Currie Rose Provides Update on Previously Announced Acquisition of Kotai Energy and its Hydrogen Project
Currie Rose Provides Update on Previously
Announced Acquisition of Kotai Energy and its
Hydrogen Project
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 15, 2023) - Currie Rose Resources Inc. (TSXV: CUI) ("
Currie
Rose
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to provide an update, further to its
news release dated March 23,
2023
(the "
Initial News Release
"), on its previously announced acquisition of WA Hydrogen Pty Ltd.
("
Kotai Energy
") to take place pursuant to a share exchange agreement (the "
Share Exchange
Agreement
") dated March 21, 2023 with and the shareholders of Kotai Energy (the "
Transaction
").
Currie Rose announces, on April 26, 2023, the TSX Venture Exchange (the "
TSXV
") provided its
conditional approval of the Acquisition. The Company continues to work diligently towards satisfying the
TSXV's requirements in order to obtain final approvals.
Additionally, the parties to the Share Exchange Agreement entered into an amending agreement dated
May 12, 2023 in order to amend certain immaterial terms of the Share Exchange Agreement.
About Kotai Energy
Kotai Energy, in partnership with Curtin University in Western Australia, is developing solid state bulk
exportable hydrogen technologies for deployment away from the production source, with the objective of
it being economically and commercially viable (the "
Hydrogen Project
"). Kotai Energy's partnership
with Curtin University commenced in November 2018 with the intention that Curtin University, with the
financial assistance and in-kind support assistance of Kotai Energy, submit an initial application to the
Australian Research Council ("
ARC
") seeking funding for the Hydrogen Project. The Hydrogen Project
offers various synergies with the vanadium redox flow battery technology that is currently being pursued
by the Company and each target the growing need for reliable alternative sources of energy.
For further details on the Transaction, readers are referred to the Initial News Release, which is available
under the Company's profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com
.
About Currie Rose Resources Inc.
Currie Rose is a publicly traded battery metals explorer and developer focused on identifying high-value
assets in mining-friendly jurisdictions. The Company's immediate focus is the advanced NQV Project in
Queensland, Australia. The NQV Project hosts the Cambridge Deposit with an Indicated Mineral
Resource of 61.33 Mt @ 0.34% V
2
O
5
and 234.6 ppm MoO
3
along with an Inferred Mineral Resource of
144.87 Mt @ 0.33% V
2
O
5
and 241.9 ppm MoO
3
(Dufresne et al., 2022). The Cambridge Deposit
Resource is open for expansion. The NQV Project also hosts multiple other drill-ready targets that
represent large areas of underexplored, prospective vanadium-rich host strata. Please visit our website
at
www.currierose.com
.
For additional information, please contact:
Iryna Zheliasko, Investor Relations
Office: (+1) 647-249-9298
Email:
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.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This release includes certain statements and information that may constitute forward-looking
information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements in this news
release, other than statements of historical facts, including statements regarding future estimates,
plans, objectives, timing, assumptions or expectations of future performance, including without
limitation, the statement that the Company will acquire the Kotai Shares. Generally, forward-looking
statements and information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
"intends" or "anticipates", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions,
events or results "may", "could", "should", "would" or "occur". Forward-looking statements are based
on certain material assumptions and analysis made by the Company and the opinions and estimates
of management as of the date of this press release, including that the Company will be able to
complete the acquisition of Kotai Energy on the terms and conditions set out in the Share Exchange
Agreement, and that the Company will receive the required corporate and regulatory approvals,
including TSXV approval. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. Important factors that may cause actual
results to vary, include, without limitation, that the Company will not be able to complete the
acquisition of Kotai Energy on the terms and conditions set out in the Share Exchange Agreement or
at all, or that the Company does not receive the required corporate and regulatory approvals,
including TSXV approval. Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking
statements or forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements 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 statements and
forward-looking information. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may not be
appropriate for other purposes. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking
statement, forward-looking information or financial out-look that are incorporated by reference herein,
except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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