Appia Closes Private Placement

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 01/03/17 — Appia Energy Corp. (the "Company" or "Appia") (CSE: API) is pleased to announce that further to its news release of December 29, 2016, the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") with the sale of 1,301,000 flow-through shares ("FT Shares") at $0.18 per FT Share for proceeds of $234,180. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering for exploration and drilling on