American Lithium Corp. announced the appointment of Ms. Claudia Tornquist to the Board of Directors and Ted O'Connor as Executive Vice President of the Company. Ms. Tornquist, benefiting from many years of experience in the mining industry, serves currently as President, CEO, and director of Kodiak Copper Corp.

Previously, she served as Executive Vice President of Business Development at Sandstorm Gold, a gold streaming and royalty company. Additionally, she worked for nine years at Rio Tinto, as general manager in strategy, business evaluation, M&A and business development. In her various senior management roles at the world's second largest mining multinational, she developed considerable expertise in assessing and evaluating the financial merits of large-scale mineral development projects across a variety of commodities including lithium.

Ms. Tornquist is also a director of Silver One Resources and is a former director of Kennady Diamonds, which was acquired by Mountain Province. Additionally, she has worked as a consultant to Western Potash, which was acquired by China National Offshore Oil Corp.Ms. Tornquist holds a Master's degree in engineering and Master's degree in business administration. Mr. O'Connor will be transitioning from his current role as a Company director and chair of the audit committee to a more hands-on role as Executive Vice President of Exploration and Development.

Mr. O'Connor is a professional geoscientist with over 30 years of experience in the exploration industry. Previously, he served as CEO and a director of Plateau Energy Metals, which was acquired by American Lithium last year. Between 2014 and 2021, he played a key role in Plateau's development of the Macusani uranium district and the discovery of the Falchani Lithium deposit in southeast Peru.

His expertise in developing uranium deposits draws from nearly two decades as a senior geologist, global manager of exploration alliances, and ultimately as a director of corporate development for Cameco, one of the world's largest uranium miners. Mr. O'Connor is a professional geologist with a Master's degree in Geosciences.