Aclara Resources Inc. announced the appointment of three new members to its team: Patricio Irribarra as Chief Geologist, Fernando Illanes as Public Affairs Manager, and Gisele Azimi as Technical Advisor. Patricio Irribarra has been appointed as Chief Geologist and will lead the Company's efforts towards the planning and execution of exploration campaigns in order to define potential new operation modules. Patricio is a highly experienced geologist with 28 years of experience, leading exploration projects from basic stages to reserve definition phases, including exploitation and planning in well renowned companies such as Barrick and Gold Fields and in different jurisdictions such as Argentina, Chile, Peru, Australia-Pacific, Mexico and the US.

Fernando Illanes has been appointed as Public Affairs Manager and will lead the Company locally to expand and enhance the relationships between the Company and its stakeholders in the BioBio region, as well as manage the Company's social contribution projects that will aim to generate value to the community. Fernando has over 15 years of experience in strategic planning and execution of corporate social responsibility plans, specifically in connection with the identification of interest groups, the determination of relationship levels, and the development and management of programs and projects related to the social environment of organizations. Fernando holds a Master in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development, specializing in Indigenous Policies and Interculturality (Sociology and Anthropology).

Dr. Gisele Azimi has been appointed as Technical Advisor to the management team of Aclara, and will play an important role in defining the metallurgical inputs for the Company's NI 43-101 Feasibility Study, and keep improving the metallurgical recovery process, while minimizing impact on Capex and Opex. She will also be advising in respect of separation and vertical integration opportunities. Gisele is a Professor and Canada Research Chair jointly appointed by Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering Departments at the University of Toronto.

She has 12 years of experience in the fields of electrochemistry, thermodynamics, hydrometallurgy, supercritical fluids and materials design. She has published more than 100 journal and referred conference publications and she continues to present her research at national and international conferences. She is also a co-inventor in a number of patent applications and two awarded patents.

She holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto and has completed her first and second postdoctoral appointments at MIT.