Wealth Minerals Upsizes Private Placement and Grants Stock Options
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NR26-03 January 26, 2026
Wealth Minerals Upsizes Private Placement
and Grants Stock Options
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE....Vancouver, British Columbia: Wealth Minerals Ltd. (the “Company” or
“Wealth”) - (TSXV: WML; OTCQB: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL; FSE: EJZN), announces that further to its
news release dated January 12, 2026, due to strong investor demand, has increased the size of its previously
announced private placement from up to 12,500,000 million units of the Company to up to 18,750,000 units
in the capital of the Company (the "Units") at a subscription price of $0.08 per Unit for gross proceeds of
up to $1,500,000. All terms and conditions remain the same as provided in the January 12, 2026 release.
The Company further confirms that there is no undisclosed material information.
Hendrik van Alphen, CEO of Wealth Minerals, stated "The response to our placement announcement has
been extremely positive, no doubt due to our recent CEOL news and the favorable lithium market backdrop.
After a prolonged lull in the lithium market, the demand for lithium is surging as the world realizes an ew
that commodities cannot be printed, they must be created in reality. Lithium Carbonate Equivalent now
trades above US$23,000 per tonne, up strongly for the past six months and I believe this price strength will
continue for some time. The Wealth team is working hard on corporate development and I look forward to
sharing with the investor public news of our progress in 2026."
The securities offered have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of
1933 (the “U.S. Securities Act”), as amended, or any applicable state securities laws and may not be offered
or sold in the United States or to “U.S. persons”, as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act, absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This
news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any
sale of the securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Stock Option Grant
Pursuant to the Company’s Amended 2004 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the Company has granted incentive
stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company to purchase up to 8,700,000
common shares in the capital stock of the Company. The options are exercisable on or before January 2 6,
2028 at a price of $0.10 per share.
About Wealth Minerals Ltd.
Wealth is a mineral resource company with interests Chile. The Company’s focus is the acquisition and
development of lithium projects in South America. Presently the Company is working to diversify its asset
base to include precious metal projects.
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The Company opportunistically advances battery metal projects where it has a peer advantage in project
selection and initial evaluation. 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. In parallel with lithium
market dynamics, Wealth believes other battery metals will benefit from similar industry trends.
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.sedarplus.ca.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
WEALTH MINERALS LTD.
“Hendrik van Alphen”
Hendrik van Alphen
Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact:
Marla Ritchie, Michael Pound or Henk van Alphen
Phone: 604-331-0096 or 604-638-3886
For all Investor Relations inquiries, please contact:
John Liviakis
Liviakis Financial Communications Inc.
Phone: 415-389-4670
For all Public Relations inquiries, please contact:
Nancy Thompson
Vorticom, Inc.
Office: 212-532-2208 | Mobile: 917-371-4053
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Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release, which has been prepared
by management.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward -looking statements and forward- looking information (collectively, “forward -
looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian and US securities legislation. All statements, other
than statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation, statements regarding the anticipated
content, commencement, timing and cost of exploration programs, anticipated exploration program results, the
discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/resources/ reserves, the Company’s expectation that it will be able to
enter into agreements to acquire interests in additional mineral projects, 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 words such as: believe, 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, but
not limited to, the state of the financial markets for the Company’s equity securities, the state of the commodity markets
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generally, variations in the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be located, variations in the
market price of any mineral products the Company may produce or plan to produce, the inability of the Company to
obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required, including TSXV acceptance, for its planned
activities, the inability of the Company to produce minerals from its properties successfully or profitably, to continue
its projected growth, to raise the necessary ca pital or to be fully able to implement its business strategies, 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.