VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 10,
2024 /CNW/ - Defense Metals Corp. ("Defense
Metals" or the "Company") (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF)
(FSE: 35D) wishes to notify shareholders that the Company's Annual
General Meeting is set to take place on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at Suite 1012, 1030
West Georgia St., Vancouver, British
Columbia, V6E 2Y3 for the following purposes:
- to receive the annual financial statements of the Company for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024
together with the report of the auditor thereon;
- to fix the number of directors of the Company at five (5);
- to elect directors of the Company for the ensuing year;
- to appoint Crowe MacKay LLP as auditor of the Company for
the ensuing year and to authorize the directors to fix the
remuneration to be paid to the auditor;
- to ratify, confirm and approve the Company's new 10% "rolling"
omnibus plan, as more particularly described in the accompanying
information circular;
Due to the ongoing Canada Post strike, the Company is reaching
out to shareholders to advise them that the Company's notice of
meeting, information circular and form of proxy for the Annual
General Meeting ("Proxy Materials") may be viewed on the Company's
profile on the SEDAR+ website at www.sedarplus.ca and are also
available electronically on the Company's website at
https://www.defensemetals.com/downloads.
Registered shareholders, being shareholders who hold their
shares directly in the company and not through a brokerage account
or depository company, may contact the Company at 1-604-354-2491 or
email info@defensemetals.com to receive a proxy and assistance with
obtaining a voting control number. Proxies completed and signed
should be forwarded by the voting deadline at 11:00 a.m. PST, Monday,
December 16, 2024.
Beneficial shareholders, being shareholders who hold their
investment through a brokerage house, depository company or other
intermediary, who have not received their Proxy Materials, should
contact their broker representative to request a proxy or voter
information form or may contact the Company at 1-604-354-2491 or
email info@defensemetals.com for assistance.
Copies of the Company's March 31,
2024 annual financial statements and related management
discussion and analysis as well as interim financial statements and
related management discussion and analysis are available under the
Company's SEDAR+ profile. Any shareholders who would like to
receive paper copies of the financial statements and MD&A
please call 1-604-354-2491 or email info@defensemetals.com.
The Company has satisfied all the conditions of, and is relying
on, the exemption from the requirement to send proxy-related
materials provided under Canadian Securities Administrators
Coordinated Blanket Order 51-931 dated December 4, 2024..
About Defense Metals Corp. and its Wicheeda Rare Earth
Element Project
Defense Metals Corp. is focused on the development of its 100%
owned, 11,800-hectare (~29,158-acre) Wicheeda REE Project that is
located on the traditional territory of the McLeod Lake Indian Band
in British Columbia, Canada.
The Wicheeda REE Project, approximately 80 kilometres (~50
miles) northeast of the city of Prince
George, is readily accessible by a paved highway and
all-weather gravel roads and is close to infrastructure, including
hydro power transmission lines and gas pipelines. The nearby
Canadian National Railway and major highways allow easy access to
the port facilities at Prince
Rupert, the closest major North American port to
Asia.
For further information, please visit
www.defensemetals.com or contact:
Alex Heath
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Interim CFO
Tel: +1 604-354-2491
Email: alex@defensemetals.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this news release.
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