Aston Bay Holdings Announces Extension of Private Placement

21 January 2022

January 20, 2022 - Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX-V:BAY; OTCQB:ATBHF) (“Aston Bay” or the “Company”) announces that the Company has been granted an extension by the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V") to complete the previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) of aggregate gross proceeds of up to $2,000,000 by no later than February 11, 2022.

The Offering consists of Units at a price of $0.06 per Unit, as announced in the Company's news release dated November 29, 2021. Each Unit will consist of one common share of the Company and one full warrant (a “Warrant”) entitling the holder thereof to acquire an additional common share (the “Warrant Share”) at an exercise price of $0.12 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance. The Warrants will be subject to acceleration provisions when the volume weighted average trading price is greater than $0.25 for 10 consecutive trading days.

As announced in its news release dated December 21, 2021, the Company closed the first tranche of the Offering, issuing 13,473,500 Units for aggregate gross proceeds of $808,410. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to complete the Offering. The Offering is subject to the final approval of the TSX-V and all regulatory approvals.

About Aston Bay Holdings

Aston Bay is a publicly traded mineral exploration company exploring for gold and base metal deposits in Virginia, USA, and Nunavut, Canada. The Company is led by CEO Thomas Ullrich with exploration in Virginia directed by the Company's advisor, Don Taylor, the 2018 Thayer Lindsley Award winner for his discovery of the Taylor Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit in Arizona.

The Company is also 100% owner of the property Storm Project, which hosts the Storm Copper Project and the Seal Zinc Deposit and has been optioned to American West Metals Limited.

The Company’s public disclosure documents are available on www.sedar.com.