Wealth Minerals Upgraded to OTCQX
Suite 2300 – 1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Canada V6E 2K3
Tel 604.331.0096 Fax 604.408.7499 www.wealthminerals.com
NR18-09 May 14, 2018
Wealth Minerals Upgraded to OTCQX
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE....Vancouver, British Columbia and New Yo rk, NY: Wealth
Minerals Ltd. (the “Company” or “Wealth”) - (TSXV: WML; OTCQX: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL;
Frankfurt: EJZN), announces that Wealth Minerals Ltd. has quali fied to trade on the OTCQX®
Best Market, operated by OTC Markets Group. Wealth Minerals up graded to OTCQX from the
OTCQB® Venture Market.
Wealth Minerals begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol “WMLLF.” U.S. investors
can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quo tes for the company on
www.otcmarkets.com.
"We are pleased to welcome Wealth Minerals to the OTCQX Best Market," said Jason Paltrowitz,
Executive Vice President of Corporate Services at OTC Markets G roup. "Wealth Minerals joins
more than 20 Canadian companies that upgraded to the OTCQX market thus far this year. We look
forward to supporting the company as it continues to build visibility within the U.S. market."
Henk Van Alphen, Wealth’s CEO, commented “Upgrading to the OTCQX market in the USA will
open up a larger investor audience for Wealth’s equity, a key p art of Wealth’s capital market
strategy to become a widely-held, heavily traded global lithium company.”
Wealth Minerals was sponsored f or OTCQX by J.P. Galda & Co., a qualified third-party firm
responsible for providing guidance on OTCQX requirements and recommending membership.
About Wealth Minerals Ltd.
Wealth is a mineral resource company with interests in Canada, Mexico, Peru and Chile. The
Company’s main focus is the acquisition of lithium 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. T he 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 acquisition phase to developing its current high
potential portfolio. Lithium market dynamics and a rapidly increasing metal price are the result of
profound structural issues with t he industry meeting anticipate d f u t u r e d e m a n d . W e a l t h i s
positioning itself to be a major beneficiary of this future mis match of supply and demand. The
Company also maintains and conti nues to evaluate a portfolio of p r e c i o u s a n d b a s e m e t a l
exploration-stage projects.
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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.
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.
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 Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact,
included herein including, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated content, commencement, timing
and cost of the Work Program and otherwise, anticipated exploration program results from the Work Program, the
discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/resources/re serves on the Project, the anticipated business plans and
timing of future activities of the Company and the Company’s expectation that it will be able to enter into agreements
to acquire interests in additional mineral properties, 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: “beli eve”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”,
“estimate”, “postulate” and similar expressions, or are thos e, 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, issues raised during the Company's due diligence on the Project, operating and technical
difficulties in connection with mineral exploration and development activities, actual results of exploration activities,
including the Work Program, 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, requireme nts for additional cap ital, future prices of lith ium and precious metals,
changes in general economic conditions, changes in the financial markets and in the demand and market price for
commodities, 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
policies affecting mining operations, title disputes, the in ability of the Company to obtain any necessary permits,
consents or authorizations required, including TSX-V accept ance of any current or future property acquisitions or
financings and other planned activities, the timing and poss ible outcome of any pendi ng 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 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.