GlobeNewswire Inc | Dec 31, 2021 08:30AM EST

December 31, 2021

MONTREAL, Dec. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imperial Mining Group Ltd. (Imperial) (TSX VENTURE: IPG; OTCQB: IMPNF) is pleased to announce that it has closed today a non-brokered private placement (Offering) of 14,634,148 shares on a flow-through basis at a price of $0.205 per share (each, a Share) for gross proceeds of $3,000,000.34 or a 46.4% premium to IPGs current share price.

I am very pleased with the positive response for this important flow-through private placement, said Imperial President & CEO, Peter Cashin. This financing added important, new high-net worth international investors into the Imperial Mining fold. I believe that our successful financings and recent awarding of Government-sponsored R&D grants shows a greater recognition of the potential that scandium has as a significant Canadian industrial development.

Imperial will use the proceeds of the Offering to complete exploration drilling of the Corporations Crater Lake scandium-rare earth mineralized targets, convert the existing TG Zone inferred resource to Indicated category, optimize the recently Patented metallurgical recovery flow sheet for the project and for other corporate purposes. An 18-tonne bulk sample collected earlier this summer will ultimately be used for input in a planned scandium recovery pilot plant later in 2022.

The Shares were issued as part of a charity flow-through arrangement. No commission or finders fee was paid by the Corporation in connection with this Offering. The Offering is between arms length parties and all securities issued pursuant to the Offering are subject to the applicable statutory hold period of four months and one day from the closing. The Offering is subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

ABOUT IMPERIAL MINING GROUP LTD.

Imperial is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company focused on the advancement of its technology metals projects in Qubec. Imperial is publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange as IPG and on the OTCQB Exchange as IMPNF and is led by an experienced team of mineral exploration and development professionals with a strong track record of mineral deposit discovery in numerous metal commodities.

For further information please contact:

Peter J. Cashin CHF Capital MarketsPresident and Chief Executive Officer Cathy Hume, Chief Executive OfficerPhone: +1 (514) 360-0571 Phone: +1 (416) 868-1079 x251Email: info@imperialmgp.com Email: cathy@chfir.com

Website:www.imperialmgp.com Twitter:@imperial_mining Facebook:Imperial Mining Group

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.