Stria Announces the Appointment of Mr. Julien Davy as Vice President, Exploration

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired - Jan. 8, 2014) - Mr. Gary Economo, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stria Capital Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SRA) ("Stria" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Julien Davy, P.Geo., M.Sc., MBA, Vice President of Exploration. His appointment is effective immediately.

Mr. Davy is an experienced, bilingual professional geologist, a member of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec (OGQ) who has worked in Canada and abroad on numerous exploration or advanced projects in project evaluation for acquisitions and for mining investments.

His past experience includes that of Senior Geologist, North American Exploration for Osisko Mining Corporation; Investment Advisor, SIDEX s.e.c of Montreal; Senior Geologist, Niogold Mining Corporation, Val-d'Or, Quebec; Advising Geologist, InnovExplo, also of Val-d'Or and served as a project and managing geologist with Hecla de Venezuela, Cambior Exploration Canada, Anglo-American Exploration and with the Quebec Department of Natural Resources.

Mr. Davy received his Masters Degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from HEC Montréal, his Masters Degree in Earth Sciences (M.Sc, Geo) from the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), and his Bachelors Degree in Geology from UQAM.

"We welcome Mr. Davy to our senior management staff," said Mr. Economo. "As Stria's Qualified Person, he brings a wealth of Quebec-based exploration management and business and institutional investment experience. We look forward to his exploration leadership over the coming months and years as we build both our lithium projects and our shareholder base."

Under the terms of his employment agreement and under the employee stock option plan, Mr. Davy was granted options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.15 per share until January 7, 2019.


About Stria Capital Inc.

Stria recently commenced operations as a Tier 2 mining issuer. Prior to the TSX approval on December 17, 2013 of the Company's acquisition of the Pontax-Lithium property, in Quebec, as the Company's qualifying transaction, Stria Capital Inc., had been a Capital Pool Company.

Stria is engaged on the acquisition and development of clean technology mineral properties in North America.


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Contact

Stria Capital Inc.
Mr. Gary Economo, President and CEO
613-691-1091 ext 101
geconomo@striacapital.com