Nevada Zinc Corporation announced that Michael Wilson has agreed to accept the role of President & CEO of the Company in addition to accepting the role as a member of the Board of Directors of Nevada Zinc (the “Board”) effective immediately. He holds an HBSc degree in Geology and a MSc degree in Mining Engineering. Michael has over 40 years of experience in the fields of geology, mineralogy and mining engineering of surface and underground mines and worked as President and CEO of Behre Dolbear Canada Ltd., one of the oldest international mineral industry advisory firms, as well as with Stantec, Inco and Falconbridge.

Michael has worked closely with Nevada Zinc over the past two years and participated in the Company's strategic decision to pivot away from the production of zinc metal and pursue the production of zinc sulfate monohydrate. Michael has the expertise and the project management experience to lead the Company through the feasibility phase of its zinc sulfate initiative once the current pilot plant project has been successfully completed. Michael has provided continued leadership to the Company throughout the pilot plant work that has been carried out during 2022.