Leading Edge Materials Announces Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
NEWS RELEASE April 28, 2026
LEADING EDGE MATERIALS CORP.
14th Floor 1040 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 4H1
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TSX.V: LEM | Nasdaq First North: LEMSE | OTCQB: LEMIF | FRA: 7FL
TSX.V: LEM | Nasdaq First North: LEMSE | OTCQB: LEMIF
LEADING EDGE MATERIALS ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Vancouver, April 28, 2026 – Leading Edge Materials Corp. (“Leading Edge Materials” or the
“Company”) (TSXV: LEM) (Nasdaq First North: LEMSE) (OTCQB: LEMIF) (FRA: 7FL) announces the
results of the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on April 23, 2026 (the
“Meeting”).
A total of 102,790,432 common shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting,
representing 40.70% of the votes attached to all outstanding common shares of the Company as at
the record date. All the matters submitted to the shareholders, as set out in the Notice of Meeting
and Information Circular dated March 19, 2026, were voted in favour, including: (a) fixing the size of
the Board of the Company to three; (b) the approval of the stock options plan, pursuant to which
the Company may grant stock options up to 10% of its issued and outstanding common shares at
the time of grant; and (c) the appointment of D&H Group LLP, Chartered Professional Accounts, as
the auditors of the Company for the ensuing year.
Messrs. Lars-Eric Johansson, Daniel Major and Eric Krafft were re-elected to serve as directors of the
Company, with the percentage of votes cast for each director as follows:
Nominee Votes For % For Votes
Withheld % Withheld
Lars-Eric Johansson 102,626,965 99.84 163,467 0.16
Daniel Major 102,780,897 99.99 9,535 0.01
Eric Krafft 102,629,192 99.84 161,240 0.16
Additional details of the results of the Meeting are provided in the Report of Voting Results filed
under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.com
The Company also announces granting of stock options (the “Options”) to directors and officers of
the Company to purchase an aggregate of 7,200,000 common shares (the “Optioned Shares”) of the
Company, at exercise price of C$0.31 per Optioned Share, expiring on the date that is 5 years from
the date of grant for directors and officers and three years from the date of grant for consultants.
The Options will vest 33% on the date of the grant, 33% one year after the date of grant and 34%
two years after the date of grant. The Options were issued pursuant to the terms of the Company’s
Option Plan.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Leading Edge Materials Corp.
Kurt Budge, CEO
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For further information, please contact the Company at:
www.leadingedgematerials.com
Corporate Head Office (Vancouver, Canada): 778-686-5357
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About Leading Edge Materials
Leading Edge Materials is a Canadian public company focused on developing a portfolio of critical
raw material projects located in the European Union. Critical raw materials are determined as such
by the European Union based on their economic importance and supply risk. They are directly linked
to high growth technologies such as batteries for electromobility and energy storage, permanent
magnets for electric motors and wind power, and defense applications. The portfolio of projects
includes the 100% owned Woxna Graphite mine (Sweden), 100% owned Norra Karr Heavy Rare Earth
Elements project (Sweden) and the 51% owned Bihor Sud Nickel Cobalt exploration alliance
(Romania).
Additional Information
The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact person set out
above, on April 28, 2026, at 9:30 am Vancouver time.
Leading Edge Materials is listed on the TSXV under the symbol “LEM”, OTCQB under the symbol
“LEMIF” and Nasdaq First North Stockholm under the symbol “LEMSE”. Svensk
Kapitalmarknadsgranskning (“SKMG”) is the Company’s Certified Adviser for the Nasdaq First North
Growth Market (Stockholm) and may be contacted via email [email protected] or by phone +46 (0)8 913
008.
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