TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug 16, 2016) - Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:MEK) ("Metals Creek" or the "Company") announces that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of units (the "Private Placement").

The Company intends to issue up to 12,000,000 units at a price of $0.10 per unit (the "Units") for aggregate proceeds of up to $1,200,000. Each Unit will consist of one (1) common share (the "Unit Shares") and one (1) common share purchase warrant (the "Warrants"). Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company at an exercise price of $0.16 per common share for a period of 36 months from the date of issue.

In connection with the Private Placement, the company may pay finders' fees in cash or securities or a combination of both, as permitted by the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. All securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a four-month hold period. The Private Placement is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.

The proceeds raised from the Units will be used for general corporate purposes notwithstanding the final size of the offering.

There is no material fact or material change about Metals Creek that has not been generally disclosed.

About Metals Creek Resources Corp.

Metals Creek Resources Corp. is a junior exploration company incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, is a reporting issuer in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, and has its common shares listed for trading on the Exchange under the symbol "MEK". Metals Creek has earned a 50% interest in the Ogden Gold Property, including the former Naybob Gold mine, located 6 km south of Timmins, Ontario and has a 8 km strike length of the prolific Porcupine-Destor Fault (P-DF) that stretches between Timmins, Ontario and Val d'Or, Quebec. The Company has also entered into a JV with Benton Resources on Metals Creeks Staghorn Gold Project in Newfoundland. Metals Creek has also recently made a new gold/silver discovery in the "White Gold District" on the Squid East project in the Yukon and is also engaged in the identification, acquisition, exploration and development of other mineral resource properties, and presently has mining interests in Ontario, Yukon and Newfoundland and Labrador. Additional information concerning the Company is contained in documents filed by the Company with securities regulators, available under its profile at www.sedar.com.

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Metals Creek Resources Corp Alexander (Sandy) Stares President and CEO (709)-256-6060 (709)-256-6061astares@metalscreek.com www.MetalsCreek.com www.Twitter.com/MetalsCreekReswww.Facebook.com/MetalsCreek