TORONTO, ONTARIO – February 7th, 2025 – Metal Energy Corp. (“Metal Energy” or the “Company”) (MERG: TSXV | MEEEF: OTC) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Jason Bahnsen to its board of directors.
Mr Bahnsen is the President and CEO, and a director of Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. A Canadian mining engineer and corporate executive with over 30 years of experience in the global resource sector in positions ranging from operating roles as a miner, project engineer and mine supervisor at operations throughout Canada and overseas. He also spent approximately 15 years working as an investment banker leading the origination and execution of large scale equity capital markets transactions, and mergers and acquisitions for major resource companies globally. More recently, Mr. Bahnsen has held roles as CEO of Canadian and Australian listed resource companies.
Stock Option Grant
The Company is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has approved the grant of stock options to certain directors, officers, and consultants of the Company, allowing for the acquisition of up to, in the aggregate, 4,575,000 shares of the Company. 3,100,000 stock options were granted to certain directors and officers of the Company. The options are exercisable at a price of CAD $0.05 per share for five (5) years from the date of grant, vest one (1) year from the date of grant and are subject to regulatory policies and approvals.
The grant of options to certain directors and officers is a "related party transaction" under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The Company relied on the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 in respect of related party matters, as the Company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") and neither the fair market value (as determined under MI 61-101) of the subject matter of, nor the fair market value of the consideration for, the transaction, insofar as it involves the related parties, exceeded 25% of the Company's market capitalization (as determined under MI 61-101).
About Metal Energy
Metal Energy is a critical metals exploration company with two high-potential projects in politically stable, Canadian jurisdictions: Manibridge (Ni-Cu-Co-PGE) in Manitoba and its recently acquired Highland Valley Project (Cu-Mo-Ag-Au-Re) in British Columbia.
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