Wealth Strengthens Board with New Appointment
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Wealth Strengthens Board with New Appointment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE....Vancouver, British Columbia: Wealth Mi nerals Ltd. (the
“Company” or “Wealth”) - (TSXV: WML; OTCQB: WMLLF; SSE: WMLCL; Frankfurt: EJZN),
reports that it has strengthened its board of directors with th e appointment of Stefan Schauss to
serve as a director.
“Mr. Schauss brings to Wealth decades of experience in the elec tric battery, green power
industries,” states Wealth Mineral’s CEO Henk van Alphen, “we are very pleased to have him join
our team as a Board Member and I look forward to working with h im to make new inroads into
the fast-growing base of lithium consumers.”
Stefan Schauss Background
Mr. Schauss has over 20 years of sales and business development experience, with a particular
focus in recent years on the integration of EV infrastructure in both residential and industrial areas.
He has also served in product management and business development roles for several companies
regarding semiconductors, integrated circuits, and other electronic goods.
Mr. Schauss is currently an independent consultant, and prior t o that he was head of sales for
Gildemeister Energy Storage GmbH, Austria, which was a world-le ader in development of
vanadium redox flow batteries. Mr. Schauss has a MSc. Physics from The University Mainz,
Germany.
Concurrent with Stefan Schauss joining the Wealth Board of Dire ctors, James M. Dawson is
stepping down from his director seat. The Company’s thanks Mr. Dawson for his contribution to
Wealth in its formative years and wishes him well in his future endeavours.
Stock Option Grant
The Company also announces that, pursuant to its 2004 Incentive Stock Option Plan, it has granted
incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees and c onsultants of the Company and its
affiliates to purchase up to an aggregate of 350,000 common sha res in the capita l stock of the
Company. The options are exercisable on or before February 13, 2020 at a price of $1.35 per share.
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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 No rte, Pujsa and Quisquiro Salars
in Chile (the Trinity Project), as well as to work alongside ex isting 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 continues to pursue new acquisitions in the region, the latest of which is the Seven
Salars Project and is eager to move the projects forward into production. 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 itsel f 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.
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]
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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, anticipated exploration program results from exploration activities, the
Company’s expectation that it will be able to enter into agreements to acquire interests in additional mineral
properties, the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/resources/reserves, the closing and amount of the
Placement, 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”, “inten d”, “estimate”, “postulate” and simila r 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 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 tim ing of the development of new deposits, requirements for
additional capital, future prices of lithium, changes in general economic conditions, changes in the financial markets
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and in the demand and market price for commodities, lack of investor interest in the Placement, 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 policies affecting mining
operations, title disputes, the inability of the Company to obtain any necessa ry permits, consen ts, approvals or
authorizations, including acceptance by the TSX-V, required for the Placement, 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 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.