Metal Energy Appoints Friedman as CFO

Metal Energy Corp. ("Metal Energy" or the "Company") (TSX.V: MERG) is pleased to announce that Joel Friedman has been appointed the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Joel is a finance professional with over 13 years of experience working in the mining and cannabis industries. Most recently, Joel served as the CFO of Khiron Life Sciences Corp, prior to this, he was Vice President, Finance at CannTrust Inc., and Director of Finance at Primero Mining Corp. and senior finance roles at Banro Corporation and Iamgold Corporation. Mr. Friedman began his career at Deloitte in the Real Estate and Resources group, where he worked with a variety of publicly listed clients throughout the mining lifecycle, from exploration to multi-asset operators. Mr. Friedman holds a CPA, CA and Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University, Canada.

Metal Energy and the Ore Group would also like to announce the departure of Kevin Canario, the Company's outgoing CFO. The entire Ore Group team thanks Mr. Canario for his dedication of service to the team and the Company's shareholders and wishes him the best in his future endeavours.

About Metal Energy Corp.

Metal Energy is a well-funded Nickel and battery metal exploration company with two projects, Manibridge and Strange, in the politically stable jurisdictions of Manitoba and Ontario, Canada, respectively. Both projects are subject to earn-in agreements where the Company can acquire 100% exploration rights to approximately 16,200 hectares.

James Sykes
Chief Executive Officer
jsykes@uraniumgeologist.com
306-221-8717
www.metalenergy.ca

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