Aurwest Resources Corporation at its annual general meeting held on February 28, 2020, In response thereto, management's directors withdrew their nominations for re-election as directors at the Meeting and the Concerned Shareholders' nominees, being Colin Christensen, Cameron MacDonald, Warren Brown and Elmer Stewart were elected as directors of the Company to hold office until the next annual general meeting or their successors are elected or appointed. Colin Christensen has also been appointed as the Company's new President and Chief Executive Officer and the remainder of the Company's officers, including a new chief financial officer, will be appointed in due course. Mr. Christensen has over 35 years of active participation in the Canadian public equity markets, 10 years as a financial advisor in the investment community, and 25 years as a director and/or officer of various public resource companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Mr. Christensen's public company experience has included the financing, managing and directing of mineral exploration activities in Eastern Europe, the financing and development of two small scale heap leach gold mines in Kazakhstan, and the acquisition, financing, and project development of various mineral projects in North America.