TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Honey Badger Exploration Inc. (TSX-V:TUF) (“Honey Badger” or the “Company”) announces that it has completed the first tranche closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement financing for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $184,692 (the “Offering”) through the sale of 2,433,333 flow-through units (the “FT Units”) for proceeds of $146,000 and 697,858 non-flow units (the “Non-FT Units”) for proceeds of $38,692.