Highlander Silver Appoints Poonam Puri to Board of Directors

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TORONTO, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Highlander Silver Corp. (TSX, NYSE American: HSLV) (“Highlander Silver” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Poonam Puri to the Company’s Board as an independent Director, effective immediately. Daniel Earle, President and CEO of Highlander Silver, commented: “On behalf of the Board, I am very pleased to welcome Poonam as a Director of the Company. Her extensive experience and corporate governance expertise will be a valuable resource to the Board as we fast-track project advancement across our portfolio of high-quality silver assets.” About Poonam Puri  Ms. Poonam Puri is an experienced corporate director and scholar of corporate law, corporate governance, and capital markets regulation. Ms. Puri is a tenured Professor of Law and Research Chair in Corporate Governance at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Ontario, and a corporate lawyer and Affiliated Scholar at Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, LLP. Ms. Puri is a member of the Order of Ontario, and is a recipient of the Institute of Corporate Directors Fellowship Award, the Ontario Law Society Medal and the Royal Society of Canada’s Yvan Allaire Medal for exemplary contributions to the governance of public and private institutions in Canada. Ms. Puri is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Harvard Law School. On behalf of Highlander Silver “Daniel Earle”President & CEO, Director Information contact Arun Lamba, Vice President Corporate Development [email protected] About Highlander Silver Highlander Silver is a high-quality silver-growth company developing a portfolio of advanced-stage assets in Peru which includes the bonanza-grade San Luis gold-silver project, which ranks among the 10 highest-grade projects globally in both gold and silver categories, and the Corani silver project, the largest fully-permitted silver deposit in the world.1 The Company also operates the Mercedes gold-silver mine in Mexico. Highlander Silver's major shareholders include the Augusta Group, Lundin family, and Eric Sprott. Forward-looking statements Certain information contained in this news release constitutes “forward-looking information” under Canadian securities legislation. This includes that Ms. Puri’s extensive experience and corporate governance expertise will be a valuable resource to the Board as...

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