Solstice Issues Stock Options
Solstice Issues Stock Options
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, January 3, 2023 - Solstice Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGC) (“ Solstice”, “we”, “our” or the
“Company”) announces today it issued 2,700,000 stock options (each an “ Option” and collectively, the “ Options”) to
certain directors, officers, and employees of Solstice . Options are exercisable for one common share of the Company
(each, a “Common Share”) at an exercise price of $0.07 and have a five-year term. The Options vest one third immediately,
one third one year from the date of grant and one third two years from the date of grant. The Options are governed by
the Company’s Stock Option plan ratified by shareholders of the Company on December 8, 2022, at the Company’s annual
and special meeting of shareholders and are subject to the requirements of the TSX Venture Exchange. After these grants,
the Company has 16,639,999 Stock Options issued and outstanding representing 8.9% of its issued and outstanding
Common Shares. Included in the above Option grants are the following O ptions granted to directors and officers of the
Company.
Name Number of Options
Blair Schultz – Lead Independent Director 300,000
David Adamson – Non-Executive Chairman 600,000
Mike Timmins – Director and CEO 600,000
David Fischer – CFO 300,000
About Solstice Gold Corp.
Solstice is an exploration company with quality, district -scale gold projects in established mining regions of Canada. Our
194 km2 Red Lake Extension (RLX) and New Frontier projects are located at the northwestern extension of the prolific Red
Lake Camp in Ontario and approximately 45 km from the Red Lake Mine Complex owned by Evolution Mining. The
Company is funded for phase one drilling at RLX. Our newly formed 322 km2 Atikokan Gold Project is approximately 23km
from the Hammond Reef Gold Project owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited and is fully funded for a robust field program
in 2022. Our Qaiqtuq Gold Project which covers 886 km 2 with certain other rights covering an adjacent 683 km 2, hosts a
10 km2 high grade gold boulder field, is fully permitted and hosts multiple drill-ready targets. Qaiqtuq is located in Nunavut,
only 26 km from Rankin Inlet and approximately 7 km from the Meliadine Gold Mine owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited.
An extensive gold and battery metal royalty and property portfolio of over 80 assets was purchased in October 2021. Over
$2 million in value and three new royalties have been generated since the acquisition.
Solstice is committed to responsible exploration and development in the communities in which we work. For more details
on our core properties or the recently acquired royalty and property portfolio, please see visit our website at
www.solsticegold.com.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
On Behalf of Solstice Gold Corp.
Mike Timmins, Chief Executive Officer
For further information on Solstice Gold Corp., please visit our website at www.solsticegold.com or contact:
Phone: (604) 283-7234
Forward-Looking Statements and Additional Cautionary Language
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements (“FLS”) including, but not limited to the potential exercise
of the Stock Options. FLS can often be identified by forward -looking words such as “approximate or (~)”, “emerging”,
“goal”, “plan”, “intent”, “estimate”, “expects”, “potential”, “scheduled”, “may” and “will” or similar words suggesting
future outcomes or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions or statements about future
events or performance. There is also no guarantee that continued exploration at Solstice exploration projects, all of which
are at an early stage of exploration, will lead to the discovery of an economic gold deposit. In respect of the FLS, the
Company has made certain assumptions that management believes are reasonable at this time. The assumptions include
that holders of the Stock Options may exercise the Stock Options. However, there can be no assurance that such
assumptions and statements will prove to be accurate and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any FLS include, but are not limited to,
unforeseen delays related to drilling, the future impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic and government response to such
pandemic, the ability of the Company to continue exploration at its projects during the pandemic and the risk of future
lack of access to the projects as a result thereof, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required TSXV, governmental,
environmental or other project approvals, inability to locate source rocks, inflation, changes in exchange rates,
fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects, regulatory approvals and other factors. FLS are
subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results.
Potential shareholders and prospect ive investors should be aware that these statements are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested
by the FLS. Shareholders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on FLS. By their nature FLS involve numerous
assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific that contribute to the possibility that the
predictions, forecasts, projections and various future events will not occur. Solstic e undertakes no obligation to update
publicly or otherwise revise any FLS whether as a result of new information, future events or other such factors which
affect this information, except as required by law.