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Rover Appoints Gunnar Pedersen as Director

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ROVER APPOINTS GUNNAR PEDERSEN AS DIRECTOR

Vancouver, British Columbia – (March 11, 2024) – Rover Critical Minerals Corp. (TSXV: ROVR) (OTCQB:

ROVMF) (FSE:4XO) (“Rover” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gunnar Pedersen

to the Company’s Board of Directors. Salim Tharani has tendered his resignation as Director to accommodate the

appointment of Mr. Pedersen. The Board of Directors of the Company wish to thank Mr. Tharani for his services.

Mr. Tharani will be retained as a consultant to the Company on an as-needed basis.

Gunnar Pedersen, Director

Mr. Pedersen holds a Graduate degree in Financial Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and is a

CFA charter holder. He has absolute return investing and portfolio management experience since 1996, specializing

in thematic global macro investing, fixed income and FX. His more recent research interests include socially

responsible investments, the battery materials valu e chain, and renewable / traditional energy. During his career,

Mr. Pedersen has co -founded and founded two absolute return focuse d investment funds. Currently he is self

employed at his firm Asymmetric Asset Management, where he focuses on portfolio management and thematic

investing, consultancy engagements and directorships. Pursuant to Mr. Pedersen’s appointment as Director, he has

been granted 500,000 incentive stock options from Rover’s rolling 10% stock option plan. The stock options have

an exercise price of $0.05 and a useful life of four years.

Judson Culter, CEO at Rover, states “Appointing Gunnar to our Board of Directors is part of our one -two punch

strategy of bolstering our ranks. Gunnar joins Paddy Moylan as a new incoming Director. Both Gunnar and Paddy

manage family offices that are focussed on critical minerals resource investing.”

Paddy Moylan, Rover’s President commen ts “Gunnar’s appointment continues our laser like focus on critical

minerals. The team are working really hard. I look forward to positive news flow hitting the market. Gunnar will

be a great help with his fund involvement and connections. Stay tuned!”

About Rover Critical Minerals

Rover is a publicly traded junior mining company that trades on the TSXV under symbol ROVR, on the OTCQB

under symbol ROVMF, and on the FSE under symbol 4XO. The Company has a diverse portfolio of mining

resource development projects with varying exploration timelines. Its critical mineral projects include lithium, zinc,

and copper. Its precious metals projects include gold and silver. The Company is exclusive to the mining

jurisdictions of the U.S. and Canada.

You can follow Rover on its social media channels:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rovermetals

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rover-critical-minerals/mycompany/?viewAsMember=true

for daily company updates and industry news, and

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJsHsfag1GFyp4aLW5Ye-YQ?view_as=subscriber

for corporate videos.

Website: https://www.rovercriticalminerals.com/

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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Judson Culter”

Chief Executive Officer and Director

For further information, please contact:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +1 (778) 754-2617

Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains statements that constitute "forward -looking statements." Such forward-looking

statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause Rover's actual results,

performance, achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results,

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statements prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in

such statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward -looking statements. Any

factor could cause actual results to differ materially from Rover’s expectations. Rover undertakes no obligation to

update these forward -looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates, opinions, or other

factors, should change.

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THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS NEWS RELEASE AND,

ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE

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THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO, IT

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