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Powered BY Cobalt … Driven BY Demand Global Energy Metals’ Partner Marquee Resources Appoints Cobalt Experienced Toby Hughes as Chief Geologist to Focus ON Werner Lake Cobalt Project

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GLOBAL ENERGY METALS’ PARTNER MARQUEE RESOURCES

APPOINTS COBALT EXPERIENCED TOBY HUGHES AS CHIEF

GEOLOGIST TO FOCUS ON WERNER LAKE COBALT PROJECT

Vancouver, BC / TheNewswire / April 11, 2018 / Global Energy

Metals Corporation TSXV:GEMC | OTCQB:GBLEF | FSE:5GE1

(“Global Energy Metals”, the “Company” and/or "GEMC") is pleased

to announce that partner Marquee Resources Limited (“Marquee”)

(ASX:MQR) has appointed the highly experienced Mr. Toby Hughes to

its Canadian geological team. Mr Hughes will lead the exploration

program at the Werner Lake Cobalt project (“Werner Lake”) located

in Ontario, Canada, in which Marquee has an option to acquire an

interest from GEMC to earn up to 70% through project level work

expenditures totalling $2.5 million.

Mitchell Smith, President and CEO of GEMC commented on the

appointment of Toby Hughes by Marquee, “Marquee is extremely

fortunate to have retained a geologist of Mr. Hughes stature and

extensive background specific to not only cobalt but to the Werner

Lake Cobalt project given his many years of field and exploration

work on the project. We look forward to seeing great progress made

by Toby and the entire Marquee team.”

This appointment is considered to be of significance as Marquee

initiates an aggressive and meaningful exploration program to

strengthen an update the current resource estimate. Marquee has

also shortlisted a number high caliber drilling contractors and it is

anticipated that an appointment and associated announcement will

be released in the near future.

Toby N.J. Hughes, P. Geo (ON), P. Geol (NT/NU)

Mr. Hughes is a professional geologist with a career spanning over 35

years having worked globally on projects in Canada, Mongolia, China,

Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, Venezuela, Guyana, Argentina and the

United States. He is well versed in project management, structural

geology studies, mapping, evaluation, and acquisitions.  Mr. Hughes

has extensive cobalt experience including several years as project

manager at the Werner Lake project. In addition Mr. Hughes was

responsible for exploration programs within the Ontario Cobalt mining

camp, and evaluations across the Ontario and Québec Abitibi, as well

as in British Columbia.

Mr. Hughes has worked for Agnico-Eagle, focused on regional targets

and evaluations in the Cobalt Region of Ontario, as well as experience

with IOCG Au-Cu-Ni-Co targets for Phelps Dodge in the Northwest

Territories.

His experience covers grass roots to advanced stage exploration, with

senior positions including Chief Geologist, Exploration Manager and

Vice President Exploration, with expertise in precious and base metals

systems. He has extensive experience covering over 150 evaluations

for property acquisition & joint venture on  four  continents.  Mr.

Hughes has worked, and been associated with, several deposits and

discoveries including, Glimmer, Harker-Holloway East, Joutel West,

Damoti Lake and Meadowbank.

Marquee Managing Director, Mr. Charles Thomas stated, “We are

pleased to welcome Mr. Hughes to the Marquee team. Mr Hughes has

previously been heavily involved in the Werner Lake project, so for

Marquee to attract someone of the caliber of Toby to the team with

local on ground knowledge of the project is a significant coup.”

“We’re excited as we tick another box with Toby’s appointment and

now move closer to embarking on the aggressive exploration program

at Werner Lake”

The Werner Lake project, which abuts First Cobalt Corporation’s

western Ontario cobalt assets, will now be the focus of a $2.5 million

exploration program f u n d e d s o l e l y b y M a r q u e e . M a r q u e e ’ s p r i o r i t y

will be to identify and delineate additional high-grade cobalt

mineralisation at Werner Lake.

Werner Lake Cobalt Project

The Werner Lake Cobalt Mine operated in the 1940s as a high-grade

source of cobalt.  Since that time, the project was taken back to

mine decision by Canmine Resources.   Canmine Resources completed

a significant amount of work on the project including; helicopter-

borne geophysics, approximately 22,860 m of diamond drilling over

numerous campaigns, several resource calculation and approximately

258 m of underground ramping, drifting and raising into the West

Cobalt Deposit.  They also completed a 10,000 tonne bulk sample and

metallurgical bench test milling and chemical analysis on the

mineralised material.  Canmine Resources also completed several

preliminary feasibility studies and economic modeling and were in the

process of completing a definitive feasibility study when they filed for

bankruptcy.  Additional work was completed in 2009-2010 by Puget

Ventures and all this work formed the basis for the recent NI 43-101

resource report issued by GEMC (see press release September 6,

2017).  A work program including diamond drilling (+3,500 m), to

further upgrade resource categories and extend the mineralised

envelope, as well as additional metallurgical work and underground

chip sampling has been recommended.  The mineralised zones remain

open in all directions.

Qualified Person

Mr. Paul Sarjeant, P . Geo., the Company’s VP Projects and Director, is

the qualified person for this release as defined by National Instrument

43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and has reviewed

and verified the technical information contained herein.

Global Energy Metals Corporation

(TSXV:GEMC | OTCQB:GBLEF | FSE:5GE1)

Global Energy Metals is focused on offering security of supply of

cobalt, a critical material to the growing rechargeable battery

market, by building a diversified global portfolio of cobalt assets

including project stakes, projects and other supply sources. GEMC

anticipates growing its business by acquiring project stakes in battery

metals related projects with key strategic partners. Global Energy

Metals currently owns and is advancing the Werner Lake Cobalt Mine

in Ontario, Canada and has entered into an agreement to earn-in to

the Millennium Cobalt Project in Mt. Isa, Australia.

For Further Information:

Global Energy Metals Corporation

#1501-128 West Pender Street

Vancouver, BC, V6B 1R8

Email: [email protected]

t. + 1 (604) 688-4219 extensions 236/237

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