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Wealth Minerals to Acquire Block of World Copper Shares

Mergers & Acquisitions

LC309468-1

Suite 2300 – 1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Canada V6E 2K3

Tel 604.331.0096 Fax 604.408.7499 www.wealthminerals.com

NR21-18 August 10, 2021

Wealth Minerals to Acquire Block of World Copper Shares

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE....Vancouver, British Columbia: Wealth Minerals Ltd. (the

“Company” or “Wealth”) - (TSXV: WML; OTCQB: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL; Frankfurt: EJZN),

announces it has agreed with Gold Springs Resource Corp. (“GRC” ; TSX: GRC ) to purchase

13,225,198 common shares (each, a “WCU Share”) of World Copper Ltd. (“WCU”; TSXV: WCU)

held by a subsidiary of GRC, for an aggregate purchase price of $4,364,315. This transaction, at a

price of $0.33 per WCU Share, is priced at an approximate 15.4% discount to the August 9, 2021

closing price of WCU at $0.39 per WCU Share.

This opportunistic transaction allows Wealth to capitalize on its familiarity with World Copper’s

assets to acquire a large block of shares at a substantial discount. Wealth Minerals intends to hold

the WCU Shares as an investment; and believes that they will provide significant long-term value

for Wealth and its shareholders.

Of the WCU Shares able to be purchased by Wealth, 9,918,898 WCU Shares will remain subject

to a TSX Venture Exchange Value Securities Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) and

will be released from escrow in accordance with the terms thereof (for more details regarding the

Escrow Agreement, see WCU’s news release of January 18, 2021 available on WCU ’s SEDAR

profile at www.sedar.com).

Wealth may, at its sole discretion, arrange for all or a portion of the WCU Shares to be purchased

by Wealth and/or certain eligible purchasers (each such eligible purchaser, a “Substituted

Purchaser”) under the Escrow Agreement. Wealth and/or the Substituted Purchasers will complete

the transaction by no later than October 22, 2021.

About Wealth Minerals Ltd.

Wealth is a mineral resource company with interests in Canada, Mexico and Chile. The Company’s

main focus is the acquisition and development of lithium projects in South America. To date, the

Company has positioned itself to work alongside existing producers in the prolific Atacama salar,

where the Company has a substantial license package.

Lithium market dynamics and a rapidly increasing metal price are the result of profound structural

issues with the industry meeting anticipated future demand. Wealth is positioning itself to be a

major beneficiary of this future mismatch of supply and demand. The Company also maintains

and continues to evaluate a portfolio of precious and base metal exploration-stage projects.

For further details on the Company readers are referred to the Company’s website

(www.wealthminerals.com) and its Canadian regulatory filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Wealth Minerals Ltd. - 2 - August 10, 2021

NR21-18 – Continued

LC309468-1

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]

Media inquiries: Nancy Thompson, Vorticom, Inc.

Phone: 212-532-2208 or 917-371-4053

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.

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 Lit igation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact,

included herein including, without limitation, anticipated exploration program results from exploration activities, the

Company’s expectation that it will be able to ente r into agreements to acquire interests in additional mineral

properties, the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/resources/reserves , that the Company will be able to

find suitable Substituted Purchasers for the WCU S hares and the anticipated busi ness 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 words such as: “believe”, “will”, “may”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “estimate”,

“postulate” and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions

investors that any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance,

and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward- looking statements as a result of various factors,

including, operating and technical diffic ulties 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, requirements for additional capital, future prices 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 construction activities, changes in laws, regulations and poli cies

affecting mining operations, title disputes, the inability of the Company to obtain any necessary permits, consents,

approvals or authorizations , the timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation, environmental issues and

liabilities, and risks related to joint venture operations, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in the Company’s

latest interim Management Discussion and Analysis and filed with certain securities commissions in Canada. All of

the Company’s Canadian public disclosure f ilings 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.