KWG Resources Signs MOU with Maclaine Watson & Co to Seek Chrome Trading on the London Metal Exchange

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KWG Resources (CSE: CACR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Maclaine Watson & Co, a British private investment and trading house, to explore the possibility of trading chromium on the London Metal Exchange (LME). The collaboration aims to reinstate Maclaine Watson's dealer seat on the LME and investigate the potential for chromium metal trading in the exchange's twice-daily ring auctions.

The partnership is strategically significant as chromium has been designated as a critical mineral by the USA. Maclaine Watson, founded in the early 19th century, was previously an LME ring-dealing member until 1985, with operations across London, Indonesia, and Singapore. While the MOU establishes no financial obligations between the parties, KWG views this relationship as important for developing a terminal market in chrome, a vital stainless steel-making commodity, potentially enhancing access to global markets and development capital hedging mechanisms for Canada.

Positive

• Strategic partnership with established metals trading firm
• Potential access to global markets through LME trading platform
• Enhanced trading opportunities for chrome as a US-designated critical mineral

Negative

• No binding financial commitments in the MOU
• Success depends on LME approval for chromium trading
• Uncertain timeline for implementation of trading activities

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 17, 2025) - KWG Resources Inc. (CSE: CACR) (CSE: CACR.A), which carries on business as The Canadian Chrome Company ("CCC", "KWG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday with Maclaine Watson & Co, a British private investment and trading house. The MOU provides that the parties will collaborate to resume Maclaine Watson's seat as a dealer on the London Metal Exchange (LME). With chromium being designated by the USA as a critical mineral - the parties will investigate making application for chromium metal to be traded in the LME's twice-daily ring auctions.

Founded in the early 19th century, Maclaine Watson & Co. is a private investor and trader, and until 1985 was a ring-dealing member of the LME, with a legacy of trading in metals, sugar and rubber with operations in London, Indonesia and Singapore.

KWG considers the Maclaine Watson and LME relationship to be crucial to the development of a terminal market in the important chrome stainless steel-making commodity, for Canada, to provide development capital hedging mechanisms with much enhanced access to global markets. However, neither party to the MOU will have any financial obligation to the other.

About The Canadian Chrome Company:
KWG, which carries on business as The Canadian Chrome Company, is an exploration stage company that is focused on identification, acquisition, consolidation, exploration, development and evaluation of large-scale deposits of minerals including chromite, base metals and strategic minerals and, where applicable, in the development of transportation and electrification links to access remote areas where these deposits may be located. The Canadian Chrome Company is a registered business style of KWG Resources Inc.

In respect of chromite, KWG is the owner of 100% of the Black Horse chromite project (formerly part of Fancamp's "Koper Lake-McFaulds" properties) in which Bold Ventures Inc. is carried through exploration of the former Fancamp claims for 10% of the chromite project. KWG also holds other area interests including a 100% interest in the Hornby claims, a 15% vested interest in the McFaulds copper/zinc project and a vested 30% interest in the Big Daddy chromite project.

KWG also owns 100% of Canada Chrome Corporation (the "Subsidiary") which staked mining claims between Aroland, Ontario (near Nakina) and the Ring of Fire. The Subsidiary has conducted a surveying and mineral and soil testing program to explore for minerals and to assess the prospects for the engineering and construction of a railroad or other transportation facility along that route between the Ring of Fire and Aroland, Ontario covering the claims staked by the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary identified deposits of aggregate along the route and made application for 32 aggregate extraction permits. The Subsidiary engaged Cormorant Utilities and Rail-Veyor Technologies for Engineering Proposals for the construction of a transportation and utility corridor within the route to connect the Ring of Fire area to transportation and electrification systems which run through Nakina, Ontario (near Aroland) connecting to southern Ontario and the rest of Canada and has received those proposals. Those proposals include electrification systems connecting to several First Nations communities in the James Bay Lowlands including in the Ring of Fire area.

KWG has also acquired intellectual property interests, including a lower cost and reduced carbon method for the direct reduction of chromite to metalized iron and chrome using natural gas. KWG subsidiary Muketi Metallurgical LP has acquired two chromite-refining patents in Canada and one in each of the USA, South Africa and Kazakhstan, and is prosecuting an application in Turkey.

For further information, please contact:
Bruce Hodgman, Vice-President: 416-642-3575 ~ info@canadachrome.com

Forward-Looking Statements: Information set forth in this news release may involve forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. The forward-looking statements contained herein are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made as of the date of this document and KWG disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities legislation. Although management believes that the expectations represented in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

Disclaimer: Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

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FAQ

What is the purpose of KWG Resources' MOU with Maclaine Watson regarding KWGBF stock?

The MOU aims to explore chromium trading on the London Metal Exchange and reinstate Maclaine Watson's dealer seat, potentially creating new market opportunities for chrome trading.

How will the London Metal Exchange partnership affect KWGBF's chrome trading capabilities?

The partnership could establish a terminal market for chrome trading, providing enhanced access to global markets and development capital hedging mechanisms for Canada.

What is the significance of chromium being designated as a critical mineral for KWGBF?

The US designation of chromium as a critical mineral enhances its strategic importance and potential market value for KWG Resources' chrome operations.

Are there any financial obligations between KWGBF and Maclaine Watson in the MOU?

No, the MOU specifically states that neither party will have any financial obligations to the other.