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Global Battery Metals Ltd. AGM Information 2021

Apr 6, 2021

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AGM Information

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Global Battery Metals Ltd. Suite 1430, 800 West Pender Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2V6

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD APRIL 30, 2021

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General and Special Meeting (the “ Meeting ”) of the shareholders (the “ Shareholders ”) of Global Battery Metals Ltd. (the “ Corporation ”) will be held at Suite 1430, 800 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, April 30, 2021, at 11:00 a.m . (Pacific Time) for the following purposes:

  1. To receive and consider the audited financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended April 30, 2020, and the unaudited interim financial statements of the Corporation for the three and six months ended October 31, 2020;

  2. To fix the number of directors for the ensuing year at six (6) members;

  3. To elect directors of the Corporation to hold office for the ensuing year;

  4. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as auditor of the Corporation for the ensuing year and to authorize the directors to fix the remuneration to be paid to the auditor;

  5. To consider and, if deemed appropriate, to pass, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving the Corporation’s “10% rolling” stock option plan, as amended, in the form attached as Schedule “B” to and as more particularly described in the accompanying Information Circular (as defined below);

  6. To consider and, if deemed appropriate, to pass an ordinary resolution ratifying and approving the mining option and royalty agreement dated July 21, 2020 for the sale of the Corporation’s Lara Copper Property located in Peru, as required by the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, as more particularly described in the accompanying Information Circular; and

  7. To transact such further and other business as may be properly brought before the Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The accompanying management information circular (the “ Information Circular ”) provides additional information relating to the matters to be dealt with at the Meeting and is deemed to form part of this Notice. No other matters are contemplated, however, any permitted amendment to or variation of any matter identified in this Notice may properly be considered at the Meeting. The Meeting may also consider the transaction of such further and other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Accompanying this Notice is a (i) form of proxy or voting instruction form, and (ii) financial statements request form.

NOTICE OF CAUTION CONCERNING COVID-19 OUTBREAK

As a result of heightened health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, in person attendance at the Meeting will be limited to registered shareholders, duly appointed proxyholders, and essential personnel. The Corporation strongly encourages shareholders not to attend the Meeting in person and to consider the advice of the federal Public Health Agency of Canada (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html), the Government of British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home), and local public health authorities for preventing the spread of COVID-19 through the practice of physical distancing. The Corporation encourages shareholders to vote their common shares prior to the Meeting following the instructions set out in the accompanying instrument of proxy.

The board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) has fixed the close of business on March 11, 2021, as the record date for the determination of the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting. Only Shareholders whose names have been entered in the register of shareholders as at the close of business on March 11, 2021, will be entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting. Shareholders are entitled to vote at the Meeting either in person or by proxy, as described in the Information Circular under the heading “Section 2 – Proxies and Voting Rights” . For information with respect to Shareholders who own their shares through an intermediary, see “ Section 2 – Proxies and Voting Rights – Advice to Beneficial Shareholders” in the Information Circular.

Whether or not you are able to attend the Meeting in person, you are encouraged to provide voting instructions on the enclosed form of proxy as soon as possible. For your vote to count, you must send your proxy to the Corporation’s transfer agent by either using the envelope provided or by mailing the proxy to Computershare Investor Services Inc., 100 University Avenue, 8[th] Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, Attention: Proxy Department (fax: 1-866-249-7775 within North America or +1-416-263-9524 from all other countries). You may also vote by telephone (toll-free within North America) at 1-866-732-VOTE (8683) or from outside of North America by calling +1-312-588-4290, or online by visiting www.investorvote.com and following the instructions. To vote by telephone or the Internet, you will need to enter the control number shown on your form of proxy.

The Corporation’s transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc., must receive your proxy no later than April 28, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time), or, if the Meeting is adjourned or postponed, no later than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays in the Province of British Columbia) before any adjourned or postponed Meeting.

If you are a non-registered Shareholder (for example, if you hold shares in an account with a broker or another intermediary), you should follow the voting procedures described in the form of proxy or voting instruction form provided by your broker or intermediary or call your broker or intermediary for information as to how you can vote your shares. Without specific instructions, brokers and their agents and nominees are prohibited from voting shares for their clients. Therefore, each non-registered Shareholder should ensure that voting instructions are communicated to the appropriate person well in advance of the Meeting. Note that the deadlines set by your broker or intermediary for submitting your form of proxy or voting instruction form may be earlier than the dates described above. Shareholders should follow the instructions on the forms they receive and if they have any questions contact their intermediaries or Computershare Investor Services Inc., the Corporation’s transfer agent, at 1-800-564-6253 (toll free within North America) or +1-514-982-7555 from outside of North America.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 11[th] day of March, 2021.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

/s/ Michael Murphy Michael Murphy President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

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