Traction Exploration Inc. announced the appointment of Blair Way as a Director of the Company. Mr. Way will replace David Bowen on the board. Mr. Way is an experienced international executive with over 35 years experience in the resources and construction industries. Mr. Way's experience spans the complete mineral development cycle from early stage exploration to project definition and studies culminating in implementation, commissioning and operations. He spent his early career with large scale resource companies advancing major projects, however the last decade has been focused on earlier stage projects of public mid and junior mining companies. Mr. Way has experience in a wide range of commodities including gold, copper, nickel, zinc, magnesium, graphite, cobalt and lithium. Mr. Way is currently President and Director of CSE listed Patriot Battery Metals Inc., advancing the Corvette FCI lithium property in Quebec. Prior to leading Patriot Battery Metals, Mr. Way served as CEO, President and Director of Leading Edge Materials Corp., CEO of Strike Graphite Corp. and CEO of Aguila American Gold Ltd. Mr. Way holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada, an MBA from the University of Queensland, Australia, and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.