Tony Makuch Appointed to Mega Precious Metals Board of Directors

 Mega Precious Metals Inc. today announced the appointment of Tony Makuch to its Board of Directors.

Makuch, the President and CEO of Lake Shore Gold, has over 25 years of management and development experience in the mining industry. He has been instrumental in the development of Lake Shore to a 180,000 ounce per year gold producer.

"I'm delighted with the appointment of Tony Makuch to the Board of Mega having directly managed and overseen numerous projects advance from exploration to the development stage and commercial production,” declared Mega’s Chairman, Mario Stifano. “Tony brings invaluable experience as Monument Bay transitions Mega into a development stage Company."

 Prior to Lake Shore, Makuch was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for FNX Mining. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours Applied Earth Sciences) from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, and both a Master’s of Science Degree in Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from Queen's University in Ontario.

"Mega Precious is demonstrating that its' flagship Monument Bay Project is a large deposit, with significant growth upside,” stated Makuch. “I am excited about the opportunity to work with the Company at the board level in their efforts to advance the project both in physical size, and more importantly as a developable and long life economically viable mining operation. There is significant potential for value creation for the shareholders as this project is advanced."

As part of his appointment, Makuch has been granted 300,000 stock options, vesting immediately. The options are exercisable at $0.10 per share and expire on September 30, 2019.

Mega Precious Metals Inc. is a leading Canadian-based exploration company with a high quality pipeline of projects located in the mining friendly jurisdictions of Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and
Nunavut. The Company's significant portfolio includes the flagship Monument Bay Gold Tungsten Project in NE Manitoba as well as the North Madsen Gold Project in the prolific gold mining district of Red Lake, Ontario. Mega has established a record of delivering rapid growth through their focused and low cost approach to exploration and resource development. The Company's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MGP.

For further information and presentation material, please review the
Mega website at www.megapmi.com.