Mr. Ken Shields reports

CONIFEX PROVIDES CORPORATE AND OPERATIONS UPDATE

Conifex Timber Inc. has amended and restated its existing credit agreement with PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.

The restated agreement increases the aggregate principal amount of the secured term loan provided thereunder to up to $41-million, of which $5-million is available immediately, and the remaining $11-million is subject to completion of financial diligence. The loan continues to have a term of five years from original issuance and is substantially on the same terms, including the same annual interest rate. The loan was advanced in lieu of Conifex's consideration of a working capital facility to finance continuing working capital requirements.

"The additional borrowings will be used to fund a buildup in sawlog inventories to support our transition to a two-shift operation at our sawmill complex, effective Jan. 6, 2025," commented Conifex's chairman and chief executive officer, Ken Shields. The decision to move to a two-shift operation was based on a steadily improving backdrop for lumber prices, as evidenced by the 18-per-cent improvement in cash prices for spruce-pine-fir benchmark lumber prices in the fourth quarter of 2024 relative to those in the third quarter of 2024.

Mr. Shields continued, "The benefits of spreading our fixed costs over a larger base coupled with additional product sales are expected to lower our cash costs and boost the operating cash flow we expect to achieve in the first quarter of 2025 from what we presently achieve on a one-shift basis."

As partial consideration, subject to stock exchange approval, Pender will receive up to 5,904,000 warrants, with each warrant being exercisable into one common share for a period of five years on payment of 50 cents per warrant. Pursuant to applicable securities laws, the warrants will be subject to a hold period of four months and one day from issuance. Concurrently, Pender has agreed to cancel all of its existing 3.6 million warrants.

Pender shall have the right to appoint one director to the board of directors of Conifex on customary terms while the loan remains outstanding. The restated agreement includes mandatory prepayment obligations in favour of Pender, including in the event of a major disposition by Conifex of certain of its assets.

About Conifex Timber Inc.

Conifex and its subsidiaries' primary business currently includes timber harvesting, reforestation, forest management, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added lumber finishing and distribution. Conifex's lumber products are sold in the U.S., Canadian and Japanese markets. Conifex also produces bioenergy at its power generation facility at Mackenzie, B.C.

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