Wealth Announces Engagement of Investor Relations Consultant and Comments on Promotional Activities
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Wealth Announces Engagement of Investor Relations Consultant and
Comments on Promotional Activities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE....Vancouver, Brit ish Columbia: Wealth Minerals Ltd.
(the “Company” or “Wealth”) - (TSXV: WM L; OTCQX: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL; Frankfurt:
EJZN) announces that it has entered into an agreement dated May 15, 2018 (the “FMT Marketing
Agreement”), whereby it has engaged Future Money Trends, LLC (“FMT”) for a period of one
year at the aggregate cost of $250,000 to provid e financial publishing and digital marketing
services to the Company. Pursuant to the FMT Marketing Agreement, FMT will raise public
awareness of the Company (including its social media presence) and will promote the Company’s
business.
The Company also announces that has become aw are that FMT engaged in certain promotional
activities prior to the date of the FMT Marketing Agreement, namely a letter to readers from FMT
entitled “Don’t Miss the Green Energy BOOM !” and a letter to the readers from
CrushTheStreet.com entitled “Doubling Down on a Major Lithium Sale” that were published on
or about May 13, 2018 (collectively, the “FMT Promotional Materials”).
The Company understands that the FMT Promotional Materials were published in advance of the
Company entering into the FMT Marketing Agreement. The Company understands that the
FMT Promotional Materials were aimed at increa sing investor awareness of the Company. The
Company did not have editorial control over the FMT Promotional Materials and believes that any
statements contained therein relating the potential future value of the Company’s securities or the
performance thereof may be misleading. The Co mpany cautions readers that forward-looking
statements and information are not guarantees of future results or performance, and that actual
results may differ materially from those contained in forward-look ing statements as a result of
risks and other various factors, particulars of which are set out below. Going forward, the
Company expects to be able to exercise editorial control over any promotional and/or investor
communication materials prepared by FMT, including to the extent that such materials speak to
the Company’s securities and the potential future value or performance thereof.
As a result of the FMT Marketing Agreement, the Company has now entered into agreements for
the provision of investor, public relations and marketing services with Zacks Investment Research,
Inc., Fundamental Research Corp., Native Ads, In c., Galavant Holdings Ltd., Liviakis Financial
Communications, Inc. and MJP Justus Inc.
After the inquiry by management and except as ot herwise disclosed herein, the Company is not
aware of any of its directors, o fficers, controlling shareholders (defined as shareholders owning
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10% or more of the Company’s securities), or any third part y service providers providing
promotional services to the Company who have (i ) sold or purchased the Company’s securities
within the past 90 days or (ii) directly or indirectly, been involved in any way (including payment
of a third-party) with the creation or distribution of promotional materials related to the Company
and its securities, including the FMT Promotional Materials. The Company is aware that (i) certain
directors and officers of the Company purchased 662,500 shares in connection with the exercise
of stock options in March and April 2018 (of which 109,000 were subsequently sold); (ii) the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company purchased 20,000 shares in the past 90 days; and (iii) third party
service providers (not related to FMT) sold 162,000 shares in the past 90 days.
In accordance with TSX Venture Exchange policies, the Company has routinely in the past issued,
and expects to continue issuing, sh ares from treasury at a discount to market, but has not issued
convertible instruments allowing conversion to equ ity securities at prices constituting a discount
to the current market rate at the time of the issuance.
About Wealth Minerals Ltd.
Wealth is a mineral resource company with inte rests in Canada, Mexico, Peru and Chile. The
Company’s main focus is the acquisition of lith ium projects in South America. To date, the
Company has positioned itself to develop the Aguas Calientes Norte and Quisquiro Salars in Chile
(the Trinity Project), as well as to work alongside existing producers in the prolific Atacama Salar.
In addition to the Laguna Verde lithium project acquisition, the Company has also positioned itself
to play a role in asset consolidation in Chile with the Five Salars project.
The Company is transitioning from an asset ac quisition phase to deve loping its current high
potential portfolio. Lithium market dynamics and rapidly increasing metal prices are the result of
profound structural issues with the industry meeting anticipated future demand. Wealth is
positioning itself to be a major beneficiary of th is future mismatch of supply and demand. The
Company also maintains and continues to eval uate a portfolio of precious and base metal
exploration-stage projects.
For further details on the Company reader s are referred to the Company’s website
(www.wealthminerals.com) and its Canadian regulatory filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
WEALTH MINERALS LTD.
“Hendrik van Alphen”
Hendrik van Alphen
Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact: Marla Ritchie
Phone: 604-331-0096 Ext. 3886 or 604-638-3886
E-mail: [email protected]
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 news release.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information (collectively, “forward-
looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation, including the United
States Private Securities Litigation Refo rm Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact,
included herein including, without limita tion, the Company’s expectation that it will be able to exercise editorial
control over any promotional and/or investor communication materials prepared by FMT, anticipated exploration
program results from exploration activities, the Company’s expectation that it will be able to obtain the necessary
permits to exploit, develop, produce and export lithium, and the anticipated business plans and timing of future
activities of the Company, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that such statements are
reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are
typically identified by word s such as: “believe”, “expect”, “anticipat e”, “intend”, “estimate”, “postulate” and
similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature , refer to future events. In making the forward-looking
statements in this news release, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including without limitation,
that market fundamentals wi ll result in sustained lithium demand and pri ces, the receipt of any necessary permits,
licenses and regulatory approvals in connection with the future development of the Company’s Chilean lithium
projects in a timely manner, the availability of financing on suitable terms for the development, construction and
continued operation of the Company projects, and the Comp any’s ability to comply with environmental, health and
safety laws.
Forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance, and actual results
may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements as a result of risks and other various factors, including,
operating and technical difficulties in connection with mineral exploration and development activities, actual results
of exploration activities, the estimation or realization of mineral reserves and mineral resources, the timing and
amount of estimated future production, the costs of production, capital expenditures, the costs and timing of the
development of new deposits, requiremen ts for additional capital, future pr ices of lithium, changes in general
economic conditions, changes in the financial markets and in the demand and market price for commodities, accidents,
labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaining governmental approvals, permits or
financing or in the completion of development or construc tion activities, changes in laws, regulations and policies
affecting mining operations, title dis putes, the inability of the Company to ob tain any necessary permits, consents,
approvals or authorizations, including acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange of the FMT Marketing Agreement,
the timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation, environmental issues and liabilities, risks related to joint
venture operations, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in the Company’s latest interim Management’s
Discussion and Analysis and filed with certain securities commissions in Canada. All of the Company’s Canadian
public disclosure filings may be accessed via www.sedar.com and readers are urged to review these materials,
including the technical reports filed with respect to the Company’s mineral properties.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements in this news release or incorporated by reference herein,
except as otherwise required by law.