The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to a non-brokered private placement announced on Dec. 20, 2023.

Number of shares:  22,507,840 common shares

Purchase price:  7.5 cents per common share

Warrants:  22,507,840 share purchase warrants to purchase 22,507,840 common shares

Warrant exercise price:  10 cents for a period of five years

Number of placees:  two placees

Total existing insider involvement:  3,497,840 (one insider)

Pursuant to corporate finance Policy 4.1, Section 1.11(d), the company has issued a news release dated Dec. 20, 2023, announcing the closing of the private placement and setting out the expiry dates of the hold period.