Ameriwest Engages Independent Trading Group to Provide Market Making Services
CSE: AWCM
OTC: AWLIF
FSE: 5HV
www.ameriwestcriticalmetals.com
Ameriwest Engages Independent Trading Group to Provide
Market Making Services
Vancouver, British Columbia – April 14, 2026 – Ameriwest Critical Metals Inc. (CSE: AWCM) (OTC: AWLIF)
(FSE: 5HV) (“Ameriwest” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into
a market making services agreement (the “Agreement”) with Independent Trading Group (ITG) Inc.
(“ITG”) dated April 14, 2026. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company has engaged ITG to provide
market-making services in accordance with Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”) policies, including
by trading securities of the Company on the CSE with the objective of maintaining a reasonable market
and improving the liquidity of the Company’s common shares.
Under the Agreement, ITG will receive compensation of $6,000 per month plus applicable taxes, payable
monthly in advance. The Agreement is for an initial term of one month and will renew for additional one-
month terms unless terminated by either party at least 30 days in advance of the next monthly term. ITG
is expected to begin providing services under the Agreement at market open on April 15, 2026. There are
no performance factors contained in the Agreement and ITG will not receive any securities of the
Company as compensation. ITG and the Company are unrelated and unaffiliated entities and, to the
Company’s knowledge, neither ITG nor any of ITG’s principals have an interest, directly or indirectly, in
the securities of the Company.
ITG’s business address is 33 Yonge Street, Suite 420, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1G4. ITG may be contacted at
[email protected] and 438-259-2141 ext. 2141.
About Independent Trading Group
Independent Trading Group (ITG) Inc. is a Toronto-based CIRO dealer-member that specializes in market
making, liquidity provision, agency execution, ultra-low latency connectivity, and bespoke algorithmic
trading solutions. Established in 1992, with a focus on market structure, execution and trading, ITG has
leveraged its own proprietary technology to deliver high-quality liquidity provision and execution services
to a broad array of public issuers and institutional investors.
About Ameriwest Critical Metals Inc.
Ameriwest is an exploration company focused on identifying and acquiring strategic critical mineral
projects for exploration and resource development. The Company is currently advancing its Bornite
copper-gold-silver property in Oregon, its Xeno rare earth property in British Columbia and its Thompson
Valley lithium clay property in Arizona. Ameriwest also owns a lithium clay property in Clayton Valley,
Nevada, and is in the process of optioning its Railroad Valley lithium brine property in Nevada to Pure
Energy Minerals Limited.
For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company’s filings available at
www.sedarplus.ca.
CSE: AWCM
OTC: AWLIF
FSE: 5HV
www.ameriwestcriticalmetals.com
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
David Watkinson
Chief Executive Officer and Director
For further information please contact:
Ameriwest Critical Metals Inc.
Tel: (416) 918-6785
Email: [email protected]
The Canadian Securities Exchange has not in any way passed upon the merits of the matters referenced
herein and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release.
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in this forward-looking information as a result of regulatory decisions, competitive factors in the industries in which the C ompany operates,
prevailing economic conditions, changes to the Company’s strategic growth plans, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the
Company. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information are reasonable, but no assu rance can be
given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking information should not be unduly relied upon. Any forward-looking
information contained in this news release represents the Company’s expectations as of the date hereof and is subject to change after such date.
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