Pure Energy Announces Completion of an Earn-In Transaction in Esmeralda County

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 16, 2026) - Pure Energy Minerals Limited (TSXV: PE) (OTCQB: PEMIF) ("Pure Energy" or "the Company") is pleased to report the completion of an earn-in transaction relating to certain of the Company's 100%-owned lithium brine claims in Esmeralda County, Nevada (as described in a Company's news release dated May 1, 2019). Pure Energy had entered into an earn-In agreement that allowed for the design, permitting, development and construction of a state-of-the-art demonstration plant for Direct Lithium Extraction from lithium brines.