VANCOUVER, Sept. 15, 2016 /CNW/ – Wealth Minerals Ltd. (the “Company” or “Wealth”) – (TSXV: WML; OTCQB: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL; Frankfurt: EJZ), is pleased to announce that it received TSX Venture Exchange acceptance to close the non-brokered private placement announced onSeptember 9, 2016 (“Placement”), and the Placement closed on September 14, 2016. The Company also announces that it has entered into a formal option agreement giving it the right to acquire the Quisco Project within the Quisquiro Salar (see NR16-18, July 29, 2016) and has closed the option agreement with respect to the Jesse Creek Property, B.C. (see NR16-20,August 10, 2016), both upon the previously announced terms.