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Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 7, 2026 – Beyond Minerals Inc. (formerly Beyond Lithium Inc.) (the “Company” or “Beyond Minerals”) (CSE:BY) (OTCQB: BYDMF) is pleased to announce it has made the final payments under its mineral property option agreement with Bounty Gold Corp. (the “Optionor”) dated March 30, 2023, as amended (the “Option Agreement”), to acquire a 100% undivided interest in the Ear Falls spodumene-bearing pegmatite exploration project, located near the town of Ear Falls, in the province of Ontario (the “Ear Falls Project”). The final payments made to the Optionor under the Option Agreement consisted of 78,800 common shares of the Company and C$29,500 in cash (the “Final Payments”).
The Final Payments earn the Company a 100% interest in the Ear Falls Project, subject to a 2.0% net smelter return royalty, one-half of which may be repurchased by the Company for $1,200,000 to reduce such royalty to a 1.0% net smelter return royalty. In addition, the Company shall pay the Optionor a $1-milion milestone payment, payable in cash or shares at the option of the Company, for each initial mineral resource estimate filed by the Company in respect of a deposit comprising part of the Ear Falls Project that discloses a deposit or orebody exceeding 5,000,000 metric tonnes with an average grade equal to 1.0% Li2O or greater.
Amended Offering Document