Toronto, Ontario (FSCwire) - Tartisan Resources Corp. (CSE: TTC) (“Tartisan”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced Private Placement of four million units and wishes to announce that the Company has increased the Offering by up to five million units, of which one million units also closed today. The proceeds from today’s closing amount to $125,000.

Private Placement

Tartisan Resources Corp. is seeking to raise an additional $CDN 125,000 via non-brokered private-placement. The Company intends to issue an additional 5 million units, ( one million units closed today), at CDN $0.025 cents per unit with a full warrant at CDN $0.07 cents, expiring 24 months from date of closing of this offering. The Company anticipates closing the private placement on a fully-subscribed basis.

The Company was granted relief from the minimum price rule of the Canadian Securities Exchange.

The net proceeds from this offering will be used to fund on-going operational activities at La Victoria, the Company’s gold, silver and base metals project and for general working capital purposes.

About Tartisan Resources Corp.

Tartisan is a mineral exploration and development company based in Toronto, Canada with an emphasis on properties in Peru. The company owns the La Victoria property located in the northern Ancash Department, Peru. La Victoria property is located within 50 km of several producing mines including: La Arena owned by Tahoe Resources, Lagunas Norte (Alto Chicama) owned by Barrick Gold Corporation (TSX:ABX) and Santa Rosa owned by Compañia Minera Aurífera Santa Rosa (COMARSA).

Tartisan Resources Corp. common shares are listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE:TTC). Currently, there are 54,074,982 shares outstanding (56,924,982 fully diluted).

For further information, please contact Mr. D. Mark Appleby, President & CEO and a Director of the Company, at 416-804-0280 (mark@tartisanresources.com), Mr. Luc Pigeon B.Sc., M.Sc., P.Geo. is the Company’s QP and serves as the GM of Minera Tartisan Peru. Mr. Pigeon can be contacted at +51986651325 (tartisan.gm@gmail.com). Additional information about Tartisan can be found at the Company’s website at www.tartisanresources.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

The Canadian Securities Exchange (operated by CNSX Markets Inc.) has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this press release.

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