Promotional Activities

ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Nov. 20, 2017) - Explor Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EXS)(OTCQB:EXSFF)(FRANKFURT:E1H1)(BERLIN:E1H1) ("Explor" or the "Corporation") announces today that OTC Markets Group Inc. ("OTC Markets") informed the Corporation on November 13, 2017 of certain promotional activities concerning Explor and its common stock traded on the OTCQB Marketplace.

Two weeks ago, Explor engaged the Steinberg-Valentine Group to redistribute press releases and information contained in press releases issued by the Corporation to their database. Explor paid $7,500. The Corporation does not have editorial control over the dissemination (other than to correct facts and ensure and facts reported track press release information). The Corporation is unaware of any false or misleading factual information provided. The Steinberg-Valentine Group was not incentivized on the basis of price or volume. Upon receipt of the OTCQB notice, the Corporation has terminated the arrangement. The Corporation has not engaged or authorized any person to provide market making services, investor relations services, public relations services or other related services from November 1, 2016. The services of the Steinberg-Valentine Group has not had any significant effect on the price or the volume of the shares of the Corporation on any market where the shares are traded. No other regulatory authority has contacted the Corporation to explain unusual trading activity since the engagement of the Steinberg-Valentine Group.

Other than as disclosed above, upon inquiry of its officers, directors and its controlling shareholders (i.e. shareholders owning 10% or more of the Corporation's securities), and to the Corporation's knowledge, none of its officers, directors or controlling shareholder have, directly or indirectly, authorized or been involved in any way (including payment to a third-party) with the creation or distribution of promotional materials of any kind with respect to the Corporation or its securities. Explor, its officers, directors and, to the Corporation's knowledge, its controlling shareholders (shareholders owning 10% or more of the Corporation's securities) do not own any part of the Steinberg-Valentine Group. Except as disclosed below, upon inquiry of its officers, directors and its controlling shareholders, none of the officers, directors and, to the Corporation's knowledge, its controlling shareholders have purchased or sold common shares of the Corporation on any stock exchange or electronic trading floor for the past 90 days. Chris Dupont has purchased shares from treasury as part of a non-brokered private placement and the purchase was recorded on www.sedi.ca the Canadian insider trading registry. Chris Dupont purchased 58,000 common shares on September 29, 2017. To the best knowledge of the Corporation, its directors, officers and its controlling shareholders (holding more than 10% of the shares) are in compliance with the insider trading requirement imposed by Canadian securities laws. The Corporation has not issued shares or convertible debentures or instruments allowing conversion to equity securities at prices constitutiing a discount to current market rate at the time of issuance. Certain officers and directors received stock options on August 21, 2017 under the Corporation stock option plan filed with the TSX Venture Exchange.