On January 17, 2018, Vishal Gupta filed an information circular soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders of East Asia Minerals Corporation to vote for the election of his nominees: Vishal Gupta, Kim David Morris Oishi, Michael Alan Hawkins, and Yucai (Rick) Huang as directors of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on January 26, 2018.