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Letho Resources Corp. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Dec 19, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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LETHO RESOURCES CORP.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of LETHO RESOURCES CORP. (hereinafter called the "Company") will be held on Friday, January 16, 2025, at 300-1455 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver, BC, at 2:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) for the following purposes:
- To receive the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 and the Auditor's Reports thereon;
- To elect Directors for the ensuing year;
- To re-appoint Fernandez Young LLP, Chartered Accountants, as the Company's Auditor for the ensuing year and to authorize the Directors to fix their remuneration;
- To approve and ratify the Company's 2022 Stock Option Plan; and
- To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.
Accompanying this Notice is an Information Circular and Proxy with notes to Proxy.
Shareholders unable to attend the Annual General Meeting in person should read the notes accompanying the enclosed Proxy and complete and return the Proxy to the Company's Registrar and Transfer Agent within the time and to the location set out in the said notes to the Proxy.
The enclosed Proxy is solicited by Management and you may amend it, if you so desire, by striking out the names listed therein and inserting in the space provided the name of the person you wish to represent you at the Meeting.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 15th day of December 2025.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD,
"Sotirios Kapotas"
Sotirios Kapotas
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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LETHO RESOURCES CORP.
300-1455 Bellevue Avenue
West Vancouver, BC, V7T 1C3
INFORMATION CIRCULAR
(containing information as at December 15, 2025, unless otherwise stated)
SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
This Information Circular (this "Circular") is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Management of LETHO RESOURCES CORP. (the "Company"), for use at the Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Shareholders of the Company to be held on Friday, the 16th day of January 2026, at the time and place and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. The solicitation will be primarily by mail, however, proxies may be solicited personally or by telephone by the regular officers and employees of the Company. The cost of solicitation will be borne by the Company.
APPOINTMENT AND REVOCATION OF PROXIES
The persons named in the accompanying form of Proxy are Directors and/or Officers of the Company. A Shareholder has the right to appoint a person (who need not be a Shareholder) to attend and act on the Shareholder's behalf at the Meeting other than the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy. To exercise this right, a Shareholder shall strike out the names of the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy and insert the name of the Shareholder's nominee in the blank space provided, or complete another instrument of proxy. A proxy will not be valid unless it is duly completed, signed and deposited with the Company's registrar and transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company of Canada ("Computershare") by hand or mail at 100 University Avenue, 8th floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, or by fax within North America at 1-866-249-7775 or outside North America at 1-416-263-9524, and not less than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before the time of any adjournment thereof. A proxy must be signed by the Shareholder or by his attorney in writing, or, if the Shareholder is a corporation, it must either be under its common seal or signed by a duly authorized officer.
A Shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised. In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a proxy may be revoked by instrument in writing executed by the Shareholder or by his attorney authorized in writing, or, if the Shareholder is a corporation, it must either be under its common seal or signed by a duly authorized officer and deposited by hand or mail with Computershare at 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, or by fax within North America at 1-866-249-7775 or outside North America at 1-416-263-9524, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment of it, at which the proxy is to be used, or to the Chairperson of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting or any adjournment of it. A revocation of a proxy does not affect any matter on which a vote has been taken prior to the revocation.
VOTING OF SHARES AND EXERCISE OF DISCRETION OF PROXIES
On any poll, the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy will vote the shares in respect of which they are appointed. Where directions are given by the Shareholder in respect of voting for or against any resolution, the proxy holder will do so in accordance with such direction. In the absence of any instruction in a proxy, it is intended that such shares will be voted in favor of the motions proposed to be made at the Meeting as stated under the headings in this Circular.
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The accompanying form of proxy, when properly signed, confers discretionary authority with respect to amendments or variations to the matters which may properly be brought before the Meeting. At the time of printing this Circular, the Management of the Company is not aware that any such amendments, variations or other matters are to be presented for action at the Meeting. However, if any other matters which are not now known to the Management should properly come before the Meeting, the proxies hereby solicited will be exercised on such matters in accordance with the best judgment of the nominee.
In order to approve a motion proposed at the Meeting, a majority of greater than 50% of the votes cast will be required (an "Ordinary Resolution") unless the motion requires a Special Resolution, in which case a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast will be required. In the event a motion proposed at the Meeting requires disinterested shareholder approval, shares held by Shareholders who are also "insiders", as such term is defined under applicable securities laws, will be excluded from the count of votes cast on such motion.
ADVICE TO BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS
The information set forth in this section is of significant importance to many Shareholders as a substantial number of Shareholders do not hold shares in their own name. Shareholders who do not hold their shares in their own name (referred to in this Circular as "Beneficial Shareholders") should note that only proxies deposited by Shareholders whose names appear on the records of the Company as the registered holders of shares can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting.
If shares are listed in an account statement provided to a Shareholder by a broker, then, in almost all cases, those shares will not be registered in the Shareholder's name on the records of the Company. Such shares will more likely be registered under the name of the Shareholder's broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada, the vast majority of such shares are registered under the name CDS & Co. (the registration name for The Canadian Depositary for Securities, which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms). The shares held by brokers or their agents or nominees can only be voted (for or against resolutions) upon the instructions of the Beneficial Shareholder. Without specific instructions, a broker and its agents are prohibited from voting shares for the broker's clients. Therefore, Beneficial Shareholders should ensure that instructions respecting the voting of their shares are communicated to the appropriate person.
Applicable regulatory rules require intermediaries/brokers to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of Shareholders' meetings. Every intermediary/broker has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients, which should be carefully followed by Beneficial Shareholders in order to ensure that their shares are voted at the Meeting. The purpose of the form of proxy or voting instruction form provided to a Beneficial Shareholder by its broker, agent or nominee is limited to instructing the registered holder of the shares on how to vote such shares on behalf of the Beneficial Shareholder.
The majority of brokers now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Investor Communications ("Broadridge"). Broadridge typically supplies a voting instruction form, mails those forms to Beneficial Shareholders and asks those Beneficial Shareholders to return the forms to Broadridge or follow specific telephone or other voting procedures. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received by it and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of the shares to be represented at the Meeting. A Beneficial Shareholder receiving a voting instruction form from Broadridge cannot use that form to vote shares directly at the Meeting. Instead, the voting instruction form must be returned to Broadridge or the alternate voting procedures must be completed well in advance of the Meeting in order to ensure such shares are voted.
There are two kinds of Beneficial Shareholders, those who object to their name being made known to the issuers of securities which they own ("OBOs" for Objecting Beneficial Owners) and those who not object to the issuers of the securities they own knowing who they are ("NOBOs" for Non-Objecting Beneficial Owners). Pursuant to National Instrument 54-101 issuers can obtain a list of their NOBOs from intermediaries for distribution of proxy
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related materials directly to NOBOs. This year, the Company has decided to take advantage of those provisions of National Instrument 54-101 that permit it to directly deliver proxy-related materials to its NOBOs. As a result, NOBOs can expect to receive a scannable Voting Instruction Form (VIF) from our Transfer Agent, Computershare Trust Company of Canada ("Computershare"). These VIFs are to be completed and returned to Computershare in the envelope provided or by facsimile. In addition, Computershare provides both telephone voting and internet voting as described on the VIF itself which contains complete instructions. Computershare will tabulate the results of the VIFs received from NOBOs and will provide appropriate instructions at the Meeting with respect to the shares represented by the VIFs they receive.
These security holder materials are being sent to both registered and non-registered owners of the shares of the Company. If you are a non-registered owner and the Company or its agent has sent these materials directly to you, your name and address and information about your holdings of securities have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the intermediary holding on your behalf. In this event, by choosing to send these materials to you directly, the Company (and not the intermediary holding on your behalf) has assumed responsibility for (i) delivering these materials to you; and (ii) executing your proper voting instructions. Please return your voting instructions as specified in the request for voting instructions.
Although Beneficial Shareholders may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purpose of voting shares registered in the name of their broker, agent or nominee, a Beneficial Shareholder may attend the Meeting as a proxyholder for a shareholder and vote their shares in that capacity. Beneficial Shareholders who wish to attend the Meeting and indirectly vote their shares as proxyholder for the registered shareholder should contact their broker, agent or nominee well in advance of the Meeting to determine the steps necessary to permit them to indirectly vote their shares as a proxyholder.
All references to shareholders in this Circular and the accompanying form of proxy are to registered shareholders unless specifically stated otherwise.
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
Except as otherwise disclosed herein, none of:
(a) the directors or executive officers of the Company at any time since the beginning of the last financial year of the Company;
(b) the proposed nominees for election as a Director of the Company; or
(c) any associate or affiliate of the foregoing persons,
has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, in any matters to be acted upon at the Meeting exclusive of the election of directors or the appointment of auditors.
RECORD DATE, VOTING SHARES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF
A Shareholder of record at the close of business on December 12, 2025 (the "Record Date") who either personally attends the Meeting or who has completed and delivered a proxy in the manner and subject to the provisions described above, shall be entitled to vote or to have such Shareholder's shares voted at the Meeting.
The Company's authorized capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares ("Common Shares") without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares ("Preferred Shares") without par value. As at the Record Date, the Company has 25,843,904 Common Shares issued and outstanding, each share carrying the right to one vote, and no Preferred Shares outstanding.
To the best of the knowledge of the directors and senior officers of the Company, as at the Record Date no person
holds, directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction, over more than 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
In accordance with the provisions of applicable securities legislation, the Company had three "Named Executive Officers" during the financial year ended December 31, 2024, namely (i) Mr. Brian Morrison, Secretary, CFO and a director, (ii) Mr. Dimitris Soudas, Chairman of the Board and director, and (iii) Mr. Sotirios Kapotas, President, CEO and director.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Circular:
"CEO" means an individual who acted as chief executive officer of the company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;
"CFO" means an individual who acted as chief financial officer of the company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;
"closing market price" means the price at which the company's security was last sold, on the applicable date,
(a) in the security's principal marketplace in Canada, or
(b) if the security is not listed or quoted on a marketplace in Canada, in the security's principal marketplace;
"company" includes other types of business organizations such as partnerships, trusts and other unincorporated business entities;
"equity incentive plan" means an incentive plan, or portion of an incentive plan, under which awards are granted and that falls within the scope of Section 3870 of the Handbook;
"external management company" includes a subsidiary, affiliate or associate of the external management company;
"grant date" means a date determined for financial statement reporting purposes under Section 3870 of the Handbook;
"incentive plan" means any plan providing compensation that depends on achieving certain performance goals or similar conditions within a specified period;
"incentive plan award" means compensation awarded, earned, paid, or payable under an incentive plan;
"NEO" or "named executive officer" means each of the following individuals:
(a) a CEO;
(b) a CFO;
(c) each of the three most highly compensated executive officers, or the three most highly compensated individuals acting in a similar capacity, other than the CEO and CFO, at the end of
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the most recently completed financial year whose total compensation was, individually, more than $150,000, as determined in accordance with subsection 1.3(6) of National Instrument 51-102, for that financial year; and
(d) each individual who would be a NEO under paragraph (c) but for the fact that the individual was neither an executive officer of the company, nor acting in a similar capacity, at the end of that financial year;
"NI 52-107" means National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency;
"non-equity incentive plan" means an incentive plan or portion of an incentive plan that is not an equity incentive plan;
"option-based award" means an award under an equity incentive plan of options, including, for greater certainty, share options, share appreciation rights, and similar instruments that have option-like features;
"plan" includes any plan, contract, authorization, or arrangement, whether or not set out in any formal document, where cash, securities, similar instruments or any other property may be received, whether for one or more persons;
"share-based award" means an award under an equity incentive plan of equity-based instruments that do not have option-like features, including, for greater certainty, common shares, restricted shares, restricted share units, deferred share units, phantom shares, phantom share units, common share equivalent units, and stock.
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Discussion and Analysis
The objective of the Company's compensation strategy is to provide adequate levels of base compensation for its NEO's as well as discretionary bonuses to act as incentive mechanisms for achieving corporate goals and objectives. Each NEO receives a base salary in recognition of the position's day-to-day duties and responsibilities, which constitutes the largest share of the NEO's compensation package. The Board reviews each NEO's base salary on an annual basis, and may also consider an NEO's qualifications, experience, length of service and past contributions in determining an NEO's base salary.
The Board may also set, throughout the year, discretionary bonuses to serve as incentive mechanisms for the meeting of particular corporate goals and objectives, or for the Company's financial performance. NEO's are also eligible to participate in the Company's Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan") and receive grants of stock options thereunder.
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Option-Based Awards
The Option Plan is used to attract, retain and incentivize qualified and experienced personnel. The Option Plan is an important part of the Company's long-term incentive strategy for its NEO's, as well as for its other directors, officers, other management, employees and consultants (collectively, "eligible persons"), permitting them to participate in any appreciation of the market value of the Company's common shares over a stated period of time. The Option Plan is designed to foster a proprietary interest in stock ownership, and to reinforce a commitment to the Company's long-term growth, performance and success as well as increasing shareholder value.
The Board reviews the grant of stock options to NEO's from time to time, based on various factors such as the NEO's level of responsibility and role and importance in the Company achieving its corporate goals, objectives and prospects. Previous grants of options are taken into account when considering new grants of stock options to NEO's.
The Company has no equity compensation plans other than the Stock Option Plan.
NEO Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets out certain information respecting the compensation paid to the NEO's during the three most recently completed financial years.
| Name and principal position | Year(1) | Salary, ($) | Grant date fair value of share-based awards ($) | Grant date fair value of option-based awards (2) ($) | Non-equity incentive plan compensation ($) | Pension value ($) | All other compensation ($) | Total compensation ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual incentive plans | Long-term incentive plans | ||||||||
| Brian Morrison (3) (6) Secretary & CFO | 2024 | Nil | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | Nil |
| 2023 | Nil | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | ||
| 2022 | Nil | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | Nil | |
| Dimitris Soudas (4) (6) Chairman of the Board | 2024 | Nil | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | Nil |
| 2023 | Nil | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | Nil | |
| 2022 | Nil | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | Nil | |
| Sotirios Kapotas (5)(6) President & CEO | 2024 | $48,000 | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | $48,000 |
| 2023 | $85,000 | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | $85,000 | |
| 2022 | $64,500 | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nil | $64,500 | |
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(1) Fiscal year ended December 31.
(2) Deemed fair value of options granted during the fiscal year, based on the Black-Scholes-Merton model. See note 2 (share-based payment transactions) to the audited annual financial statements for the most recently completed financial year for underlying assumptions.
(3) Mr. Brian Morrison was President and CEO from September 17, 2012 to June 25, 2014. He was appointed Secretary and CFO on June 24, 2014.
(4) Mr. Dimitris Soudas was appointed Chairman of the Board on May 14, 2018.
(5) Mr. Sotirios Kapotas was appointed President and CEO on October 2, 2018.
(6) Each of Brian Morrison, Dimitris Soudas and Sotirios Kapotas also serve as directors of the Company and may have received compensation for services as directors and that compensation has been included in the figures provided in this Summary Compensation Table. Amounts, if any, which relate to the director's role are disclosed in "NEO Termination & Change of Control Benefits" hereunder.
NEO Incentive Plan Awards
Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards
The following table sets out certain information respecting each NEO's share-based and option-based awards outstanding at the end of the most recently completed financial year, including awards granted before the most recently completed financial year.
| Option-based Awards | Share-based Awards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) | Option exercise price ($) | Option Expiration Date | Value of unexercised in-the-money options (1) | Number of shares or units of shares that have not vested (#) | Market or payout value of share-based awards that have not vested ($) | Market or payout value of vested share-based awards not paid out or distributed |
| Brian Morrison | Nil | N/A | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Dimitris Soudas | Nil | N/A | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Sotirios Kapotas | Nil | N/A | N/A | Nil | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Incentive Plan Awards – Value Vested or Earned During the Year
The following table sets of certain information respecting the value of each NEO's share-based and option-based awards that became vested or were earned during the most recently completed financial year.
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| Name | Option-based awards
–Value vested during the year^{(1)(2)}
($) | Share-based awards
–Value vested during the year
($) | Non-equity incentive plan compensation
–Value earned during the year
($) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Morrison | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| Dimitris Soudas | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| Sotirios Kapotas | 0 | N/A | N/A |
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(1) For options that became vested during the most recently completed financial year and were in-the-money on their vesting date, based on the difference between the exercise price of the option and the closing market price of the Company's common shares on the Exchange on the vesting date.
(2) The shares of the Company have been halted for trading pending the completion of a business combination.
Narrative Discussion
The grant of stock options to NEO’s pursuant to the Company’s Stock Option Plan is discussed above under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Option Based Awards.”
Pension Plan Benefits
The Company does not have any pension arrangements in place for the NEO's.
NEO Termination and Change of Control Benefits
There are no provisions in any contract, agreement, plan or arrangement, that provides for payments to an NEO at, following or in connection with any termination (whether voluntary, involuntary or constructive), resignation, retirement, a change of control in the Company or a change in the NEO's responsibilities.
Employment, Consulting and Management Agreements
In June 2016, the Company entered into a consulting services agreement with the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer to provide various advisory services to the Company for an indefinite term. The agreement requires total payments of $15,000 per month and are subject to certain performance-based compensation. Also included in the agreement is a provision for an 18-month payout in the event of a termination without cause and a provision for a 36-month payout in the event of a change in control. On January 1, 2018, the Company and the officer mutually agreed to revise the contract to a reduced monthly rate of $1,500 to December 31, 2018, if the Company completes a financing over $5 million during 2018, the monthly rate will increase to the original monthly rate of $15,000. As of July 1, 2021, the agreement was amended so that at the discretion of the officer, this rate could remain reduced or altered to lesser than the original or at original rate.
All previous contracts with other NEO’s were terminated by mutual consent.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
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There was no compensation paid to directors of the Company who were not NEO's during the Company's most recently completed financial year:
Narrative Discussion
There are no arrangements under which directors of the Company who were not NEO's were compensated by the Company or its subsidiaries during the most recently completed financial year for their services in their capacity as directors or consultants.
Share-based Awards, Option-based Awards and Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation
Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards
There were no share-based and option-based awards outstanding at the end of the most recently completed financial year, including awards granted before the most recently completed financial year, for the directors of the Company who were not NEOs.
Incentive Plan Awards – Value Vested Or Earned During The Year
There were no share-based and option-based awards that became vested or were earned during the most recently completed financial year for the directors of the Company who were not NEOs.
AUDIT COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE
The Charter of the Company's audit committee and other information required to be disclosed by National Instrument 52-110 Audit Committees is attached to this Circular as Schedule "A".
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE
The information required to be disclosed by National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices is attached to this Circular as Schedule "B".
SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth information with respect to all compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2024:
Equity Compensation Plan Information
| Plan Category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and right | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity compensation plans approved by securityholders | Nil | Nil | 2,584,390 |
| Equity compensation plans not approved by securityholders | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| TOTAL | Nil | Nil | 2,584,390 |
(1) The aggregate number of common shares that may be reserved for issuance under the Company's stock
option plan shall not exceed 10% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares.
INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
As at the date hereof, other than indebtedness that has been entirely repaid on or before the date of this Circular or "routine indebtedness" (as defined in Form 51-102F5 of NI 51-102), and except as otherwise disclosed herein, none of (i) the individuals who are, or at any time since the beginning of the last financial year were, a director or executive officer of the Company, (ii) the proposed nominees for election as director, or (iii) any associate of the foregoing, is or at any time during the most recently completed financial year has been indebted to the Company or a subsidiary thereof or is a person whose indebtedness to another entity is or has been the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar arrangement or understanding provided by the Company or subsidiary thereof.
INTEREST OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS
For purposes of the following discussion, "Informed Person" means (a) a Director or Executive Officer of the Company; (b) a Director or Executive Officer of a person or company that is itself an Informed Person or a subsidiary of the Company; (c) any person or company who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, voting securities of the Company or who exercises control or direction over voting securities of the Company or a combination of both carrying more than 10 percent of the voting rights attached to all outstanding voting securities of the Company, other than the voting securities held by the person or company as underwriter in the course of a distribution; and (d) the Company itself if it has purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of its securities, for so long as it holds any of its securities.
Except as disclosed below, elsewhere herein or in the Notes to the Company's financial statements for the financial year ended December 31, 2024, none of:
(a) the Informed Persons of the Company;
(b) the proposed nominees for election as a Director of the Company; or
(c) any associate or affiliate of the foregoing persons,
has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction since the commencement of the last financial year of the Company or in a proposed transaction which has materially affected or would materially affect the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
Management functions of the Company and any subsidiary thereof are not, to any substantial degree, performed other than by directors or executive officers of the Company or any subsidiary thereof.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND COPIES OF MEETING MATERIALS
The audited financial statements of the Company as at and for the period ended December 31, 2024 (the "Financial Statements"), together with the Auditor's Report thereon, will be presented to Shareholders at the Meeting. The Financial Statements, together with the Auditor's Report thereon and the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis, are being mailed only to those Shareholders who are on the supplemental mailing list maintained by the Company's registrar and transfer agent. Copies of the Financial Statements, together with the Auditor's Report thereon and the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis, Notice of Meeting, Circular
and Proxy will be available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com and at the Company's registered and records office at 300-1455 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver, BC, V7T 1C3.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
In the accompanying form of proxy Management is nominating three (3) individuals to stand for election of Directors, the names of further or Directors may come from the floor at the Meeting.
Each Director of the Company is elected annually and holds office until the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders or until his successor is duly elected, unless his office is earlier vacated in accordance with the Articles of the Company.
In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the shares represented by Proxy will be voted for the nominees herein listed. Management does not contemplate that any of the nominees will be unable to serve as a Director.
Information Concerning Nominees Submitted By Management
The following table sets out required information regarding the persons nominated by Management for election as a Director. The nominees are all currently Directors of the Company. No proposed director is to be elected under any arrangement or understanding between the proposed director and any other person or company, except the directors and executive officers of the Company acting solely in such capacity.
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| Name, position and jurisdiction of residence (1) | Principal Occupation | Director Since | Shares beneficially held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sotirios Kapotas (3) | |||
| President, CEO and Director | |||
| BC, Canada | President, CEO and Director of the Company. | October 3, 2018 | 328,700 |
| Brian Morrison, (2)(4) | |||
| Secretary, CFO and Director, | |||
| BC, Canada | Self-employed business consultant since June 2008, Account Manager at Computershare Investor Services from January 2005 to June 2008. | September 17, 2012 | 407,927 |
| Dimitris Soudas (2)(3) | |||
| Director | |||
| ON, Canada | Senior Vice President, Cavalia, | ||
| Honourary Consul General, Republic of Cyprus | |||
| (Toronto) | April 12, 2017 | 360,000 | |
(1) The information as to ordinary residence, principal occupation and number of common shares of the Company beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction is exercised, not being within the knowledge of the Company, has been furnished by the respective nominees.
(2) Members of the Audit Committee.
(3) Members of the Corporate Governance Committee.
(4) Members of the Compensation Committee.
The Company does not currently have an Executive Committee of its Board of Directors.
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Cease Trade Orders, Corporate and Personal Bankruptcies, Penalties and Sanctions
For purposes of the disclosure in this section, an "order" means a cease trade order, an order similar to a cease trade order, or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, in each case that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days; and for purposes of item (a)(i) below, specifically includes a management cease trade order which applies to the directors or executive officers of the relevant company that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days.
None of the proposed director, including any personal holding company of a proposed director:
(a) is, as at the date of this Circular, or has been, within the 10 years before the date of this Circular, a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of any company (including the Company) that:
(i) was subject to an order that was issued while the proposed director was acting in the capacity as a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the company; or
(ii) was subject to an order that was issued after the proposed director ceased to be a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person was acting in the capacity as a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the company; or
(b) is, as at the date of this Circular, or has been, within the 10 years before the date of this Circular, a director or executive officer of any company (including the Company) that, while that person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of that person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets;
(c) has, within the 10 years before the date of this Circular, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or become subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of the proposed director;
(d) has been subject to any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation or by a securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority since December 31, 2000, or before December 31, 2000 if the disclosure of which would likely be important to a reasonable securityholder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director, or
(e) has been subject to any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would likely be considered important to a reasonable securityholder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director.
APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS
Management recommends the re-appointment of Smythe CPA, Chartered Accountants, of 7th Floor, Marine Building, 355 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2G8, as the Auditor of the Company to hold office until the next Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders at remuneration to be fixed by the Board of Directors. Smythe CPA, Chartered Accounts were initially appointed as auditor of the Company on March 31, 2006. The persons named in the accompanying form of proxy intend to vote in favour of such re-appointment.
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PARTICULARS OF OTHER MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
Other Matters
As of the date of this circular, management knows of no other matters to be acted upon at this Annual General Meeting. however, should any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the shares represented by the proxy solicited hereby will be voted on such matters in accordance with the best judgment of the persons voting the shares represented by the proxy.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information relating to the Company is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Copies of the Company's Financial Statements and Management Discussion and Analysis may be obtained without charge upon request from the Company at 300-1455 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver, BC, V7T 1C3, and such documents will be sent by mail or electronically by email as may be specified at the time of the request.
DIRECTOR APPROVAL
The contents of this Circular and the sending thereof to the Shareholders of the Company have been approved by the Board of Directors.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 15th day of December, 2025.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
“Sotirios Kapotas”
Sotirios Kapotas
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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SCHEDULE "A"
FORM 52-110F2
AUDIT COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE
Item 1: The Audit Committee Charter
Purpose
The overall purpose of the Audit Committee (the "Committee") of Letho Resources Corp. (the "Company") is to ensure that the Company's management has designed and implemented an effective system of internal financial controls, to review and report on the integrity of the financial statements and related financial disclosure of the Company, and to review the Company's compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements as they relate to financial statements, taxation matters and disclosure of financial information. It is the intention of the Board that through the involvement of the Committee, the external audit will be conducted independently of the Company's Management to ensure that the independent auditors serve the interests of Shareholders rather than the interests of Management of the Company. The Committee will act as a liaison to provide better communication between the Board and the external auditors. The Committee will monitor the independence and performance of the Company's independent auditors.
Composition, Procedures and Organization
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The Committee shall consist of at least three members of the Board of Directors (the "Board").
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At least two (2) members of the Committee shall be independent and the Committee shall endeavour to appoint a majority of independent directors to the Committee, who in the opinion of the Board, would be free from a relationship which would interfere with the exercise of the Committee members' independent judgment. At least one (1) member of the Committee shall have accounting or related financial management expertise. All members of the Committee that are not financially literate will work towards becoming financially literate to obtain a working familiarity with basic finance and accounting practices applicable to the Company. For the purposes of this Charter, an individual is financially literate if he or she has the ability to read and understand a set of financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of the issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Company's financial statements.
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The Board, at its organizational meeting held in conjunction with each annual general meeting of the shareholders, shall appoint the members of the Committee for the ensuing year. The Board may at any time remove or replace any member of the Committee and may fill any vacancy in the Committee.
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Unless the Board shall have appointed a chair of the Committee, the members of the Committee shall elect a chair and a secretary from among their number.
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The quorum for meetings shall be a majority of the members of the Committee, present in person or by telephone or other telecommunication device that permits all persons participating in the meeting to speak and to hear each other.
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The Committee shall have access to such officers and employees of the Company and to the Company's external auditors, and to such information respecting the Company, as it considers to be necessary or advisable in order to perform its duties and responsibilities.
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Meetings of the Committee shall be conducted as follows:
(a) the Committee shall meet at least four times annually at such times and at such locations as may
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be requested by the chair of the Committee. The external auditors or any member of the Committee may request a meeting of the Committee;
(b) the external auditors shall receive notice of and have the right to attend all meetings of the Committee; and
(c) management representatives may be invited to attend all meetings except private sessions with the external auditors.
- The internal auditors and the external auditors shall have a direct line of communication to the Committee through its chair and may bypass management if deemed necessary. The Committee, through its chair, may contact directly any employee in the Company as it deems necessary, and any employee may bring before the Committee any matter involving questionable, illegal or improper financial practices or transactions.
Roles and Responsibilities
- The overall duties and responsibilities of the Committee shall be as follows:
(a) to assist the Board in the discharge of its responsibilities relating to the Company's accounting principles, reporting practices and internal controls and its approval of the Company's annual and quarterly financial statements and related financial disclosure;
(b) to establish and maintain a direct line of communication with the Company's internal and external auditors and assess their performance;
(c) to ensure that the management of the Company has designed, implemented and is maintaining an effective system of internal financial controls; and
(d) to report regularly to the Board on the fulfilment of its duties and responsibilities.
- The duties and responsibilities of the Committee as they relate to the external auditors shall be as follows:
(a) to recommend to the Board a firm of external auditors to be engaged by the Company, and to verify the independence of such external auditors;
(b) to review and approve the fee, scope and timing of the audit and other related services rendered by the external auditors;
(c) review the audit plan of the external auditors prior to the commencement of the audit;
(d) to review with the external auditors, upon completion of their audit:
(i) contents of their report;
(ii) scope and quality of the audit work performed;
(iii) adequacy of the Company's financial and auditing personnel;
(iv) co-operation received from the Company's personnel during the audit;
(v) internal resources used;
(vi) significant transactions outside of the normal business of the Company;
(vii) significant proposed adjustments and recommendations for improving internal accounting controls, accounting principles or management systems; and
(viii) the non-audit services provided by the external auditors;
(e) to discuss with the external auditors the quality and not just the acceptability of the Company's accounting principles; and
(f) to implement structures and procedures to ensure that the Committee meets the external auditors on a regular basis in the absence of management.
- The duties and responsibilities of the Committee as they relate to the internal control procedures of the Company are to:
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(a) review the appropriateness and effectiveness of the Company's policies and business practices which impact on the financial integrity of the Company, including those relating to internal auditing, insurance, accounting, information services and systems and financial controls, management reporting and risk management;
(b) review compliance under the Company's business conduct and ethics policies and to periodically review these policies and recommend to the Board changes which the Committee may deem appropriate;
(c) review any unresolved issues between management and the external auditors that could affect the financial reporting or internal controls of the Company; and
(d) periodically review the Company's financial and auditing procedures and the extent to which recommendations made by the internal audit staff or by the external auditors have been implemented.
- The Committee is also charged with the responsibility to:
(a) review the Company's quarterly statements of earnings, including the impact of unusual items and changes in accounting principles and estimates and report to the Board with respect thereto;
(b) review and approve the financial sections of:
(i) the annual report to Shareholders;
(ii) the annual information form, if required;
(iii) annual and interim MD&A
(iv) prospectuses;
(v) news releases discussing financial results of the Company; and
(vi) other public reports of a financial nature requiring approval by the Board,
and report to the Board with respect thereto;
(c) review regulatory filings and decisions as they relate to the Company's financial statements;
(d) review the appropriateness of the policies and procedures used in the preparation of the Company's financial statements and other required disclosure documents, and consider recommendations for any material change to such policies;
(e) review and report on the integrity of the Company's financial statements;
(f) review the minutes of any audit committee meeting of subsidiary companies, if any;
(g) review with management, the external auditors and, if necessary, with legal counsel, any litigation, claim or other contingency, including tax assessments that could have a material effect upon the financial position or operating results of the Company and the manner in which such matters have been disclosed in the Company's financial statements;
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(h) review the Company's compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements as they relate to financial statements, tax matters and disclosure of financial information; and develop a calendar of activities to be undertaken by the Committee for each ensuing year and to submit the calendar in the appropriate format to the Board of Directors following each annual general meeting of shareholders.
- The Committee shall have the authority:
(a) to engage independent counsel and other advisors as it determines necessary to carry out its duties,
(b) to set and pay the compensation for any advisors employed by the Committee; and
(c) to communicate directly with the internal and external auditors.
Item 2: Composition Of The Audit Committee
The current members of the audit committee are Messrs. Brian Morrison and Dimitris Soudas. A member of the audit committee is considered financially literate if the member has the ability to read and understand a set of financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of the issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Company. A member of the audit committee is considered independent if the member has no direct or indirect material relationship with the Company. A material relationship means a relationship which could, in the view of the Company's board of the directors, reasonably interfere with the exercise of a member's independent judgment.
All of the current members are considered financially literate. In the Board's view, the only current member of the Committee who is considered to be independent is Mr. Brian Morrison, who is the Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Mr. Dimitris Soudas, who is the Chairman of the Board of the Company, are not considered to be independent.
Item 3: Relevant Education And Experience
The members of the Audit Committee have acted as directors or officers of various public companies which has provided them with the experience relevant to their performance of their responsibilities as Audit Committee members. All members have an understanding of the accounting principles used by the Company to prepare its financial statements and have an understanding of its internal controls and procedures for financial reporting.
All of the members of the Company's audit committee are financially literate as that term is defined in the Instrument.
The Chairman of the Audit Committee, Brian Morrison sits on the audit committees of several other public issuers as well as on the audit committee of the Company. Mr. Dimitris Soudas also sit on the corporate governance committee of the Company. All members have an understanding of the accounting principles used by the Company to prepare its financial statements and have an understanding of its internal controls and procedures for financial reporting.
Item 4: Audit Committee Oversight
At no time since the commencement of the Company's most recently completed financial year was a recommendation of the Committee to nominate or compensate an external auditor (currently, Smythe CPA,
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Chartered Accountants) not adopted by the Board.
Item 5: Reliance On Certain Exemptions
During the most recently completed financial year, the Company has not relied on the exemptions contained in sections 2.4 or 8 of the Instrument. Section 2.4 provides an exemption from the requirement that the audit committee must pre-approve all non-audit services to be provided by the auditor, where the total amount of all the non-audit services not pre-approved is reasonably expected to be no more than 5% of the total fees payable to the auditor in the fiscal year in which the non-audit services were provided, the Company did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of engagement, and the services are promptly brought to the attention of the audit committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the audit committee. Section 8 permits a company to apply to a securities regulatory authority for an exemption from the requirements of the Instrument, in whole or in part.
Item 6: Pre-Approval Policies And Procedures
Formal policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services have yet to be formulated and adopted. Subject to the requirements of the Instrument, the engagement of non-audit services is considered by, as applicable, the Board and the Audit Committee, on a case by case basis.
Item 7: External Auditor Service Fees (By Category)
The aggregate fees charged to the Company by the external auditor in each of the last two fiscal years is as follows:
| FYE 2024 ($) | FYE 2023 ($) | |
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| Audit fees for the year ended | 23,000 | 20,000 |
| Audit related fees | Nil | Nil |
| Tax fees(1) | 2,000 | 3,500 |
| All other fees (non-tax) (C PAB fees) | 150 | 300 |
| Total Fees: | 25,150 | 23,800 |
(1) Preparation of the company's income tax return.
Item 8: Exemption
In respect of the most recently completed financial year, the Company is relying on the exemption set out in section 6.1 of the Instrument with respect to compliance with the requirements of Part 3 (Composition of the Audit Committee) and Part 5 (Reporting Obligations) of the Instrument.
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SCHEDULE "B"
FORM 58-101F2
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE
(VENTURE ISSUERS)
Pursuant to National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices the Company is required to and hereby discloses its corporate governance practices as follows.
Item 1: Board Of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Company facilitates its exercise of independent supervision over the Company's management through frequent meetings of the Board.
- Mr. Sotirios Kapotas is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company and is therefore not independent
- Mr. Brian Morrison is the Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and a director of the Company and is therefore not independent.
- Mr. Dimitris Soudas is the Chairman of the Board and a director of the Company and is therefore not independent.
A material relationship is a relationship which could, in the view of the Company's board of directors, be reasonably expected to interfere with the exercise of a member's independent judgment.
Item 2: Directorships
The directors of the Company are currently directors of the following other reporting issuers:
| Name of Director | Name of Reporting Issuer |
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| Sotirios Kapotas | None |
| Brian Morrison | Decade Resources Ltd. |
| M3 Metals Corp. | |
| Americore Resources Corp. | |
| Dinero Ventures Ltd. | |
| Dimitris Soudas | None |
Item 3. Orientation and Continuing Education
The Board of Directors of the Company does not currently have formal procedures or a program for the orientation of new board members, or for the continuing education of board members. Inquiries are handled by the Board on a case by case basis with outside consultation, if required.
Item 4: Ethical Business Conduct
The Board has found that the fiduciary duties placed on individual directors by the Company's governing corporate legislation and the common law and the restrictions placed by applicable corporate legislation on an
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individual director's participation in decisions of the Board in which the director has an interest have been sufficient to ensure that the Board operates independently of management and in the best interests of the Company.
Under the corporate legislation, a director is required to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances, and disclose to the board the nature and extent of any interest of the director in any material contract or material transaction, whether made or proposed, if the director is a party to the contract or transaction, is a director or officer (or an individual acting in a similar capacity) of a party to the contract or transaction or has a material interest in a party to the contract or transaction. The director must then abstain from voting on the contract or transaction unless the contract or transaction (i) relates primarily to their remuneration as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate of the Company, (ii) is for indemnity or insurance for the benefit of the director in connection with the Company, or (iii) is with an affiliate of the Company. If the director abstains from voting after disclosure of their interest, the directors approve the contract or transaction and the contract or transaction was reasonable and fair to the Company at the time it was entered into, the contract or transaction is not invalid and the director is not accountable to the Company for any profit realized from the contract or transaction. Otherwise, the director must have acted honestly and in good faith, the contract or transaction must have been reasonable and fair to the Company and the contract or transaction be approved by the shareholders by a special resolution after receiving full disclosure of its terms in order for the director to avoid such liability or the contract or transaction being invalid.
Item 5: Nomination of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for identifying individuals qualified to become new Board members and recommending to the Board new director nominees for the next annual meeting of the shareholders.
New nominees must have a track record in general business management, special expertise in an area of strategic interest to the Company, the ability to devote the time required, shown support for the Company's mission and strategic objectives, and a willingness to serve.
Item 6: Compensation
The Board of Directors, in conjunction with its Compensation Committee, intends to conduct a review with regard to directors' compensation and thereafter review such compensation once a year. To make its recommendation on directors' compensation, the Compensation Committee will take into account the types of compensation and the amounts paid to directors of comparable publicly traded Canadian companies.
Item 7: Other Board Committees
In addition to the Audit Committee, the Company has a Compensation Committee and a Corporate Governance Committee, both made up of Board Members. The members of Compensation Committee are Messrs. Sotirios Kapotas and Brian Morrison. The members of the Corporate Governance Committee are Messrs. Dimitris Soudas and Sotirios Kapotas.
Item 8: Assessments
The Board of Directors monitors the adequacy of information given to directors, communication between the board and management and the strategic direction and processes of the board and committees.
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