Optegra Ventures Inc. — Capital/Financing Update 2020

Jul 22, 2020

ESSEX MINERALS INC.

Vancouver, British Columbia

ESSEX SIGNS INVESTOR RELATIONS AGREEMENTS

Not for Distribution in the United States or dissemination through a U.S. newswire service

July 15, 2020 – Vancouver, BC – Essex Minerals Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX-V: ESX) announces that it has entered into investor relations agreements with Harbor Access LLC (controlled by Jonathan Paterson and John Hartwell) (“Harbor Access”) , based in Toronto ON and with Proactive Investors North America Inc. (“Proactive”) based in Vancouver BC.

Jonathan Paterson and John Hartwell established Harbor Access in 2017 to provide effective investor communications and investor marketing to client companies. Jonathan Paterson has extensive experience in both the Buy-side and Sell-side at a number of large international fund management groups, including Coutts, HSBC and J.P. Morgan. On the Sell-side, he was interacted with US institutional investors for over 15 years in various capacities, including running several successful corporate access desks. Jonathan has an extensive knowledge of the US, Canadian and European investor bases, and has extensive experience advising corporate management teams on IR best practices. Jonathan is a regular contributor to IR Magazine and the global IR community. Graham Farrell brings 15 years of North American capital markets experience to Harbor Access. He has worked for several Toronto-based brokerage firms and investment banking groups in equity trading and sales, and has been responsible for managing capital raisings, investor roadshows and senior account management. Graham has presented on several global panels discussing best practices within IR.

Harbor Access will be paid US$7,000 per month for an initial six-month period and will coordinate all North American investor relations for the company including creation of materials, advertising as well as handling all incoming investor relations communications. Harbor Access and its controls persons do not own any securities, directly or indirectly, of the Company.

Proactive is a leading multimedia news organisation, investor portal and events management company with offices in London, New York, Toronto, Vancouver Sydney and Perth. Proactive operates financial websites in multiple languages providing breaking news and commentary on hundreds of listed companies in addition to organizing investor forums in major financial centers. Proactive Investors will be paid CAD $20,000 for an initial twelve month contract.

The services shall include comprehensive coverage of officially released news and other developments at the Company, interviews in audio, video and print formats featured on Proactive websites, Proactive Media, Reuters and distribution partner websites and distribution and promotion of all approved content through social media and the Proactive daily and weekly news summaries, sent to double opt-in subscribers, with the objective being to enhance the company’s visibility within the global investment community. Neither Proactive Investors nor its control persons own any securities, directly or indirectly, of the Company.

About Essex

Essex Minerals is an exploration and development company focused on mineral exploration and development opportunities where it can adopt an option earn-in and joint venture model without the issuance of vendor shares. By identifying geological teams that have already expended the time and capital to assemble top quality, advanced projects, with a particular emphasis gold projects in Tier 1 jurisdictions, Management’s time can be shared across a number of different projects, as the geological teams already in place will be managing the approved exploration and development programmes.

On behalf of Essex Minerals

Paul Loudon CEO & Director

For further information please contact:

Harbor Access LLC

Graham Farrell email: graham.farrell@harboraccessllc.com Tel: +1 (416) 842 9003 Jonathan Paterson email: jonathan.paterson@harboraccessllc.com Tel: +1 (203) 202 2028

www.essexminerals.com

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

The securities offered have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any U.S. state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined under the U.S. Securities Act) absent registration or any applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.