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Hertz Energy Inc. Announces Resignation of Director

Management Changes

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HERTZ ENERGY INC.

1500-1055 West Georgia Street

Vancouver, BC V6E 4N7

HERTZ ENERGY INC. ANNOUNCES

RESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR

Vancouver, British Columbia – (Newswire – Occtober 11, 2024) – Hertz Energy Inc. (CSE: HZ;

OTCQB: HZLIF; FSE: QE2) (the “Company”) announced today the resignation of independent director

Bala Pratap Reddy Udumala from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

Bala Pratap Reddy Udumala joined the Company in August of 2019 and has been a valuable member of

the Board of Director. “ On behalf of the Board and management, we would like to thank Pratap for his

valuable contribution as a director of the Company and throughout his subsequent tenure. We wish him

the best with his future endeavours,” expressed Kal Malhi, CEO of the Company.

The Board will begin a search for a new Independent Director and will notify the market when a

replacement has been interviewed and selected.

About the Company

The Company is a British Columbia -based mineral exploration company primarily engaged in the

acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The Company's lithium exploration projects include the

Lucky Mica Project, which is located along the Arizona Pegmatite Belt in the Maricopa County of Arizona,

USA and the Patriota Lithium Project, located along the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province, in Brazil

and the district scale AC/DC Lithium Project and Snake Lithium Project, both located in James Bay,

Quebec.

For further information, please contact Mr. Kal Malhi or view the Company’s filings at www.sedar.com.

On Behalf Of the Board of Directors

Kal Malhi

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Phone: 604-805-4602

Email: [email protected]

The Canadian Securities Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news

release.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities

in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States

Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws, and may not

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be offered or sold within the United States, or to or for the account or benefit of any U.S. person or any

person in the United States, unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities

laws or an exemption from such registrat ion is available. “ United States” and “ U.S. Person ” are as

defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.

Cautionary Statement Regarding “Forward-Looking” Information

This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All

statements in this new release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments

that the Company expects to occur, are forward -looking statements. Forward -looking statements are

statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”,

“plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar

expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although

the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward -looking statements are based on

reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may

differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results

to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, continued availability

of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned

that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may

differ materially from those projected in the forward -looking statements. Forward-looking statements are

based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are

made. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update

these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other

factors, should change.