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Xplore Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer

Management Changes

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Xplore Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer

VANCOUVER, BC, May 15, 2025 – Xplore Resources Corp . (TSX-V: XPLR) (“Xplore” or the

“Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Devin Pickell as the President, Chief Executive

Officer and a director of the Company.

Mr. Pickell is a registered professional geologist with almost 20 years of industry experience in mineral

production and exploration, specia lizing in advancing gold and lithiu m projects in North America.

Maximizing shareholder value through discovery and growth, Mr. Picke ll has occupied multiple critical

roles in the Rice Lake region of the Red Lake greenstone belt, where he was integral to the sale of the Rice

Lake mine to Klondex mines, discovery of multiple new deposits, and co-founde d the exploration group

1911 Gold. Mr. Pickell is currently acting as senior geological consultant on multiple projects in the junior

gold and lithium space in Ontario.

Devin Pickell, the Company’s new CEO and President, stated, “I am very excited to join the Xplore team

and look forward to putting together a clear plan to add shareholder value at our Surge Project in

northwestern Ontario. As a critical minerals project with a strong land position in the Root Bay area, I

believe Surge is well positioned for discovery. We have the right technical team in place, and I am confident

in our ability to unlock its potential.”

Dominic Verdejo has resigned as President, Chief Execu tive Officer and director of the Company. The

Company thanks Mr. Verdejo for his service and wishes him well in his future endeavours.

About Xplore Resources

Xplore Resources is a North American lithium explor ation company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange

under symbol XPLR. The Company has a prospectiv e land package in the emerging Root Bay lithium

district located in northwest Ontario. Xplore’s flagship property is the Surge lithium project, on trend and

near two lithium deposits and just 25 m from a ne w lithium discovery. The Company is led by a highly

experienced management team with a strong track record of growing shareholder value.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

Devin Pickell, CEO

Xplore Resources Corp.

For further information on Xplore, contact:

Telephone: 604-678-5308

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.xploreresources.com

Neither the TSXV nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility

for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Information and Statements

Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking information” or

“forward-looking statements” (collectively, “Forward-Looking Information”) within the meaning of applicable

Canadian securities legislation and the United States Privat e Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words

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“anticipate,” “significant,” “expect,” “may,” “will” and si milar expressions are intended to be among the statements

that identify Forward-Looking Information. Forward-Looki ng Information is subject to known and unknown risks,

uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by the forward-

looking information. In preparing the Forward-Looking Information in this news release, the Company has applied

several material assumptions, includin g, but not limited to, assumptions that general business and economic

conditions will not change in a materially adverse manner and all requisite information will be available in a timely

manner. Factors that may cause actual results to vary materially include, but are not limited to, inaccurate

assumptions concerning the exploration for and development of mineral deposits, currency fluctuations, unanticipated

operational or technical difficulties, risks related to unforeseen delays; general economic, market or business

conditions, regulatory changes; timeliness of regulatory approvals, the risks of obtaining necessary licenses and

permits, changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets and the inability to raise

additional financing. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this Forward-Looking Information. The

Company does not assume the obligation to revise or update this Forward-Looking Information after the date of this

release or to revise such information to reflect the oc currence of future unanticipated events, except as may be

required under applicable securities laws.