AZARGA METALS CORP. ('Azarga Metals' or the 'Company') (TSX-V:AZR) reports that final results have been received from metallurgical test work on samples taken from the recently completed drilling program on the Unkur Copper-Silver Project in Eastern Russia.

Michael Hopley, President and CEO said: 'These final results are very encouraging and show that both copper and silver from the deeper sulphide material and the upper oxide material can be recovered efficiently by conventional methods. Being able to produce a very saleable concentrate consisting of approximately 30% copper and 1,600 - 2,000g/t silver is very positive for the project'.

Metallurgical Recovery Tests - Sulphide

The best results were from sulphide drill core ground to +/-80% -0.071 mm. Using various optimized two-stage cleaning locked cycle standard flotation tests on this material showed 87.8 to 89.1% recovery of copper producing a 25.78% to 30.9% copper concentrate.

Metallurgical Recovery Tests - Oxide

Tests were run on various size fractions: -20 mm, -10 mm, and -0.071 mm. The best recoveries were achieved by using the finest (-0.071 mm) fraction size. On this material, the best sulphuric acid leach test results achieved were 73.6 to 96.4% recoveries of copper.

About Azarga Metals Corp.

Azarga Metals is a mineral exploration and development company that owns 100% of the Unkur Copper-Silver Project in the Zabaikalsky administrative region in eastern Russia. On completion of a first phase physical exploration program in 2016-2018, the Company estimated an Inferred Resource of 62 million tonnes at 0.53% copper and 38.6g/t silver for the project in the report entitled 'Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Unkur Copper-Silver Project, Kodar-Udokan, Russian Federation' dated effective 30, August 2018 authored by Tetra Tech Mining & Minerals. The Resource remains open in both directions along strike and down-dip.

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