Mr. David Watkinson reports

AMERIWEST ENGAGES INDEPENDENT TRADING GROUP TO PROVIDE MARKET MAKING SERVICES

Ameriwest Critical Metals Inc. has entered into a market-making services agreement with Independent Trading Group (ITG) Inc. dated April 14, 2026. Pursuant to the agreement, the company has engaged ITG to provide market-making services in accordance with Canadian Securities Exchange policies, including by trading securities of the company on the CSE with the objective of maintaining a reasonable market and improving the liquidity of the company's common shares.

Under the agreement, ITG will receive compensation of $6,000 per month plus applicable taxes, payable monthly in advance. The agreement is for an initial term of one month and will renew for additional one-month terms unless terminated by either party at least 30 days in advance of the next monthly term. ITG is expected to begin providing services under the agreement at market open on April 15, 2026. There are no performance factors contained in the agreement and ITG will not receive any securities of the company as compensation. ITG and the company are unrelated and unaffiliated entities and, to the company's knowledge, neither ITG nor any of ITG's principals have an interest, directly or indirectly, in the securities of the company.

ITG's business address is 33 Yonge St., Suite 420, Toronto, Ont., M5E 1G4. ITG may be contacted at info@itg84.com and 438-259-2141 (extension 2141).

About Ameriwest Critical Metals Inc.

Ameriwest is an exploration company focused on identifying and acquiring strategic critical mineral projects for exploration and resource development. The company is currently advancing its Bornite copper-gold-silver property in Oregon, its Xeno rare earth property in British Columbia and its Thompson Valley lithium clay property in Arizona. Ameriwest also owns a lithium clay property in Clayton Valley, Nevada, and is in the process of optioning its Railroad Valley lithium brine property in Nevada to Pure Energy Minerals Ltd.

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