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Intrepid Metals Closes Leocor Private Placement Financing

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INTREPID METALS CLOSES LEOCOR PRIVATE PLACEMENT FINANCING

NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR THROUGH U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES

January 8, 2024 (TSXV:INTR) (OTCQB: IMTCF)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Intrepid Metals Corp. (TSXV:INTR) (OTCQB: IMTCF)

(“Intrepid” or the “Company”) announces that on January 5, 2024 it closed $3.23 million in proceeds

from its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “ Offering”). The initial closing

included $3 million in proceeds from Leocor Gold Inc. (CSE: LECR) (“ Leocor”). Prior to closing of the

Offering, on January 4, 2024 the Company completed a consolidation of its common shares on the basis

of one post -consolidation common share for every two pre -consolidation common shares (the

“Consolidation”).

The Offering consisted of:

1. The issuance of 7,276,470 units (the “ Units”), with each Unit consisting of one post -

Consolidation common share and one common share purchase warrant (each a “ Warrant”) at

a price of $0.34 (post -Consolidation) per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $ 2.474million.

Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one additional common share at a price of

$0.40 (post-Consolidation) until January 5, 2026.

2. The issuance of 2,223,529 pre-funded special warrants units at a price of $0.34 (post -

Consolidation) per Special Warrant for aggregate gross proceeds of $0.756 million. Each Special

Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to acquire one Unit, for no additional consideration but

subject to an exercise limitation such that Leocor may not exercise if it would result in them

having beneficial ownership over common shares in excess of 19.9%, for a period of five years

from the closing date of the Offering.

All securities issued in the Offering are subject to a statutory hold period that expires on May 6, 2024.

As part of the transaction, Leocor had the right to nominate two directors to the Board of Directors of

the Company and it has nominated Mr. Alex Klenman and Mr. Brian Shin.

Mr. Klenman brings over three decades of both public and private sector business development, finance,

marketing, branding, media, and corporate communications experience as CEO of Leocor. After a

decade in private sector media related positions, which included notable board positions with CKVU

Television and Canwest Pacific Television in Vancouver, he began his career in the public markets in

the late 1990s serving in business development and communications roles for publicly listed Internet

and tech companies. Over the past decade Mr. Klenman has held senior management, consulting roles,

and board positions with multiple TSX Venture and CSE listed companies. As a consultant he worked

closely with well known public resource companies such as Roxgold, Integra Gold, and Forum Uranium,

and currently he holds board and senior management positions with several publicly traded resource

companies, including Azincourt Energy, Tisdale Clean Energy Corp, Arbor Metals Corp, and Manning

Ventures.

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Mr. Shin specializes in providing financial reporting, corporate finance, auditing, corporate strategy, risk

management and other accounting and consulting services to both public and private companies in

various industries. Mr. Shin holds the professional designation of chartered professional accountant

(CPA) in British Columbia. Mr. Shin worked as a consultant, focusing on developing corporate strategy

for mid- to large-sized companies, as well as risk management for first-tier financial companies in South

Korea. Additionally, he served as an auditor, conducting audits for internationally funded companies in

Hong Kong. Currently, Mr. Shin holds the position of CFO for several public and private companies in

Canada. Mr. Shin boasts extensive experience span ning approximately 15 years, serving in roles

ranging from consultant to auditor, controller, and CFO. His expertise encompasses diverse industries

across multiple countries, including Canada, Hong Kong, and South Korea, working with both publicly

traded and private corporations.

Intrepid is concurrently conduct ing an additional non-brokered private placement (the “ Secondary

Offering”) consisting of up to 5,205,883 units (the “ Secondary Units”), with each Secondary Unit

consisting of one post-Consolidation common share and one common share purchase warrant (each a

“Secondary Warrant”) at a price of $0.34 (post-Consolidation) per Secondary Unit for aggregate gross

proceeds of up to $1.77 million. Each Secondary Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to acquire one

additional common share at a price of $0.40 (post-Consolidation) for a period of twenty-four (24) months

from the closing date of the Secondary Offering. Intrepid intends to close the Secondary Offering in

January 2024.

The net proceeds of the Offering and Secondary Offering will be used for exploration and development

expenditures on the Company’s mineral properties , investor relations activities and general working

capital. Intrepid has agreed that no less than $2,800,000 from the Offering will be utilized for the

exploration and development of its mineral properties located in Cochise County, Arizona.

The Company has also appointed Mr. Leonard Karr, a representative of Mining and Mineral Opportunity

Ltd. to the Board of Directors.

With over four decades of exploration and mining experience spanning five continents, Leonard “L.J.”

Karr commenced his career as a Junior Geologist with Derry, Michener and Booth in 1979. Progressing

through roles as a miner, mine geologist, Chief Mine G eologist at the London Mine, and Project

Geologist at Lihir for Kennecott, Mr. Karr subsequently served as a consultant for various companies,

including Placer Dome and Orvana Resources.

He has also worked as a project manager/geologist and VP of Exploration for several junior companies

in Latin America, China and Africa. While the preponderance of his experience is gold related, Mr.

Karr’s extensive portfolio also includes silver, base metal, uranium, and industrial mineral projects and

as a geosteering engineer in Texas. His exploration experience covers the spectrum from mine site to

regional scale programs. Mr. Karr has an M.Sc. in Geology from Colorado State University and a B.Sc.

in Geological Engineering from Michigan Technological University. He is a Certified Professional

Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists and a Qualified Person under NI 43 -

101. Until last year, he was the President of the Denver Regional Exploration Geologists’ Society.

As a result of the appointment of the new directors, Mr. Anthony Taylor and Ms. Colleen Roche ha ve

stepped down from the Board of Directors of the Company and have taken positions on the Company’s

Advisory Board. The Company appreciates the contributions of Mr. Taylor and Ms. Roche to its

development and looks forward to their continued guidance as Advisory Board members.

This news release does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The

securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States

Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such securities may not be offered or sold within the

United States absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from U.S. registration

requirements.

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About Intrepid Metals Corp.

Intrepid Metals Corp. is a Canadian company focused on exploring for high-grade essential metals such

as copper, silver, lead, and zinc mineral projects in proximity to established mining jurisdictions in

southeastern Arizona, USA. The Company has acquired or has agreements to acquire several drill

ready projects, including the Corral Copper Project (a district scale advanced exploration and

development opportunity with significant shallow historical drill results ), the Tombstone South Project

(within the historical Tombstone mining district with geological similarities to the Taylor Deposit, which

was purchased for $1.3B in 2018) both of which are located in Cochise County, Arizona and the Mesa

Well Project (located in the Laramide Copper Porphyry B elt in Arizona ). Intrepid has assembled an

exceptional team with considerable experience with exploration, developing, and permitting new

projects within North America. Intrepid is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) under the symbol

“INTR” and on the OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol “IMTCF”. For more information, visit

www.intrepidmetals.com.

INTREPID METALS CORP.

On behalf of the Company

“Ken Brophy”

CEO

For further information regarding this news release, please contact:

Ken Brophy

CEO

604-681-8030

[email protected]

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements contained in this release constitute forward -looking information within the meaning of

applicable Canadian securities laws. Such forward -looking statements relate the completion of the Secondary

Offering; the number of securities to be issued under the Secondary Offering and the gross proceeds received;

the timing of the closing of the Secondary Offering; the payment of any finder’s fees and the form thereof; and the

use of net proceeds from the Offering and Secondary Offering.

In certain cases, forward -looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects",

"budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "believes", or variations of such words

and phrases or state that c ertain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "occur" or "be

achieved" suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions

or statements about future events or performance. Forward -looking information contained in this news release is

based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the Company can raise additional

financing to continue operations; and the timing of closing the Offering. While the Company conside rs these

assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect.

Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause

the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results,

performance or achievements exp ressed or implied by the forward -looking information. The forward -looking

information is made as of the date of this news release. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the

Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of

the TSX Venture Exchange) has reviewed or accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.