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American Tungsten Corp. Announces New CEO, Ali Haji

Management Changes

American Tungsten Corp. Announces New CEO, Ali Haji

Vancouver, BC, April 14, 2025 – American Tungsten Corp. (CSE:TUNG) (OTCQB:DEMRF)

(FSE:RK9) (“American Tungsten” or the “Company”) today announces that Ali Haji has been

appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Murray Nye will assume the role of President, where he will

continue to provide strategic guidance, advisory support, and leadership to the technical team as

the Company continues to accelerate its long -term vision and advancing its flagship tungsten

project, the IMA Mine.

Mr. Haji brings over 20 years of metals and mining, investment management, publicly -listed

capital markets experience, wherein he has served a variety of senior leadership roles . Mr. Haji

serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director of ION Energy Ltd. (TSXV: ION) where he has

led the company in advancing a portfolio of lithium assets, raising capital, and executing on a

variety of transformative M&A initiatives. Mr. Haji is a sitting board member of a number of listed

entities as well as an advisor to various public and private mining companies. Mr. Haji also held

a variety of senior roles at Invesco Ltd.

“The team at American Tungsten under Murray’s leadership has done a tremendous job of securing

and seeing the potential of the IMA mine, a past producer of the increasingly critical metal that is

Tungsten. I am honored to join the company and to lead American Tungsten alongside Mur ray.

Together, we are committed to unlocking value at IMA and advancing the Company’s vision of

positioning American Tungsten to bring domestic tungsten production online,” said Ali Haji.

“It’s been a privilege to lead American Tungsten through this period of exciting change, and I look

forward to continue working with our operations and technical team” said Murray Nye, President

of American Tungsten. “I’m confident in Ali’s leadership and track record, and I’m excited to be

working alongside him as we continue to execute on our Company’s important mission of bringing

tungsten production back onto North American soil.”

ABOUT AMERICAN TUNGSTEN CORP.

American Tungsten Corp. (previously Demesne Resources Inc.) is a Canadian -based company

involved in the acquisition and exploration of magnetite mineral properties. The Company's Star

Project consists of five contiguous mineral titles covering an area of approximately 4,615.75

hectares located in the Skeena Mining Division, British Co lumbia, Canada. The Company has

entered into an option agreement pursuant to which it is entitled to earn an undivided 100% interest

in the Star Project. American Tungsten has also entered into an option agreement, pursuant to

which it can acquire a 100% interest (subject to a 2% royalty) in and to the IMA Mine Project, a

past producing underground tungsten mine situated on 21 patented claims located in East Central,

Idaho, United States. In addition, the Company has acquired surrounding mining rights at its IMA

Mine Project through the staking of 113 WMO federal lode mining claims covering an area of

1,988.6 acres (804.75ha).

Social media links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/americantungstencorp/

X: https://x.com/amtungsten

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americantungstencorp/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americantungstencorp/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@americantungstencorp

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Ali Haji

Chief Executive Officer

Murray Nye

President

1055 West Georgia Street, Suite 1500

Vancouver, BC V6E 0B6

Canada

For further information, please contact:

Ali Haji, Chief Executive Officer

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +1 (647) 871-4571

CSE:TUNG

OTCQB:DEMRF

FSE:RK9

The Canadian Securities Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of

this release and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.

This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward -looking

statements”. All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, that

address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward -looking

statements. Forward -looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are

generally, but not always, identified by the words “believes”, “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”,

“intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or

conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although the Company believes

the expectations expressed in su ch forward- looking statements are based on reasonable

assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may

differ materially from those in the forward -looking statements. Forward looking statements in

this news release include statements respecting: (i) the IMA Mine Project and the mineral

prospects thereon, (ii) the Company's performance of its obligations under the Option

Agreement, and the exercise of the option thereunder, and (iii) the Company's planned activities

on the IMA Mine Project. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from

those in forward-looking statements include the receipt of regulatory approvals, market prices,

continued availability of capital and financing, and general e conomic, market or business

conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future

performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in

the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates

and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made. Except as

required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these

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

other factors, should change.