Hawthorn Resources Appoints New Director

CSE: HWTN

Not for distribution to United States newswire services or for release publication, distribution or dissemination directly, or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States. Hawthorn Resources Appoints New Director

Vancouver, Canada, April 3, 2023 – Hawthorn Resources Corp. (CSE: HWTN) (the “Company” or “Hawthorn”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kevin Brewer, P. Geo., as a new director to Hawthorn.

“Mr. Brewer’s experience with silver exploration will be an asset to Hawthorn. Based in Cancun, Mexico, Kevin’s local network gives him access to a pipeline of projects and people”, Daniel Joyce, President & CEO.

Kevin Brewer, is a registered professional geoscientist with over 30 years of progressive managerial positions and extensive exposure to all aspects of exploration, project management, environment management and mine engineering. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of CMC Metals Ltd., a growth stage company focused on the exploration of precious and base metals in Canada.

He is also the founder and Chief Geologist of 39627 Yukon Inc. (an exploration management company), and is currently a Company Advisor to Lionheart Exploration Ltd. He has also recently been the former General Manager of Largo Resources Ltd. (2008-2015) and managed exploration operations for Castillian Resources Corp., Yukoterre Resources Inc., Cash Minerals Ltd. and Sourdough Resources Inc. He holds degrees of Bachelor of Science (Honours), Masters of Business and Administration, and a Diploma of Mine Engineering.

The Company also announces that Geoffrey Schellenberg has resigned as VP Projects and Director of the Company. The Board would like to thank him for his contributions and wishes him all the best in his future endeavours.

About Hawthorn Resources

Hawthorn Resources (CSE: HWTN) is focused on evaluating silver projects in North America and Mexico. For further information, please refer to the Company’s disclosure record on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Daniel Joyce, Director, President and CEO

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