West Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 31, 2025) - Surge Battery Metals Inc. (TSXV: NILI) (OTCQX: NILIF) (FSE: DJ5) ("Surge" or the "Company") provides shareholders with a corporate and financing update.
Over the past 6 months Surge has been engaged in discussions with a strategic investor to fund the Company through to bankable feasibility study. This investor is a private company based in the United States of America. Surge worked through extensive due diligence and ultimately all corresponding legal documents for the funding. During the required regulatory review process, the TSXV noted that some provisions of the agreement that the investor required were outside of their policy framework. While we worked closely with the TSXV and the investor and felt that we had come to an arrangement that would satisfy all parties, the investor has decided not to move forward with the financing. Surge wishes to thank all parties for their efforts to try and resolve the issues.
Through the negotiating period we continued to advance the Nevada North Lithium Project. Coming off a successful drill program, resource update and initial work on the Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and process beneficiation work, the Company received a positive decision from the Bureau of Land Management on our Exploration Plan of Operations permit. Since receiving the permit, we developed our 2025 drill program and have refocused on the PEA. Work to date on the PEA has been very positive and we look forward to completing the PEA and sharing it with shareholders by the end of Q2 2025.
The Company further announces a non-brokered private placement of 10,000,000 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.30 per unit, for gross proceeds of $3,000,000 (the "Private Placement"). Each Unit will consist of one common share and one share purchase warrant, each whole share purchase warrant being exercisable for a period of three years at a price of $0.45 per share. Current shareholders will be participating for $2,500,000.
A commission of 8 per cent cash will be payable on a portion of the private placement.
Proceeds of the private placement will be used to complete the PEA and fund ongoing operations.
About Surge Battery Metals Inc.
Surge Battery Metals, a Canadian-based mineral exploration company, is at the forefront of securing the supply of domestic lithium through its active engagement in the Nevada North Lithium Project. The Project focuses on exploring clean, high-grade lithium energy metals in Nevada, USA, a crucial element for powering the electric vehicles of tomorrow. With a primary listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada and the OTCQX Market in the US, Surge Battery Metals Inc. is strategically positioned as a key player in advancing lithium exploration, contributing significantly to the sustainable future of the electric vehicle industry. At Surge Battery Metals, we are not just exploring minerals; we are pioneering the path to a cleaner and more sustainable future, driving innovation in the lithium sector, and contributing to the evolution of the electric vehicle industry.
About the Nevada North Lithium Project
The Company owns the Nevada North Lithium Project located in the Granite Range southeast of Jackpot, Nevada about 73 km north-northeast of Wells, Elko County, Nevada. The first three rounds of drilling on the Project, completed in 2022, 2023, and 2024, identified a strongly mineralized zone of lithium bearing clays occupying a strike length of more than 4,300 meters and a known width of greater than 1500 meters. Highly anomalous soil values and geophysical surveys suggest there is potential for the clay horizons to be much greater in extent, while wide drill spacing allows for significant upside to occur during infill drilling. The Nevada North Lithium Project has a pit-constrained Inferred Resource containing an estimated 8.65 Mt of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (LCE) grading 2,951 ppm Li at a 1,250 ppm cutoff.
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This document may contain certain "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. When used in this news release, the words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "target, "plan" or "planned", "possible", "potential", "forecast", "intend", "may", "schedule" and similar words or expressions identify forward-looking statements or information. These forward-looking statements or information may relate to future prices of commodities including lithium and nickel, the accuracy of mineral or resource exploration activity, reserves or resources, regulatory or government requirements or approvals including approvals of title and mining rights or licenses and environmental, local community or indigenous community approvals, the reliability of third party information, continued access to mineral properties or infrastructure or water, changes in laws, rules and regulations including in the United States, Nevada or California or any other jurisdiction which may impact upon the Company or its properties or the commercial exploitation of those properties, currency risks including the exchange rate of USD$ for Cdn$ or other currencies, fluctuations in the market for lithium related products, changes in exploration costs and government royalties, export policies or taxes in the United States or any other jurisdiction and other factors or information. The Company's current plans, expectations, and intentions with respect to development of its business and of its Nevada properties may be impacted by economic uncertainties arising out of any pandemic or by the impact of current financial and other market conditions (including US government subsidies or incentives) on its ability to secure further financing or funding of its Nevada properties. Such statements represent the Company's current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon several assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political, environmental (including endangered species, habitat preservation and water related risks) and social risks, contingencies, and uncertainties. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements or information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affecting such statements and information other than as required by applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
