Nautilus Delivers US$2 Million Financing Notice for August 2017

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 24, 2017) - Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS)(OTC:NUSMF Nasdaq Intl Designation) (the "Company" or "Nautilus") announces that, pursuant to its subscription agreement with Mawarid Offshore Mining Ltd. and Metalloinvest Holding (Cyprus) Limited (together, the "Investors") dated August 21, 2016, as amended (the "Subscription Agreement"), the Company has delivered a financing notice dated July 21, 2017 (the "Financing Notice") to the Investors in respect of a private placement of an aggregate of 11,761,682 common shares of the Company at an issue price of C$0.214 per share for aggregate proceeds to the Company of US$2,000,000. The private placement will be allocated equally between the two Investors.

In accordance with the Subscription Agreement, the issue price equals the five day volume weighted average trading price of the Company's shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange immediately prior to the date of the Financing Notice, and the number of shares to be issued under the Financing Notice was calculated based on the daily US/CAD exchange rate of 1.2585 posted by the Bank of Canada on the last business day prior to the date of the Financing Notice.

Closing of the private placement under the Financing Notice is required to occur during August, 2017 and within 10 business days following payment of the subscription proceeds by the Investors to the Company, pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.

The private placement forms part of the up to US$20 million financing approved by the Company's shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on October 26, 2016.

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Certain of the statements made in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements with respect to the closing of the bridge financing, the use of proceeds of the bridge financing and plans to develop the seafloor mining industry. We have made numerous assumptions about such statements, including assumptions relating to the bridge financing, project funding, completion and operation of the Company's seafloor production system and assumptions regarding the timing and effect of the previously announced restructuring plan, including securing agreements with third parties to complete the construction of the remaining seafloor production system within certain timeframes. Even though our management believes the assumptions made and the expectations represented by such statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking information by its nature involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Please refer to our most recently filed Annual Information Form in respect of material assumptions and risks related to the prospects of extracting minerals from the seafloor and other risks relating to the Company's business and plans for development of the Solwara 1 Project. Risks related to advancing towards production include the risk that the Company will be unable to obtain at all or on acceptable terms the remaining financing necessary to fund completion of the build, testing and deployment of the Company's seafloor production system and that agreements with third party contractors for building slots within certain timeframes are not secured as required. As the Company has not completed an economic study in respect of the Solwara 1 Project, there can be no assurance that the Company's production plans will, if fully funded and implemented, successfully demonstrate that seafloor resource production is commercially viable. Risks related to the previously announced restructuring plan include the risk that the plan cannot be implemented as expected, the risk that the plan does not result in the cost savings expected and the risk that the restructuring plan and the bridge financing do not provide sufficient time for the Company to secure project financings for the Solwara 1 Project. Except as required by law, we do not expect to update forward-looking statements and information as conditions change and you are referred to the full discussion of the Company's business contained in the Company's reports filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada.