Mr. David Watkinson reports

EMERGENT METALS CORP. GRANTS OPTIONS

Emergent Metals Corp. has granted an aggregate of 3,075,000 incentive stock options, pursuant to its stock option plan, to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the company. The options are exercisable at a price of five cents per common share for a period of five years from the date of grant. All options will vest after a six-month period from the date of issue. The option award is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

About Emergent Metals Corp.

Emergent is a gold and base metal exploration company focused on Nevada and Quebec. The company's strategy is to look for quality acquisitions, add value to these assets through exploration and monetize them through sales, joint ventures, options, royalties and other transactions to create value for its shareholders -- an acquisition and divestiture business model.

In Nevada, Emergent's Golden Arrow property is an advanced-stage gold and silver property with a well-defined measured and indicated resource and a plan of operations and environmental assessment in place to conduct a major drilling program. New York Canyon is an advanced-stage copper skarn and porphyry exploration property. The West Santa Fe property is a gold, silver and base metal property, subject to a lease with an option to purchase agreement with Lahontan Gold Corp. Buckskin Rawhide East is a gold and silver property leased to Rawhide Mining LLC, operator of the Rawhide mine.

In Quebec, the Casa South property is a gold exploration property located south of and adjacent to Hecla Mining Company's operating Casa Berardi mine and north of and adjacent to Iamgold Corp.'s Gemini Turgeon property. The Trecesson property is a gold exploration property located about 50 kilometres north of the Val d'Or mining camp. Emergent has a 1-per-cent net smelter royalty in the Troilus North property, part of the Troilus gold project, being explored by Troilus Gold Corp. Emergent has a 1-per-cenwt NSR in the East-West property, part of Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.'s Canadian Malartic complex. Emergent also has a 1-pe-cent NSR on the York property, part of Lahontan Gold's Santa Fe project.

Note that the location of Emergent's properties adjacent to producing or past-producing mines or advanced-stage properties does not guarantee exploration success at Emergent's properties or that mineral resources or reserves will be delineated.

Qualified person

All scientific and technical information disclosed in this new release was reviewed and approved by David Watkinson, PEng, an employee of Emergent and a non-independent qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.

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