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April 18, 2024 – VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”) (TSXV: VIO; OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) for gross proceeds of $2,520,000, by issuing 20,160,000 units of the Corporation (the “Units”) at an issue price of $0.125 per Unit.

March 28, 2024 – VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”) (TSXV: VIO; OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has closed the strategic $19.3 Million private placement.

March 20, 2024 – VIOR INC. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Eight Capital to act as lead agent and sole bookrunner (together with a syndicate of agents, the “Agents”) in connection with a “best efforts” private placement offering by the Company of securities for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $20,000,000.

Vior Inc. and SOQUEM Inc. are pleased to announce the results of their 2023 field exploration program at their Skyfall Project.

February 7, 2024 - Vior Inc. is pleased to announce that it has executed a definitive Option Agreement with NioBay Metals Inc. for Vior’s Foothills Project,

January 10, 2024 - VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, FRANKFURT: VL51) announces that it has granted incentive stock options.

December 18, 2023 - VIOR Inc. (« Vior » or the « Corporation »), (TSX-V: VIO, OTCQB: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) – is pleased to announce that it has executed a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) with Harvest Gold Corp. (“Harvest”)., for Vior’s Mosseau Gold Project (the “Project”), located approximately 70 kilometres west of Windfall Mining Group’s Windfall gold deposit, near Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Quebec.

Montreal, Canada, December 15, 2023 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTCQB: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has completed the closing of a non-brokered private placement consisting of a total of 2,069,413 flow-through common shares issued at a price of $0.17 (the “Offering”) for gross proceeds of $351,800.

Vior Inc. is pleased to report some outstanding initial field exploration results from a 2023 Summer exploration program at its 100% owned district-scale Foothills Project

Montreal, CANADA, August 16, 2023 - VIOR INC. (« Vior » or the « Corporation »), (TSX-V: VIO, OTCQB: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) – is pleased to provide an update on the Corporation’s Summer 2023 field exploration programs across its three key exploration projects: Belleterre Gold Project, Belleterre Critical Minerals Project (Lithium) and Skyfall Nickel Project.

Vior Inc. is pleased to provide an update on the Corporation’s Spring/Summer 2023 field exploration programs and corporate strategy across its three key exploration projects: Belleterre Gold Project, Belleterre Critical Minerals Project (Lithium) and Skyfall Nickel Project. Vior and its funding partners will spend approximately C$2.5 million in direct exploration costs over the Spring/Summer 2023 period.

Vior Inc. is pleased to announce that it has executed a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) with Stria Lithium Inc. (“Stria”), for its Lake Mirabelli Lithium property package (the “Property”), located approximately 300 kilometers north of the town of Matagami, in the James Bay region of Quebec. The Property consists of 49 claims, adjacent to claims owned by Brunswick Exploration Inc. and Li-FT Power Ltd.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has completed the closing of a non-brokered private placement consisting of a total of 5,042,017 flow-through common shares issued at a price of $0.2975 per share for critical minerals exploration(the “CMETC Offering”) and 3,883,495 flow-through common shares for “flow through mining expenditures” issued at a price of $0.2575 per share (the “METC Offering” and together with the CMETC Offering, the “Offering”), for overall gross proceeds of $2,500,000.

MONTREAL, CANADA, March 7, 2023 - VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTCQB: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has executed the Definitive Option and Joint Venture Agreement (the “Agreement”) with SOQUEM Inc. (“SOQUEM”), a subsidiary of Investissement Québec, for its recently consolidated Skyfall Nickel project (“Skyfall” or the “Project”), located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Québec, see fig. 1. In addition, Vior has just initiated on the Project, a project scale 3,400+ line kilometre helicopter-borne VTEM and magnetic survey, designed for identification and delineation of Ultramafic units.

March 3, 2023 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTCQB: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce some preliminary results for its global data compilation program at its flagship high-grade Belleterre Gold project (“Belleterre” or “Project”) located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Vior welcomes all shareholders and supporters to the PDAC convention at Booth 2613 March 5th and 6th to meet with management, and further discuss the exciting exploration potential that its new Belleterre geological model presents.

February 14, 2023 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has identified multiple high potential targets for lithium bearing pegmatites and other strategic metals, including nickel (“Ni”) and platinum group elements (“PGE”) after having completed an extensive regional reconnaissance exploration review in and around its flagship Belleterre Gold Project (“Belleterre” or “Project”) in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec.

December 21, 2022 - VIOR INC. (“VIOR” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent (the “LOI”) with SOQUEM Inc. (“SOQUEM”), a subsidiary of Investissement Québec, on its recently consolidated Skyfall Nickel project (“Skyfall” or the “Project”), located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Québec.

December 5, 2022 – VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTCQB: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to provide further details regarding its upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”).

MONTREAL, CANADA, November 14, 2022 - VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX- V: VIO, OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to provide an update on recent property transactions with Osisko Mining Inc. (“Osisko”) relating to the Blondeau-Guillet Property, announced on August 25, 2021, and the Skyfall Property announced on September 9, 2022.

Montreal, Canada, November 9, 2022 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce additional field exploration results that indicate strong high-grade gold potential at its Quebec-based district-scale Belleterre gold project (“Belleterre” or “Project”) in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.

MONTREAL, CANADA, September 09, 2022 - VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTCQB: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has executed a Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Osisko Mining Inc. (“Osisko”), a non arms-length party, to acquire from Osisko a 100-percent interest in 83 claims covering approximately 4,682 hectares next to its Skyfall project, in consideration for the issuance of 107,142 common shares of Vior.

MONTREAL, CANADA, July 29, 2022 - VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce the second closing of its financing previously announced on July 22, 2022 (the “Offering”) through the issuance of 3,915,000 units (the “Units”) at a price of $0.13 per unit for gross proceeds of $508,950. The total gross proceeds to Vior from the Offering is $1,133,940.

MONTREAL, CANADA, July 22, 2022 - VIOR INC. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce the closing of a first tranche of a private placement of units of the Corporation (the “Offering”) for gross proceeds of $624,990.

Montreal, Canada, July 19th, 2022 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce results from its Phase II drill program and to provide an exploration update on its flagship Belleterre gold project.

Montreal, Canada, April 6, 2022 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, OTC: VIORF and FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce the results of its Phase I (December 2021) drill program at its district-scale Belleterre gold (“Au”) project (“Belleterre” or “Project”) in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec.

Montreal, Canada, March 3, 2022 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce the start of its Phase II drill program at its district-scale Belleterre gold project (“Belleterre” or “Project”) in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec (Figure 1).

Montreal, Canada, January 28, 2022 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce additional field exploration results that demonstrate the continuity of the high-grade gold potential at its district-scale Belleterre gold project (“Belleterre” or “Project”) in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. A total of 1,323 samples were collected during the Summer-Fall 2021 field exploration program at Belleterre, and results are being received in stages as the laboratories process these samples.

Vior's year in review and 2022 plans.

Montreal, Canada, December 23, 2021 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has completed the closing of a non-brokered private placement by issuing a total of 1,724,519 Quebec flow-through common shares at $0.29 per share and 1,253,335 National flow-through common shares at $0.24 per share, for total gross proceeds of $800,910.

November 18, 2021 – Vior Inc. (“Vior” or the “Corporation”), (TSX-V: VIO, FRANKFURT: VL51) is pleased to announce that it has begun its initial Phase 1 5,000-metre (“m”) drill program at its promising high-grade Belleterre gold project (“Belleterre”) in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, located 95 kilometeres (“km”) south of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has completed the closing of a non-brokered private placement by issuing a total of 5,327,628 flow-through common shares at $0.28 per share, for total gross proceeds of $1,491,736. The securities issued in the private placement are subject to a four-month hold period expiring on February 22, 2022.

Vior is pleased to announce field exploration results that demonstrate the high-grade gold potential at its district-scale Belleterre gold project (“Belleterre”) in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has executed a Letter of Intent with SOQUEM Inc., a subsidiary of Investissement Québec. The LOI consists of an exchange of mining interests, whereby, Vior will transfer its 42.3% interest in the Domergue properties (SOQUEM 57.7% - Vior 42.3%) in exchange for SOQUEM’s transferred interest in its Verneuil properties (100% - SOQUEM).

Vior is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Option Agreement with Osisko Mining Inc. for their Blondeau-Guillet gold property in the Belleterre region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, located 95 km south of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The Property consists of 74 claims covering 3,573.65 hectares (35.74 sq km) and adjacent to Vior’s existing district-scale land package now totalling 531 claims covering 29,129.48 hectares (291.30 sq km).

Vior is pleased to announce that it has begun an extensive summer field exploration program at its Belleterre and Skyfall gold projects in Quebec. Vior is also pleased to report the strengthening of its exploration team.

Vior announces that, subject to regulatory approval, it has retained David Jan Consulting to provide investor relations services. Jan will be remunerated on an hourly basis for his services subject to a maximum of $3,000 per month. In addition to his hourly contract rate, Vior will grant Jan 100,000 stock options at an exercise price of $0.22 per share, exercisable for a period of 5 years and vesting as to 1/4 of the options granted every three months.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has concluded a termination and release agreement with Ethos Gold Corp whereby Ethos has accepted to renounce to all of its rights under the Earn-in Agreement dated June 26, 2019 on the Ligneris project in Abitibi, Quebec. Vior retains a 100% interest in the District Scale Ligneris Project with no royalties outstanding on the project.

Vior announces that it has granted 120,000 stock options to MI3 Communications Financières Inc., a firm that provides Investor Relation services to the Corporation. These stock options have been granted in accordance with Vior’s stock option plan, at an exercise price of $0.22 per share for a period of 5 years and vest as to 1/4 of the options granted every 3 months.

Vior is pleased to announce the second closing of its financing previously announced on March 17, 2021 through the issuance of 7,600,000 units at a price of $0.20 per unit for gross proceeds of $1,520,000. The total gross proceeds of the Offering to Vior is $2,400,000.

Vior is pleased to announce the closing of the Strategic Investment with Osisko Mining Inc. announced on March 17, 2021, for total gross proceeds of $880,000 through the subscription of 4,400,000 units at a price of $0.20 per unit.

Vior is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement of units of the Corporation at a price of $0.20 per Unit for total gross proceeds of up to $2,100,000 including a strategic investment from Osisko Mining Inc. in the amount of $880,000.

Vior is pleased to report high gold grain counts in samples from its first reconnaissance till sampling program conducted in this area in the fall of 2020. The Skyfall project is located approximately 150 kilometres east of Lebel-sur-Quevillon and 75 kilometres south of Chapais, Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce the signing of an option agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the mining titles of the former high-°grade Belleterre gold mine, as well as the significant addition of an exploration land package extending over a strike length of 37 kilometers in the Belleterre area, located 95 kilometers south of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.

Vior is pleased to report the acquisition, through purchase agreements and map designation, of 100% interest in 119 additional claims at the Skyfall project, thereby expanding its land position to 456 claims covering a total surface area of 25,280 hectares. The Skyfall project is located in the eastern part of the Urban-Barry gold belt, approximately 150 kilometres east of Lebel-sur-Quevillon and 75 kilometres south of Chapais, Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Option Agreement dated January 28, 2021, with Les Mines J.A.G. Ltd, to acquire 100% of the rights and interests in their Belleterre Project, located 95 km south of RouynNoranda, Quebec.

Vior announces that it has changed its name to “Vior Inc.” Its trading symbol will remain “VIO”. The name change will be effective on the TSX Venture Exchange on or about December 24, 2020.

Vior announces that at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on December 9, 2020, all items were approved.

Vior announces that, as per the notice dated November 5, 2020, it will host its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday December 9, 2020 at 13h30 (eastern time) in a virtual format due to the ongoing public health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vior wishes to announce that it has just completed a till survey at its Skyfall project, located in the eastern part of the UrbanBarry gold belt, approximately 150 kilometers east of Lebel-sur-Quévillon and 75 kilometers south of Chapais, Quebec.

Vior announces that it has granted stock options to employees, directors, officers and consultants to acquire an aggregate of 1,290,000 common shares. These stock options have been granted in accordance with Vior’s stock option plan, have an exercise price of $0.13 per share, are exercisable for 5 years and vest as to 1/3 of the number on the date of grant, 1/3 on the first anniversary of grant and the final 1/3 on the second anniversary of grant.

Vior is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new gold project in the Lake Mirabelli area, located approximately 300 kilometers north of town of Matagami, in the James Bay region of Quebec. The Mirabelli project consists of two separate blocks, the North and the South, located near the James Bay Road and covering an area of 75.6 km2 for a total of 142 claims, of which 56 are currently in process.

Vior is pleased to announce that Mr. Laurent Eustache is joining the Corporation as Vice-President Corporate Development and has been appointed to Vior’s Board of Directors, effective September 1, 2020.

Vior is pleased to announce that the 2020 exploration program has begun on its 100% owned Mosseau gold project, located 22 kilometers east of the town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Quebec.

Vior wishes to announce the acquisition of a 100%-interest in 50 additional claims adjacent to the Skyfall project, in the eastern part of the Urban-Barry gold belt, located approximately 150 kilometers east of Lebel-sur-Quevillon and 75 kilometers to the south of Chapais, Quebec.

Vior announces an amendment to its Stock Option Plan.

Vior is pleased to announce the closing of a private placement totaling 13,500,000 units at a price of $0.10 per Unit, for total gross proceeds of $1,350,000.

Vior is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Skyfall project, consisting of 215 claims covering an area of 121.2 kilometers2 in the UrbanBarry gold belt, about 150 kilometers east of Lebel-sur-Quévillon and 75 kilometers south of Chapais, Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce the discovery of several massive ilmenite bodies (titanium and iron) from drilling on its Foothills rutile (titanium) project, located near the town of Saint-Urbain, Quebec, a historic iron-titanium mining camp.

Vior, in partnership with Ethos Gold Corp., is pleased to announce the results of their diamond drilling campaign completed between late October, 2019 and mid-February, 2020 at the Ligneris gold project in Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce a further strategic investment in Ridgeline Minerals Corp.

Vior is pleased to announce a further strategic investment in Ridgeline Minerals Corp.

Vior announces that, subject to the approval by the TSX Venture Exchange, the 2,750,000 warrants due to expire on December 20, 2019 have been extended for one year such that the new expiry date is December 20, 2020. The exercise price of $0.15 remains unchanged.

Vior is pleased to provide an update on Ridgeline Minerals Corporation (Ridgeline) 2019 Nevada field program at its Carlin-East and Swift exploration projects. Vior holds an approximate 8.3% equity interest in privately held Ridgeline Minerals (a wholly owned Nevada subsidiary of Carlin-Type Holdings Ltd).

Vior, in partnership with Ethos Gold Corp. are pleased to announce the commencement of their previously announced drill campaign on the Ligneris gold project, located 110 km north of Vald'Or, Quebec (see press release of September 18, 2019).

Vior, in partnership with Ethos Gold Corp. are pleased to announce that they have generated multiple new drill targets based on the recently completed comprehensive field program at their Ligneris Project, located 110 km north of Val-d'Or, Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has commenced its Field Program on the recently signed Earn-In agreement with Ethos Gold Corp. Ligneris is a 36.2-sq-km project 100%-owned by Vior, located 100 km northeast of Rouyn-Noranda.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has commenced the Summer 2019 drill program at its Foothills rutile project located near the town of Saint-Urbain, Quebec, a historic iron-titanium mining camp located approximately 100 kilometers east of Quebec City.

Vior announces the retirement of Mr. Gaétan Mercier as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective July 8, 2019.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has entered into an earn-in agreement with Ethos Gold Corp allowing Ethos to earn up to a 70% interest in the Ligneris Gold project from Vior. The Ligneris project is strategically located in the world class Abitibi Greenstone Belt which hosts numerous gold and base metal deposits and mines.

Vior announces an amendment to its Stock Option Plan. In light of the applicable rules of the TSX Venture Exchange and the number of issued and outstanding shares, the Corporation has decided to increase its number of reserved shares to be issued in accordance with the Stock Option Plan to 4,425,900 shares, representing about 10% of the current number of issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation.

Vior is pleased to announce a strategic investment in Carlin-Type Holdings Ltd.This is an arm’s length transaction. CTH is a private “Corporation”, incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) whose wholly owned Nevada subsidiary Ridgeline Minerals Corporation (Ridgeline), holds the option to acquire a 100% interest in three highly prospective Carlin-Type gold exploration projects in the world-class Carlin and Battle Mountain Eureka Trends of Nevada.

Vior announces the granting of 525,000 stock options at the exercise price of $0.10 per share, which is the minimal price required by the TSX Venture. Of this number, 450,000 have been granted to directors and officers of the company and 75,000 have been granted to an employee of the company. These options are valid until May 15, 2024.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has recently completed a VTEM survey over its 100%-owned Ligneris project, situated 80 kilometers north of the LaRonde mining complex and 100 kilometres northeast of the city of RouynNoranda, in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

Vior announces the beginning of a comprehensive helicopter-borne deep electromagnetic VTEM-type and magnetic survey over its wholly-owned Ligneris project situated approximately 80 kilometers north of the LaRonde mining complex and 100 kilometres northeast of the city of Rouyn-Noranda, in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

Mark Fedosiewich, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Société d’Exploration Minière Vior Inc., announces that he has directly acquired a total of 258,000 common shares of the Corporation in the secondary market.

Vior is pleased to provide a corporate update on activities and details for the fall 2018 exploration programs on the Foothills, Big Island Lake and Ligneris projects in Quebec, as well as the Tonya project in Nevada. The highlight and focus will be on the comprehensive helicopter-borne geophysical surveys to be carried out on the three Quebec projects.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has commenced an exploration drilling program consisting of 7 holes totaling 1,300 meters on rutileilmenite targets identified on its Big Island Lake project, situated 25 kilometers north of HavreSt-Pierre, in the North Shore region of Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has entered into a second option and joint venture agreement with Iluka Exploration (Canada) Ltd. ("Iluka"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iluka Resources Limited (ASX: ILU), one of the largest producers of the high-grade titanium dioxide products of rutile and synthetic rutile. Iluka has been granted an option to earn an interest in the 69 mining claims comprising the Big Island Lake rutile project, 100%-owned by Vior, which covers 3,783 hectares situated 25 kilometers north of the town of Havre-St-Pierre, in the North Shore region of Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce that a new gold zone has been intersected during the late fall 2017 drill program on the Mosseau Project. The 13-hole drill program totalling 2,907 meters targeted several induced polarization geophysical anomalies as well as the Morono ‘’M Zone’’ at depth on the Property.

Vior is pleased to announce that it has acquired through its wholly owned subsidiary, Vior Gold (USA) LLC, the Tonya Gold Project from Gold Range Company LLC. The agreement grants Vior the exclusive mineral rights to the Tonya Property, located 65 kilometers northeast of the town of Lovelock, in Pershing County, Nevada, USA. Vior has also just finalized an agreement to acquire all surface rights on the Property which will allow complete access for all future exploration, drilling and development work.

Vior today announces with great sadness, the sudden passing of its recently appointed director Mr. Gary Freeman.

La Société annonce qu’elle a le 5 janvier 2018 procédé à l’octroi de 300 000 options d’achat d’actions au prix de levée de 0,135 $ l’action, soit le prix de fermeture du 4 janvier 2018 à la Bourse de Croissance TSX. Ces options ont été octroyées à deux nouveaux administrateurs de la Société. Ces options sont valides jusqu’au 4 janvier 2023.

Vior is pleased to announce the closing of a private placement totaling 5,500,000 units at a price of $0.10 per Unit, for total gross proceeds of $550,000.

Vior is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement at which it issued 1,500,000 units (the “Units”) at a price of $0.08 per Unit, for gross proceeds to the Company of $120,000.

Vior, in partnership with ILUKA EXPLORATION (CANADA) LTD., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ILUKA RESOURCES LTD. are pleased to announce that it has commenced an exploration drilling program consisting of 4 holes totaling 1,200 metres on specific geophysical and geological targets identified on its Foothills Property, located near St-Urbain, 100 km east of Quebec City.

Vior is pleased to report the start of its first drilling program on its Mosseau property, located some 22 kilometres east of Lebel-surQuévillon, in the Abitibi region of Québec.

Mr. Claude St-Jacques, current President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SOCIÉTÉ D’EXPLORATION MINIÈRE VIOR INC. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mark Fedosiewich as the new incoming President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Vior announces the granting of 2,125,000 stock options at the exercise price of $0.10 per share, which is the minimal price required by the TSX Venture. Of this number, 1,900,000 have been granted to directors and officers of the company and 225,000 have been granted to an employee of the company. These options are valid until October 10, 2027.

Vior is pleased to announce that is has approved today an amendment to Vior’s stock option plan, rising the number of shares reserved for stock options to 3,725,926

Vior is pleased to announce the completion of an Induced Polarization survey over a series of gold-bearing parallel shear zones on its Mosseau property, located 22 kilometers east of the town of Lebelsur-Quevillon, in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

Vior is pleased to announce the closing of a private placement totaling 4,100,000 units at a price of $0.08 per Unit, for total proceeds of $328,000.

Vior announces the granting of 100,000 stock options at the exercise price of $0.10 per share, which is the minimal price required by the TSX Venture. These stock options have been granted to a director of the company. These options are valid until June 20, 2027.

Vior announces that it has received approval from the Venture Exchange (TSX-V) for the acquisition of the Mosseau project. As a result, on April 20, 2017, the Company issued the first $65,000 (360,477 shares) and made the first payments totaling $90,000 to the various sellers (for Details of the transaction, please refer to the Company's press release dated March 22, 2017). The issued shares are subject to a restriction period of 4 months and 1 day expiring on August 21, 2017.

Vior is pleased to announce the completion of a high-resolution helicopter-borne magnetic survey over a new rutile-bearing glacial block train on the Foothills Property, located near St-Urbain, 100 km east of Quebec City.

Vior is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Mosseau project which is comprised of 65 claims for 31.3 square-kilometers located 22 kilometers east of the town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

Vior announces that it has completed today the previously announced in-specie dividend distribution of an aggregate of 13,796,795 common shares of Aurvista Gold Corporation.

Vior is pleased to announce the declaration of a special in specie dividend of an aggregate of 13,796,955 common shares of Aurvista Gold Corporation or 0.45 Aurvista Share for every 1 common share of the Company held, to the holders of common shares of the Company. The Aurvista Shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “AVA”.

Vior is pleased to announce that it is has launched a newly redesigned website and corporate presentation. This website offers quick and easy access to essential information and features a more comprehensive understanding of the Company's portfolio of gold and rutile properties as well as its investment in Aurvista Gold Corp. The website also has a comprehensive investor section with updated company news and events, financial and stock information, SEDAR filings and corporate governance information.

Vior is pleased to announce the results of the 2016 summer exploration and sampling program on the Company’s wholly-owned Big Island Lake rutile project, located in the Lower North Shore region of the province of Quebec, approximately 25 kilometers north of the town of Havre-St-Pierre. The project is comprised of 84 contiguous claims representing 46.1 square-kilometers within the Havre-St-Pierre Anorthositic Complex where several massive ilmenite showings were identified. Most of the work that was carried out consisted in selected and channel sampling on the rutile showing known as the Big Island Lake showing.