Western Potash Corp. announced the closing of the strategic investment from Beijing Tairui Innovation Capital Management Ltd. Effective upon closing of the Transaction, Chang (Geoffery) Xiaogang, Xue (Bill) Weny, Wang Yinping, and Sun (Linda) Limin, nominees of Tairui were appointed to Western's Board of Directors. Messrs.

David Hodge, Peter Miles and Troy Nikolai have stepped down from the Board of Directors as part of the Transaction in order to accommodate the incoming directors. Mr. Nikolai will remain in the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chang served successively as President and Chairman of Shanxi Top Energy Company Ltd., Deputy Chairman of Shanxi Securities Ltd., Deputy Chairman of Shanxi Zhangze Power Company Ltd., Chairman and President of Shanxi International Power Group Ltd., full-time independent director for Central State-owned Enterprise, and Director of China International Travel Service Group Corporation.

Mr. Xue served respectively as General Manager of Top Energy Lishi Coal Mine, Vice President of Shanxi Top Energy Company Ltd., President of Shanxi Financial Leasing Company Ltd., and Vice President of Shanxi International Electricity Group Company Ltd. He is currently the President of Tairui. Mr. Wang has 27 years' experience with SINOCHEM Group, of which he was Vice President of the Group for 16 years. He served respectively as President and Chairman of two SINOCHEM International and International Group Co.

Ltd., both of which are SINOCHEM member companies, as well as President of China Foreign Economy & Trade Trust. Since 2015, he has served as the CEO of China Pioneer Pharma Holdings Limited. Ms. Sun has an extensive background in International and Government relations beginning with the Ivanhoe Group Companies.

She has been with Western Potash since 2011 and has played a significant role in the Company's important strategic transactions with CBCHC and Tairui.