Offering (defined below), it is expected that current shareholders of the Company will hold 5.8% of the common shares of the Resulting Issuer (the "Resulting Issuer Shares") and current shareholders of North Star will hold 83.7% of the Resulting Issuer Shares (on a non-diluted basis) (the "Consideration Shares"), based upon a deemed post-consolidated price of $0.75 per Pan Andean common share. The Consideration Shares held by the directors, officers, and insiders of North Star will be subject to escrow requirements by the applicable stock exchange.

Completion of the Proposed Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including completion of the Concurrent Offering, receipt of all necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals, the execution of related transaction documents, approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV"), for the delisting of the common shares of Pan Andean from the TSXV, and conditional approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange ("CSE") for the listing of the common shares of the Resulting Issuer following completion of the Proposed Transaction. Upon completion of the Transaction, the Board of Pan Andean will be comprised of four nominees of North Star, and one nominee of Pan Andean.

Pan Andean currently intends to complete a private placement (the "Concurrent Offering") of subscription receipts to accredited investors (the "Subscription Receipts") for gross proceeds of up to CAD$20,000,000. Each Subscription Receipt will be automatically exchanged, without payment of any additional consideration and subject to adjustment, for one common share of Pan Andean (each an "SR Share") upon satisfaction of certain escrow release conditions. The SR Shares will be issued concurrently with closing of the Proposed Transaction. Should the Conditions not be satisfied prior to the termination time, the Subscription Receipts will be cancelled and all proceeds from the Concurrent Offering will be returned to the subscribers, unless authorized by specific written agreement of each subscriber that the escrowed funds of a particular subscriber be released to Pan Andean. The net proceeds from the Offering will be used by the Resulting Issuer to advance the business of North Star and general working capital. On closing of the Proposed Transaction, it is anticipated that the Resulting Issuer will pay a finder's fee relating to the Transaction and/or Concurrent Financing.

North Star Holdings
Travis Vincent
Executive Vice President, Finance
travis@northstarholdings.co
(805) 200-4417

About Pan Andean Minerals Ltd.

Pan Andean is a Vancouver-based junior resource company that has been listed on the TSX Venture Exchange for 11 years, with a focus on copper and gold exploration. The Company acquires prospective gold and copper-gold exploration properties considered to have significant mineral potential by staking, option or purchase agreements. The Company currently has a portfolio of properties in Peru and Yukon with the focus being Peru. The Company is currently pursuing alternative business opportunities.

All information contained in this news release with respect to North Star was supplied by North Star for inclusion herein and the Company has relied on the accuracy of such information without independent verification.

As noted above, completion of the Proposed Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including but not limited to, majority of the minority shareholder approval of the voluntary delisting of the common shares of Pan Andean from the TSXV and TSXV acceptance of such delisting. The Proposed Transaction cannot close until the required shareholder approval is obtained in respect of the applicable matters. There can be no assurance that the Proposed Transaction will be completed as proposed or at all. Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the management information circular or listing statement of the Company to be prepared in connection with the Proposed Transaction, any information released or received with respect to the Proposed Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of Pan Andean should be considered highly speculative.

The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has in no way passed upon the merits of the Proposed Transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities under the Concurrent Offering 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.

Forward-Looking Information and Statements

This press release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company's beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements 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 may contain statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained herein may include, but are not limited to, information concerning the Proposed Transaction and the Concurrent Financing, expectations regarding whether the Proposed Transaction will be consummated, including whether conditions to the consummation of the Proposed Transaction will be satisfied, the timing for holding the annual general and special meeting of shareholders of the Company and the timing for completing the Proposed Transaction, expectations for the effects of the Proposed Transaction or the ability of the combined company to successfully achieve business objectives, expectations regarding whether the Concurrent Financing will be consummated, and expectations for reaching over one-million square feet of cultivation and extraction facilities under roof by the fourth quarter of 2019 or other economic, business, and/or competitive factors.

Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information and statements are the following: the ability to consummate the Proposed Transaction and the Concurrent Financing; the ability to obtain requisite regulatory and shareholder approvals and the satisfaction of other conditions to the consummation of the Proposed Transaction on the proposed terms and schedule; the ability to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Concurrent Financing or to the conversion of the Subscription Receipts; the potential impact of the announcement or consummation of the Proposed Transaction on relationships, including with regulatory bodies, employees, suppliers, customers and competitors; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; changes in applicable laws; compliance with extensive government regulation; and the diversion of management time on the Proposed Transaction and the Concurrent Financing. Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information or statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.

Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward- looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward- looking information and statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.

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