Newstrike Signs Land Purchase Option Agreement at the Ana Paula Project

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Newstrike Capital Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NES) ("Newstrike" or the "Company")
announces that its wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary, Minera Aurea, has entered
into a purchase option agreement for certain privately held land parcels at the
Ana Paula Project in Guerrero State, Mexico. The Company will acquire 100%
ownership in approximately 935.85 hectares by making staged payments over the
next four years for a total of C$983,624 (based on a 13.32 Mexican peso exchange
rate the day of signing). This agreement is pending final registration with the
Mexican Government.


About Newstrike (TSX VENTURE:NES)

Newstrike Capital Inc. is a gold-silver focused explorer, targeting known and
historic mining districts in Mexico. Current management and directors
co-discovered Goldcorp's and Teck's significant discoveries in Guerrero Gold
Belt in Guerrero State, currently in advanced stages of exploration and
production.


Newstrike holds a 100% interest in certain exploration properties in Mexico
located within two established mining districts; the gold-bearing oxidized iron
skarn-porphyry camp of the Guerrero Gold Belt, and the polymetallic Ag-Au-Cu
rich epithermal camp of the mining districts of Oaxaca State.