Laurion Mineral Exploration Inc. announced that LAURION's management has been in communication with the Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), and received notification that as of July 21, 2021, MNRF issued an industry-wide Emergency Area Order, that mineral exploration activities such as diamond drilling, stripping and trenching, channel sampling, use of metal tracked equipment and rubber-tired equipment, surveys using a generator and road or trail building covering restricted fire zones over specified areas, are prohibited in order to protect public safety and facilitate effective fire suppression. LAURION reports that its drilling program at the Ishkoday Property has thus been paused due to a very active fire season across Northern Ontario with high temperatures, dry conditions and frequent thunderstorms contributing to multiple large forest fires, and thus temporarily rendering the field environment unsafe for drilling on the Ishkoday Property. LAURION will monitor the situation closely and will safely resume its full exploration and drilling activities immediately after the Emergency Area Order is lifted. The Ishkoday Property is located 28 km north-east of the town of Beardmore and 220 km north-east of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The LAURION exploration team has met its planned 2021 exploration planning targets. LAURION has completed 60% of its drill program target of 10,000 m to date and is awaiting further assay results to consolidate, integrate and correlate the assay results into its GIS database and 3D modelling, prior to reporting to its investors. LAURION has fortuitously completed its planned program of stripping, trenching and channel sampling of the A-Zone and MacLeod Zone. The Corporation is also awaiting the final assays of the channel sampling on both of these zones. During this Emergency Area Order period, LAURION will continue with its exploration program of prospecting and geochemical soil sampling following up on geophysical surveys of anomalies north of the Namewaminikan River, ensuring the safety of its exploration team while cognizant of the dry conditions of the field.