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Nouveau Monde Updates Mineral Resource Estimate for Its West Zone Deposit, Matawinie Graphite Property

MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – March 2, 2017) – Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NOU)(OTCQB:NMGRF)(FRANKFURT:NM9) (“Nouveau Monde” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce the results of an updated pit-constrained Mineral Resource Estimate (the “Current Resource”) concerning the West Zone Deposit, located on the Tony claim Block, part of its Matawinie graphite Property. The Current Resource is summarized in Table 1 below and is compared to the pit-constrained Mineral Resource Estimate (the “Previous Resource”) included in the Preliminary Economic Assessment report press released on June 22, 2016.