Lion One Appoints John Robinson to Board of Directors

LION ONE E APPOINT TS JOHN ROBINSON TO BOARD D OF DIREC CTORS

North Vancouver, BC, April 11, 201

17. Lion One Metals Limit

ted (TSX-V: LIO) (ASX: LLO O) (OTCQX: LO OMLF)

(the “Com

of Mr. John F as an independent mpany”) is pleased to ann nounce the appointment o F. Robinson a member o of Lion One’s Board of Dire ectors and Au udit Committe ee.

ax Partner with Mr. Rob binson’s care eer as a CPA, CA includes ove er 23 year rs as a Ta mergers and acquisitions Pricewate erhouseCoope ers in Vanc couver, wher re he speci ialized in m s and internatio onal tax planning with a f focus on the e natural reso ource sector.

. Mr. Robinso on was the s senior represent tative for the e BC Region on the firm’s National Q Quality and Risk Manage ement Comm mittee, providing operational oversight fo or PwC tax partners. He a also served o on PwC’s Canadian Innov vation Committe ee, focused on developing new busines ss channels fo or the firm. M Mr. Robinson continues to serve s CEO with a Vancouver-based PwC clien nts in a cons sulting role and serves in a leadership p position as ce degree from the financial institution, Tr ruvera Trust C Corporation. John earned his Bachelor r of Commerc tered Professional University y of British C Columbia and d spent many y years teach hing tax courses to Chart Accountants of BC stud dents.

binson has led and assiste ed on a number of high p Specific to

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acquisitions as well as ead service provider to a number of m large international s being the le medium and l s high profile initial mining co ompanies. Outside of the m mining sector r, Mr. Robinso on has directe ed numerous public offerings for Can nadian corporations and h has also acted d as lead acqu uisition strate egist for vario ous US corporatio ons investing in Canada.

Lion One CEO Walter Berukoff com mmented “W We welcome John Robinso on to the Co ompany’s Boa ard of Directors.

n the international . John brings exceptional k knowledge an nd experience e in taxation a and finance in mining ind dustry. He will be an invalu uable membe er of our Lion n One team.”

ctors on the Audit The Comp pany now has five Directo ors on its Boa ard, including g three indep pendent direc Puil, and John Robinson, and two non-independent members, Committe ee, Richard M Meli, Kevin P , CEO Walter Be erukoff and M Managing Dire ector Stephen n Mann.

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