Vancouver, BC – July 6, 2022: Ameriwest Lithium Inc. (the “Company” or “Ameriwest”) (CSE: AWLI) is pleased to announce that at its annual general and special meeting (the “Meeting”) of shareholders held on July 5, 2022, shareholders of the Company (the “Shareholders”) voted in favour of a special resolution to approve the plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) with ISM Resources Corp. (“ISM”), previously announced March 31, 2022, pursuant to which Ameriwest will separate into two companies with Ameriwest continuing to be traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”) and with ISM appling to have its common shares listed for trading on the CSE.
In addition to the approval of the Arrangement, all proposed director nominees were duly elected as directors of the Company for the ensuing year; that being David Watkinson, Glenn Collick, James Gheyle, Saman Eskandri and Zygmunt S. Hancyk. The Shareholders also ratified and approved (i) the appointment of DeVisser Gray LLP as the auditor of the Company, (ii) the continuation of the Company’s 10% rolling stock option plan, (iii) the adoption of a new form of option plan and (iv) the adoption of new option plan for ISM.
Holders of a total of 9,877,033 common shares of the Company were represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting, which constituted a quorum of Shareholders, and represented 17.51% of the 56,415,789 issued and outstanding common shares entitled to vote as of May 6, 2022; the record date for the Meeting.
The Company is expecting to seek a final order of the British Columbia Supreme Court approving the Arrangement on July 8, 2022.
Completion of the Arrangement is subject to the satisfaction of certain other closing conditions customary for a transaction of this nature.
About Ameriwest Lithium Inc.
Ameriwest Lithium Inc. is a Canadian-based exploration company with a focus on identifying strategic lithium mineral resource projects for exploration and development. The Company is currently focused on exploring its 13,580-acre Railroad Valley property, the 22,210-acre Edwards Creek Valley, and the 5,600-acre Deer Musk East property in Nevada. In addition, the Company is exploring the 2,860-acre Thompson Valley property in Arizona.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Glenn Collick
Chief Operating Officer and Director
For further information, please contact:
Glenn Collick
Chief Operating Officer and a director
(778)868-2226
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