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Ximen Mining Corp. Annouces Effective Date for 5:1 Share Consolidation

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January 5, 2018, Vancouver, B.C.,– Ximen Mining Corp. (TSX-V: XIM) (the “Company” or “Ximen”) is pleased to announce that the previously disclosed proposed consolidation of the common shares of the Company on the basis of five pre-consolidation shares for one post-consolidation share (the “Consolidation”) is expected to take effect on Monday, January 8, 2018 under new CUSIP number 98420B200, subject to final acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange. There will be no name change or trading symbol change in conjunction with the Consolidation.

Letters of transmittal will be mailed to the registered holders of the Company's common shares, requesting that they forward their pre-consolidation share certificates to the Company's transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc., for exchange for new share certificates representing their common shares on a post-consolidation basis. No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Consolidation.

Following the Consolidation, the total issued and outstanding common shares of the Company will be approximately 18,723,287.

The Company also announces that it is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Zenaida (Zeny) Manalo, the Company’s CFO. Ms. Manalo was a dedicated and well respected member of the Company.  The board of directors and management are grateful for her years of service to the Company, and extend to Ms. Manalo's family and friends their sincere condolences.

The Company is in the process of identifying a replacement CFO to fill the resulting vacancy.  In the interim, the CFO duties are being handled by other members of the Company’s executive team.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

“Christopher R. Anderson”

Christopher R. Anderson,

President, CEO and Director

604 488-3900

TSX-V: XIM

Frankfurt: XIM

USA: XXMMF

About Ximen Mining Corp.

Ximen Mining Corp. owns 100 percent interest in all three of its precious metal projects. Ximen`s two Gold projects, The Gold Drop Project and Brett Gold Project are located in southern British Columbia. Ximen also owns the Treasure Mountain Silver project adjacent to the past producing Huldra Silver Mine. Ximen is a publicly listed company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol XIM, in the USA under the symbol XXMMF, and in Frankfurt, Munich, and Berlin Stock Exchanges in Germany under the symbol 1XM and WKN with the number as A1W2EG.

Forward-Looking Statement Cautions:

This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation, relating to, among other things, a contemplated consolidation of the Company’s Shares, and appointment of a new CFO. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "aims," "potential," "goal," "objective," "prospective," and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "can," "could" or "should" occur, or are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions that forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made and they involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Except to the extent required by applicable securities laws and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include the possibility that the TSX Venture Exchange will not approve the proposed share consolidation, the TSX Venture Exchange or other applicable securities regulators will not approve the proposed rights offering, and that the Company may not be able to raise sufficient additional capital to continue its business. The reader is urged to refer to the Company's reports, publicly available through the Canadian Securities Administrators' System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com for a more complete discussion of such risk factors and their potential effects.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of securities of the Company in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, including any of the securities in the United States of America. The Company’s securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration requirements is available.

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.

Ximen Mining Corp

888 Dunsmuir Street- Suite 888, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3K4    Tel: 604-488-3900