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PowerStone Metals Appoints Lead Technical Advisor and Strategic Advisor

Management Changes

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PowerStone Metals Announces Garrick Mendham as

Lead Technical Advisor and Emerging Markets Capital as Strategic Advisor

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- May 23, 2023 - PowerStone Metals Corp. (CSE: PS) (FSE: W0R)

("PowerStone" or the " Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Garrick

Mendham as lead technical advisor , and that Emerging Markets Capital (“EMC”), a mining focused

investment firm based in Hong Kong led by Jorge Ramiro Monroy, has been appointed as a strategic

advisor to the Company.

Mr. Mendham has over 35 years’ of experience in the mining industry across North America, Australia and

Asia in various roles and commodity groups with extensive knowledge of the critical metals sector. He has

worked for companies such as BHP Group Limited, Rio Tinto, Lihir Gold Limited, Bond Corporation, and

Queensland Nickel Group.

Mr. Mendham joined Hong Kong based RH Mining Resources Ltd. in 2012 and became a board member

in 2017 as Executive Director. Prior to joining RH Mining, Mr. Mendham was with a prominent Hong Kong

resources investment group and was the founding Chairman of the Australasian Institute of Mining and

Metallurgy, Hong Kong branch, and currently serves as a board director of Infinitum Copper. He received

a Bachelor of Mine Engineering from the University of New South Wales, a Graduate Diploma in Finance

from the Securities Institute of Australia, and holds Mine Manager Certificates in Australia for both New

South Wales and Western Australia.

EMC and Mr. Ramiro Monroy have founded a number of mining ventures with Asian capital doing

business in North America. Jorge is the CEO and Founder of Reyna Silver, a Toronto Venture Exchange

listed company with silver exploration projects in Mexico and the U S and currently serves as board

director of Reyna Gold, Sierra Madre Gold and Silver and Arabian Shield Resources. Mr. Ramiro

Monroy holds a Bachelor's degree from the State University of New York, an MBA in Finance from

the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Jorge is fluent in English, Hindi, Spanish and

Portuguese and has passed the level III HSK Chinese Fluency Exam.

In connection with the appointment s of Mr. Mendham and EMC, the Company issued an aggregate of

300,000 options at an exercise price of C$0.10 per underlying common share, which are exercisable for

five years from the date of issue, subject to certain vesting conditions, pursuant to the Company’s stock

option plan.

About PowerStone

PowerStone is a mineral exploration company focused on the identification and exploration of high -

quality critical metals assets, in favorable mining jurisdictions, to help meet the increasing demand of

metals required for the transition to a green economy. PowerStone is currentl y exploring the Chilton

Cobalt Property, a prospective cobalt asset located in Quebec, Canada. The Company may also evaluate

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the acquisition of other mineral exploration assets and opportunities. For more information, please

visit www.powerstonemetals.com.

Contact Information

Raymond Harari

Chief Executive Officer, PowerStone Metals Corp.

e: [email protected]

t: 507-6675-2221

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking information" as that term

is defined in applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information by its nature is based

on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause

the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any

future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or

information. We have made certain assumptions about the forward-looking statements and information.

Although PowerStone's management believes that the assumptions made and the expectations

represented by such information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that the forward -looking

information will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, should one or more of the risks, uncertainties or other

factors materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially

from t hose described in forward -looking statements or information. There can be no assurance that

forward-looking statements or information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events

could differ materially from those anticipated in such stat ements. Accordingly, readers should not place

undue reliance on the forward -looking statements or information contained herein. The Company does

not undertake to update forward‐looking statements or forward‐looking information, except as required

by law.

The Canadian Securities Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the business of the Company

and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release and accepts no responsibility

for the adequacy or accuracy hereof.

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