The company's short form base shelf prospectus dated May 1, 2023, was filed with and accepted by the TSX Venture Exchange, and filed with and receipted by the British Columbia Securities Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act (British Columbia), and the Ontario Securities Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act (Ontario) on May 1, 2023. The prospectus has also filed under Multilateral Instrument 11-102, Passport System, in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories. A receipt for the prospectus is deemed to be issued by the regulators in each of those jurisdictions if the conditions of the instrument have been satisfied.

Further to an at-the-market (ATM) offering of shares made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated May 10, 2023, to the company's short form base shelf prospectus dated May 1, 2023, the exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to the sales set out below under the ATM distribution. The company raised aggregate gross proceeds of $2,685,303 ($2,026,950.81 (U.S.)) pursuant to the ATM distribution from May 10, 2023, to June 30, 2023, as set out below.

The exchange has been advised by the company that sales under the ATM distribution during the quarter ended June 30, 2023, occurred for gross proceeds of $2,685,303 ($2,026,950.81 (U.S.)).

Agents:  Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Corp.

Offering:  534,400 shares in aggregate during the quarter ended June 30, 2023

Share price:  varying prices during the quarter ended, with an average sale price of $5.02 per share

Agents' warrants:  none

Overallotment option:  none

Agents' commissions:  3 per cent of the gross proceeds of the offering, being a cash payment of $60,808.53 (U.S.) in aggregate for the quarter ended June 30, 2023

For further information, please refer to the company's short form base shelf prospectus dated May 1, 2022, the prospectus supplement dated May 5, 2023, and the news releases dated Aug. 11, 2023, and Sept. 7, 2023, which are available under the company's SEDAR+ profile.