Search Minerals Announces CEO Resignation
Search Minerals Announces CEO Resignation
St. Lewis, Newfoundland and Labrador--(Newsfile Corp. - February 3, 2026) - Search Minerals Inc.
(TSXV: SMY)
("
Search Minerals
" or the "
Company
") announces that Joseph Lanzon has resigned as
Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, effective immediately. The Board of Directors
thanks Mr. Lanzon for his dedication and his tireless devotion to moving the Company's flagship project
forward.
The Board of Directors and the Company wish Mr. Lanzon success in his future endeavors.
The Board of Directors will be undertaking a search for a new Chief Executive Officer and will provide
updates if and when necessary in accordance with applicable securities laws. Jason Macintosh, Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, will serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer until a new Chief
Executive Officer is appointed.
Matthew Anderson, Managing Director of Malaspina Consultants Inc.,
which provides accounting services to the Corporation, will serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer.
For further information about Search Minerals, please contact:
Jason Macintosh
Interim CEO
Telephone: 416-320-9296
Email:
About Search Minerals
Search Minerals is focused on exploring for and developing Critical Rare Earths Elements (CREE) as
well as transition metals Zirconium (Zr) and Hafnium (Hf) within the emerging Port Hope Simpson - St.
Lewis CREE District of South-East Labrador. The Company controls two deposits (Foxtrot and Deep
Fox), two drill ready prospects (Fox Meadow and Silver Fox) and numerous other CREE prospects,
including Fox Valley, Foxy Lady and Awesome Fox, along a 64 kilometre long belt forming a CREE
District in Labrador.
Search Minerals also controls additional CREE assets in the Red Wine CREE District of central
Labrador. These include: the drill ready Two Tom Lake CREE-Be-Nb deposit, the Mann #1 CREE-Nb-
Be prospect and Merlot CREE Prospect.
Forward-Looking Statements
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information" or "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "Forward-Looking Information") within the
meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. In certain cases, Forward-Looking Information
can be identified by the use of words and phrases or variations of such words and phrases or
statements such as "anticipate", "expect" "plan", "likely", "believe", "intend", "forecast", "project",
"estimate", "potential", "could", "may", "will", "would" or "should". Forward-Looking Information in this
news release are based on certain material assumptions and involve, known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
Search Minerals to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the Forward-Looking Information. Such risks and other factors include, those
factors discussed in Search Minerals' public filings. Although Search Minerals has attempted to
identify important factors that could affect Search Minerals and may cause actual actions, events or
results to differ materially from those described in Forward-Looking Information, there may be other
factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can
be no assurance that Forward-Looking Information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on Forward-Looking Information. For further information on these and
other risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company's business, see the Company's
Management's Discussion and Analysis filed with certain Canadian securities regulators, which are
available at
www.sedarplus.ca
. Except as required by law, Search Minerals does not assume any
obligation to release publicly any revisions to Forward-Looking Information contained in this news
release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
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