Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spey Resources Corp. (CSE: SPEY) (OTC: SPEYF) (FRA: 2JS) ("Spey” or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement (“Agreement”) with Recharge Resources Corp. (“Recharge Resources”) pursuant to which Recharge Resources may acquire a 100% interest in the Company’s Pocitos 2 Project, a 532 hectare lithium brine project located just outside of Salta, Argentina (the “Option”).

Under the terms of the Agreement, Recharge Resources may exercise the Option by: (1) paying the Company US$744,800 on or before June 30, 2023 and (2) issuing to the Company $500,000 worth of common shares in the capital of Recharge Resources within seven (7) business days following February 21, 2023 (the “Effective Date”).

In addition, Recharge Resources, in the event the Option is exercised, is obligated to pay to the Company an additional $500,000, in cash or common shares in the capital of Recharge Resources, within ‎‎eighteen (18) months following the Effective Date.

Upon the satisfaction of all payments and expenditures, and the exercise of the Option in full, a royalty of 7.5% of the FOB price of lithium carbonate or other lithium compounds sold on the Pocitos 2 Project shall remain payable pursuant to an underlying agreement. 

All the common shares issued under the Agreement will be subject to a four month hold period under applicable Canadian securities laws.

About Spey Resources Corp.

Spey Resources is a Canadian lithium focused mineral exploration company which holds two option agreements to acquire 100% interest in the Candela II, Pocitos I and II lithium brine projects located in the Salta Province, Argentina. Spey also owns 100% of the mineral rights to 4 lithium exploration projects located in the James Bay Region of Quebec, in proximity to a recent hard rock lithium discovery. Spey also holds an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Kaslo Silver project, west of Kaslo, British Columbia.

For more information, please contact:

Nader Vatanchi, ‎                                        Phillip Thomas
VP of Corporate Finance, Director                CEO
nader@speyresources.ca                            phil@speyresources.ca
‎778-881-4631‎

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