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IBC Advanced Alloys Announces Issuance of Share-Based Compensation to Directors and Consideration Shares for Credit Facility Guarantees

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FRANKLIN, IN / ACCESSWIRE / July 11, 2024 / IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. ("IBC" or the "Company") (TSX-V:IB)(OTCQB:IAALF) announces that, further to its press release dated June 25, 2024, the Company has issued (i) 1,714,284 common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Fee Shares") to its directors in consideration for their services to the Company for the period from July 2023 through June 2024, and (ii) 4,982,000 common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Bonus Shares", and together with the Fee Shares, the "Common Shares") to Mark Smith in consideration for his guarantee of amounts owing under the Company's credit facilities with Iron Horse Credit, LLC and Sallyport Commercial Finance, LLC. The shares are subject to a four month and one day hold period.

The issuance of Common Shares was approved by the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSX-V") on July 10, 2024.

After the issuances, Mark Smith, Geoffrey Hampson, Simon Anderson and Michael Jarvis currently hold an aggregate of approximately 26.0% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares. Each issuance of Common Shares to the directors constitutes a "related party transaction" within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101") and TSX-V Policy 5.9 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions. The Company is relying on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority approval requirements contained in Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101, on the basis that the fair market value of the transaction does not exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization.

Early Warning Disclosure

As a result of the issuances of Common Shares (the "Issuances"), Mr. Smith acquired ownership and control of 5,410,571 Common Shares at a deemed issue price of C$0.07 per Common Share, for aggregate deemed consideration of C$378,739.97.

Prior to acquiring the Common Shares, Mr. Smith owned 17,064,238 Common Shares and 250,000 stock options to acquire Common Shares (the "Options"). The 17,064,238 Common Shares represented 15.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding Common Shares prior to giving effect to the Issuances. If all of the Options held by Mr. Smith were exercised prior to giving effect to the Issuances, an aggregate of 17,314,238 Common Shares would have been owned by Mr. Smith, representing approximately 16.18% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares on a partially-diluted basis.