On October 16, 2018, John Gingerich submitted his resignation from the Purebase Corporation Board of Directors. In so doing, Mr. Gingerich also relinquished his positions on the Board's Audit and Compensation Committees. In his resignation letter, Mr. Gingerich cited various concerns he had regarding decisions being made by the Purebase Board including those concerning various related entities and their respective shareholders. The Board has recently appointed a new disinterested Director, Thomas Swett, to assume Mr. Gingerich's positions on the Compensation and Audit Committees. The Company's Board will continue its policy of having any matters coming before the Board which present a conflict of interest to be reviewed and approved by the two independent Directors, namely Mr. Swett and Mr. Calvin Lim.