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Tinka Reports A Substantial Increase In Zinc And Tin Mineral Resources At Ayawilca

November 26th, 2018

Vancouver, Canada – Tinka Resources Limited (“Tinka” or the “Company”) (TSXV & BVL: TK) (OTCPK: TKRFF) is pleased to announce an updated Mineral Resources estimate for its 100%-owned Ayawilca zinc and tin deposits in Peru. Part of the Zinc Zone Mineral Resource is now classified as Indicated, incorporating a higher-grade portion of the deposit. In addition, the updated Inferred Mineral Resource is of a similar size and grade to the previous Zinc Zone resource reported in November 2017. The updated Tin Zone Inferred Mineral Resource is also substantially larger. This resources update follows a very successful drilling program, with the company completing approximately 20,000 metres during 2018.

Key Highlights of Updated Mineral Resources at Ayawilca

--- Indicated Zinc Zone Mineral Resource of 11.7 million tonnes grading 6.9% zinc, 0.16% lead, 84 g/t indium and 15 g/t silver (8.1% zinc equivalent “ZnEq”), containing:
- 1.8 billion pounds of zinc;
- 983 tonnes of indium;
- 5.8 million ounces of silver; and
- 42 million pounds of lead.

--- Inferred Zinc Zone Mineral Resource of 45.0 million tonnes grading 5.6% zinc, 0.23% lead, 67 g/t indium & 17 g/t silver (6.7% ZnEq), containing:
- 5.6 billion pounds of zinc;
- 3,003 tonnes of indium;
- 25.2 million ounces of silver; and
- 230 million pounds of lead.

--- Inferred Tin Mineral Resource of 14.5 million tonnes grading 0.63% tin, 0.21% copper, & 18 g/t silver (0.70% tin equivalent “SnEq”), containing:
201 million pounds of tin;
67 million pounds of copper; and
8 million ounces of silver.

The Tin Zone and Zinc Zone resources do not overlap. The Mineral Resources are reported above an NSR cut-off value of US$55/tonne, as estimated by Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (RPA Inc.) of Toronto, Canada.

Dr. Graham Carman, Tinka’s President and CEO, stated: “We are very pleased with the updated mineral resources estimation, as the Ayawilca deposit now represents one of the largest zinc resources held in a non-producing resources company. Ayawilca has for the first time, a high-grade Zinc Zone resource in the Indicated category containing 1.8 billion pounds of zinc (24% of the total zinc inventory), as well as an Inferred resource containing 5.6 billion pounds of zinc (76% of the total zinc inventory). Zinc resources were able to be partially upgraded to Indicated in those areas due to infill drilling at West and South Ayawilca in 2018. In addition, the Tin Zone resource has increased by 38% and now contains over 200 million pounds of tin. The updated Tin Zone resource is believed to be the largest undeveloped tin resource outside of a producing camp in Peru.”

“Tinka has had a very successful year at Ayawilca, expanding and upgrading the resources. We now look forward to completing our maiden PEA in the first half of 2019. Additional potential still exists for resource growth at Ayawilca, with additional step-out and deeper exploration drilling planned for 2019. The Company’s work programs are fully funded into the foreseeable future, with C$13 million in cash and no debt as at the end of September 2018.”


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