Saturday, September 26, 2026
MiningNewsTerminal
Saturday, September 26, 2026 Admin

WMS.V ·

Western Metallica Receives Exchange Approval ON Omnibus Incentive Plan

Share Capital & Compensation

64849655.1

WESTERN METALLICA RECEIVES EXCHANGE APPROVAL

ON OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

TORONTO, ONTARIO – October 20, 2022 – Western Metallica Resources Corp. (TSXV:

WMS) (“Western Metallica ” or the “ Company”) is pleased to announce that it has

received approval from the Exchange to proceed with the implementation of the

Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan as more particularly described in the Company’s

Management Information Circular dated August 11, 2022, a copy of which can be found

at www.sedar.com.

Grant of Stock Options

In addition, the Company announces that it has granted a total of 500,000 incentive stock

options to a newly appointed Director, Brigitte Berneche and newly appointed officer, Soo-

Whan Kim. The incentive stock options have an exercise price of $0.20 per share and are

valid for a 5 -year period from the date of grant. The options shall vest immediately The

Options have been granted pursuant to the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan and are

subject to the terms of the applicable grant agreement and the requirements of the TSX

Venture Exchange.

The Company's Omnibus Incentive Plan allows for the issuance of up to 10% of issued

and outstanding share capital in the form of incentive stock options. As a result of this

grant, the Company has 4,880,000 stock options issued, representing 9.4% of the issued

and outstanding share capital.

About Western Metallica Resources Corp.

Western Metallica is an Ontario company with its head office in Toronto, Ontario. Western

Metallica is in the business of mineral resource exploration and development, its principal

asset is its 100% owned Penedela Gold Property in the “Navelgas Gold Belt” in Asturias,

Spain. Western Metallica also has an interest in two other Spanish gold projects in the

“Navelgas Gold Belt” in Asturias (Valledor and Sierra Alta) and one project located in

Andalucia (Nueva Celti).

Further information of the Company can be found at: www.westernmetallica.com.

64849655.1

Contact

CEO and Director, Gregory Duras: [email protected]

or

Investor Relations: [email protected]

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains forward -looking information that involves substantial known and

unknown risks and uncertainties, most of which are beyond the control of Western Metallica Corp.

Forward looking statements include statements regarding the acquisition of an interest in the Sierra

Alta Project and the timing thereof , timing of filing of Sierra Alta Technical Report and final approval

of the Exchange . Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual

results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements,

including risks related to factors beyond the con trol of the Company. Although Western Metallica

Corp. believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward -looking information

in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information,

which only appli es as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such

events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Western Metallica Corp. disclaims any

intention or obligation to update or revise any forward -looking information, whe ther as a result of

new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.

This News Release contains forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward -looking

statements by terminology such as "may", "should", "expec ts", "plans", "anticipates", "believes",

"estimates", "predicts", "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other comparable

terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties

and other f actors that may cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or

achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or

achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward -looking

information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information,

which only applies as of the date of this news release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation

to update or revise any forward -looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events

or otherwise, other than as required by law.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in

policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this

release.