Sunday, September 20, 2026
MiningNewsTerminal
Sunday, September 20, 2026 Admin

EMPS.CN ·

Emp Metals Enters into an Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement

Mergers & Acquisitions

Tel: 604-689-7422 208A - 980 West 1st Street, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3N4

EMP METALS ENTERS INTO AN ASSET PURCHASE AND SALE

AGREEMENT

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 1, 2023 – EMP Metals Corp. (CSE: EMPS) (OTCQB: EMPPF)

(“EMP Metals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce subsidiary company Hub City Lithium

Corp. (“HCL”) has entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “PSA”) with Grounded Lithium

Corp. (“GLC”) to sell 33 sections (8,498 hectares) of undeveloped land in the Kindersley area (the

“Assets”).

Total consideration for the purchase of the Assets is $425,000 comprised of cash consideration

of $175,000 and the issuance of $250,000 of GLC common shares (“Shares”) based on the 10-day

volume weighted average trading price of the Shares as of the date hereof, the number of Shares

issued as consideration would equal 945,500 common shares or 1.4% of GLC’s current

outstanding common shares. The Shares issued will be subject to a contractual escrow to be

released in equal 1/3rd tranches on the 4, 8, and 12-month anniversaries from the closing of the

PSA (the “Closing”).

The Closing is expected to occur on or around March 15, 2023, subject to certain conditions

precedent.

Joint Venture

EMP Metals and ROK Resources Inc. (“ROK”)(TSXV: ROK) jointly own HCL, holder of 37 permits

totaling 212,633 net acres (86,050 hectares) of Subsurface Crown Mineral Dispositions in

Saskatchewan. EMP Metals has a seventy-five (75%) percent interest in HCL, with the balance

owned by ROK.

About EMP Metals

EMP Metals is a Canadian-based exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration

of mineral projects with significant development potential. Its current portfolio of lithium brine

properties, in partnership with ROK Resources Inc., consists of 37 permits totaling 212,633 acres

(86,050 hectares) of Subsurface Crown Mineral Dispositions in the Williston basin of Southern

Saskatchewan.

For further information: please see Company's website at www.empmetals.com or contact: Rob

Gamley, President & CEO, Phone: 604-689-7422, Email: [email protected]

Forward-Looking Statements

Tel: 604-689-7422 208A - 980 West 1st Street, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3N4

Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on

assumptions as of the date of this news release. These statements reflect management's current

estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations. They are not guarantees of future performance.

EMP Metals cautions that all forward -looking statements are inherently uncertain, and that

actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, many of which are beyond

EMP Metals' control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to

EMP Metals' limited operating history, ability to obtain sufficient financing to carry out it s

exploration and development objectives on its mineral properties, obtaining the necessary

permits to carry out its activities and the need to comply with environmental and governmental

regulations. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and r esults may differ materially

from the estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward -

looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, EMP Metals

undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.

The Canadian Securities Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information

contained herein and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news

release.