On April 24, 2024, David G. Carlile resigned from the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and resigned from the Board of Directors of the Mentor Capital, Inc. Mr. Carlile resigned at a meeting of the Board of Directors called in order to remove him from the Company?s Audit Committee. On April 25, 2024 Mr. Carlile delivered a letter to the Company which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. The Company did file its most recent Annual Report without the signature of Mr. Carlile, but substantially disagrees with the other statements made by Mr. Carlile in the attached letter. On April 24, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Director Lori Stansfield, CPA, to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.