Collective Metals Announces Closing of Flow Through Financing for Gross Proceeds of CDN $349,999.92

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COLLECTIVE METALS INC. (CSE: COMT | OTC: CLLMF | FSE: TO1) (the "Company" or "Collective") is pleased to announce it has closed a non-brokered private placement of 1,129,032 flow-through units of the Company (the "FT Units") at a price of $0.31 per FT Unit for gross proceeds of $349,999.92 (the "Offering"). Each FT Unit is comprised of one (1) common share of the Company (an "FT Share") issued on a flow-through basis under the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Tax Act") and one-half (1/2) of one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"), with each Warrant exercisable to acquire one (1) common share of the Company (a "Warrant Share") at a price of $0.35 per Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance.

The Company intends to use the gross proceeds received from the Offering towards "Canadian exploration expenses" that are "flow-through critical mineral mining expenditures" (as such terms are defined in the Tax Act) on the Company's properties located in British Columbia and Ontario.

In connection with the closing, an aggregate of $24,500 was paid in cash and a total of 79,032 finder's warrants (the "Finder's Warrants") were issued as finder's fees. Each Finder's Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one (1) common share in the capital of the Company (a "Finder's Warrant Share") at a price of $0.35 per Finder's Warrant Share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance.

All securities issued in connection with the Offering are subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day.

The securities issued pursuant to the Offering have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons in the absence of U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from the U.S. registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Collective Metals:

Collective Metals Inc. (CSE: COMT | OTC: CLLMF | FSE: TO1) is a resource exploration company specializing in precious metals exploration in North America. The Company's flagship property is the Princeton Project, located in south-central British Columbia, Canada, approximately 10 km west of the currently producing Copper Mountain Mine. The Princeton Project consists of 29 mineral tenures totaling approximately 28,560 ha (70,570 acres) in a well-documented and prolific copper-gold porphyry belt and is easily accessible by road, located immediately west of Highway 3.

The Company's Landings Lake Lithium Project is located in northwestern Ontario where numerous lithium deposits have been delineated to host significant reserves of Li₂O. The Landings Lake Lithium Project is located 53 km east of Ear Falls, Ontario and covers 3,146 hectares. The Whitemud Project, with several identified pegmatite outcrops, neighbours the Landings Lake Project and consists of 381 single cell mining claims totaling 7,775 hectares.

ON BEHALF OF COLLECTIVE METALS INC.

Christopher Huggins
Chief Executive Officer
T: 604-968-4844
E: [email protected]

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