Metal Energy Appoint s Jason Bahnsen to Board of Directors TORONTO, ONTARIO – Fe bruary 7 th , 202 5 – Metal Energy Corp . (“ Metal Energy ” or the “Company”) ( MERG : TSXV | MEEEF
Metal Energy
Appoint
s
Jason Bahnsen to Board of
Directors
TORONTO, ONTARIO
–
Fe
bruary
7
th
, 202
5
–
Metal
Energy
Corp
. (“
Metal Energy
” or the “Company”)
(
MERG
: TSXV |
MEEEF
:
OTC)
is pleased to announce that it has appointed Jason Bahnsen to its board of
directors.
Mr Bahnsen
is the President and CEO, and a director of Happy Creek Minerals Ltd.
A
Canadian mining
engineer and corporate executive with over 30 years of experience in the global resource sector in
positions ranging from operating roles as a miner, project engineer and mine supervisor at operations
throughout Canada and overseas. He als
o spent approximately 15 years working as an investment banker
leading the origination and execution of large scale equity capital markets transactions, and mergers and
acquisitions for major resource companies globally. More recently, Mr. Bahnsen has held
roles as CEO of
Canadian and Australian listed resource companies.
Stock Option Grant
The Company
is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has approved the grant of stock options
to certain directors, officers, and consultants of the Company, allowing for the acquisition of up to, in the
aggregate, 4,575,000 shares of the Company.
3,100,000
stock options were granted to certain directors
and officers of the Company.
The options are exercisable at a price of CAD $0.0
5
per share for five (5)
years from the date of grant, vest one (1) year from the date of grant and are subject to r
egulatory policies
and approvals.
The grant of options to certain directors and officers is a "related party transaction"
under Multilateral
Instrument 61
-
101
-
Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special
Transactions ("MI 61
-
101"). The
Company relied on the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority
shareholder approval
requirements of MI 61
-
101 contained in Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI
61
-
101 in respect of related
party matters, as the Company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") and neither the fair
m
arket
value (as determined under MI 61
-
101) of the subject matter of, nor the fair market value of
the
consideration for, the transaction, insofar as it involves the related parties, exceeded 25% of the
Company's market capitalization (as determined under MI 61
-
101).
About Metal Energy
Metal Energy is a cri cal metals explora on company with two high
-
poten al projects in poli cally stable,
Canadian jurisdic ons:
Manibridge (Ni
-
Cu
-
Co
-
PGE) in Manitoba and its recently acquired Highland Valley
Project (Cu
-
Mo
-
Ag
-
Au
-
Re) in Bri sh Colum
bia.
Metal Energy Corp.
MERG on the TSXV
416.644.1567
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Certain
informa on set forth in this news release contains forward
-
looking statements or informa on ("forward
-
looking
statements"), including details about the business of the Company. By their nature, forward
-
looking statements are subject to numerous risks
and uncertain es, some of which are beyond the
Comp
any's control, including the impact of general economic condi ons,
industry condi ons, vola lity of
commodity prices, currency fluctua ons, environmental risks, opera onal risks, compe on from
other
industry par cipants, stock market vola lity. Forward
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looking statements in this press release include
statements regarding, among other things: the comple on of the Offering on the terms an cipated, or at
all, and the ming and closing thereof;
the Company's an cipated use of the proceeds of the
Offering;
Metal Energy’s business, strategy, objec ves, strengths and focus; and the performance and other
characteris cs of the Company's proper es and expected results from its assets. Such statements reflect
the current views of management of the Co
mpany with respect to future events and are subject to certain
risks, uncertain es and assump ons that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in
the forward
-
looking statements. Although the
Company believes that the expecta ons
in its forward
-
looking statements are reasonable, its forward
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looking statements have
been based on factors and
assump ons concerning future events which may prove to be inaccurate. Those factors and
assump ons
are based upon currently available informa on. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertain es and other factors that could influence actual results or events and cause actual results or
events to differ materially
from those stated, an cipated or implied in the forward
-
looking statements.
Accordingly, readers are cau oned not to place undue
reliance on the forward
-
looking statements, as no
assurance can be provided as to future results, levels of ac vity or achievements.
Risks, uncertain es,
material assump ons and other factors that could affect actual results are discussed in our public
disclosure
documents available at
www.sedarplus.ca
including the Filing Statement dated November 15,
2021. Furthermore, the forward
-
looking statements contained in this document are made as
of
the date
of this document and, except as required by applicable law, the Company does not undertake any
obliga on to publicly
update or to revise any of the included forward
-
looking statements, whether as a
result of new informa on, future events or
otherwise. The forward
-
looking statements contained in this
document are expressly qualified by this cau onary statement.