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Far Resources and Partners Provide Update on VAB Controller© Testing and Our Response to the Coronavirus.

Corporate Updates

March 19, 2020

Far Resources and Partners Provide Update on VAB Controller© Testing and Our

Response to the Coronavirus.

VANCOUVER, CANADA – Far Resources Ltd (CSE:FAT) (FSE:F0R) (OTC:FRRSF) and partners

BattMat USA Corp. (BMUSA) and Electric Blue Power (EBP) would like to provide an update on testing

operations of its Vehicle Automated Battery/Block Controller and Monitoring System (VAB controller©)

and on the effects of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic on the company’s current activities.

Our Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

At Far, our focus is, first and foremost, on our employees’ safety, and on keeping our operations running

effectively and safely in order to deliver results to our shareholders. The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak

has been classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a pandemic, and it continues to spread

quickly across the globe. We are carefully monitoring the evolution of Coronavirus on a daily basis, and

we are aligning our activities with recommendations from WHO and local governments to do our part in

minimizing its spread.

Toby Mayo, President of Far, stated: “All staff, where possible, are now working from home. We are

holding all internal meetings by video conference and we have restricted business travel outside our

country of residence. We have implemented an employee self-monitoring plan within our work places,

and asked our teams to practice social distancing. We have also adopted proactive measures for any

member of our team who may feel ill or may be otherwise at risk. We are confident of being able to

continue business as usual at this time.”

Our international team has collaborated effectively while working remotely for some time and we are

equipped to do so on a long-term basis.

VAB Controller© Moves from High Altitude to Highway Testing

After this successful phase of testing at altitude, subsequent phases will continue, including additional

cold weather testing, highway testing, and the introduction of the VAB Controller© to potential teaming

partners.

Our partner EBP, under the expert direction of its CTO, Lee Wheelbarger, has now successfully

conducted cold weather testing and field operations of the VAB Controller© on Tug Hill, adjacent to

Whiteface Mountain, New York, including data collection on field test vehicles (see press release dated

March 2, 2020). Additional cold weather testing will continue in a controlled environment where specific

temperatures are required. This critical data will be analysed and integrated as part of the VAB

Controller© to best meet the functionality requirements of end users.

Lee Wheelbarger, CTO of EBP, commented: “Not only has this testing program provided critical data for

the development of the VAB Controller©, but through the invaluable cooperation of the Turin Ridge Riders

and the New York State Snowmobile Association, we have also been able to improve the safety and

information technology used by members in connection with snow trails grooming operations.”

EBP is prepared to next undertake cross country testing on a variety of different vehicles on its planned

trip from the East Coast of the United States to the West Coast (and return). This will provide the

opportunity to not only further test the system but to interface with potential teaming partners to

incorporate customer requirements into the design in the design phase, and permit the VAB Controller©

to be customized to the needs of specific users and thus increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of

the development phase.

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For and on behalf of the Board

Toby Mayo

President and CEO

About Far

Far Resources Ltd. is a Canadian battery and technology metals exploration and development company

with lithium exploration projects in Canada and the USA. In Canada, Far is advancing its Zoro Lithium

Project, located in the mining-friendly Snow Lake region of Manitoba. Zoro covers numerous known

lithium pegmatite dykes and hosts the company’s 1.1 million tonne resource (0.93% Li2O at a 0.3%

cutoff), plus an additional fifty targets. The company also holds a 60% stake in the Hidden Lake Lithium

Project in Northwest Territories. In the USA, the company owns the Winston Project in New Mexico, a

historic mining property with potential for bonanza-grade silver and gold.

More information is available at Far’s website: www.farresources.com.

About BattMat USA Corp.

BattMat USA Corp. is dedicated to capitalizing on the advancement of battery-focused technologies and

applications, including systems for distributed power, marine power and energy storage.

About Electric Blue Power

Electric Blue Power, LLC operates the all-electric vessel Electric Blue Yacht and is developing the VAB

Controller® and other related designs of inventor Lee Wheelbarger. You can read more about EBP

at www.electricbluepower.com.

Information Contact

L. Frank Anderson, Director

Far Resources Ltd.

+1 (604) 253-3444

The Canadian Securities Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news

release and accepts no responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy hereof.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release may contain forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future

performance, including planned exploration, and reflect management’s current expectations and

assumptions. Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on

assumptions made by and information currently available to the company. Readers are cautioned that

these forward looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risks and

uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. All of the forward-

looking statements made in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements and those in

our continuous disclosure filings available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. These forward-looking

statements are made as of the date hereof and the company does not assume any obligation to update or

revise them to reflect new events or circumstances save as required under applicable securities

legislation. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell securities and the company is not

soliciting an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be

unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.