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Emp Metals Commences Summer Drilling Program in Southeast Saskatchewan

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Tel: 604-689-7422 208A - 980 West 1st Street, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3N4

EMP METALS COMMENCES SUMMER DRILLING PROGRAM IN

SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN

Vancouver, British Columbia, August 13, 2024 – EMP Metals Corp. (CSE: EMPS) (OTCQB: EMPPF)

(“EMP Metals” or the “Company ”) is pleased to announce the commencement of its two well

lithium drilling and testing program, aimed at delineating the original discovery in the Viewfield

area of Southeast, Saskatchewan.

Highlights

• Two well drilling program with the first well spud. (For Viewfield Drilled Wells and Future

Locations Map refer to Figure 1)

• The wells will provide critical pressure, flow rate and fluid composition data, which will be

used for future engineering studies and reservoir modeling, including a Front-End Engineering

Design (“FEED”) study that is currently underway.

• Program will build on the highest lithium concentrations recorded in a Canadian brine to-date,

up to 237 mg/l at the Viewfield 2 -22 well, and is intended to determine brine parameters in

the area.

The initial well is a vertical well (“8-24”) with drilling anticipated to take approximately one week,

and completion and testing of brine concentration and flow rates expected to take an additional

three weeks. The second well (“4-23”) is a one mile horizontal well to confirm pressures,

deliverability and depletion of various target reservoir zones for the ongoing FEED study in the

project area.

"We're very excited to be resuming drilling operations and about the prospects identified within

the program," said Rob Gamley, CEO of EMP Metals. "It's a significant step forward in our

exploration efforts and understanding the basin. Through drilling a horizontal and vertical well,

we aim to garner a better understanding of the lithium potential within our project area, further

enhancing our already robust resource and project FEED study. We look forward to reporting as

results are known."

Qualified Person

The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Greg Bronson,

P. Geo., a qualified person for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101.

About EMP Metals

EMP Metals is a Canadian-based lithium exploration and development company focused on large

scale resources using direct lithium extraction (“DLE”). EMP Metals currently holds 196,000 net

Tel: 604-689-7422 208A - 980 West 1st Street, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3N4

(79,300 hectares) acres of Subsurface Dispositions and strategic wellbores in Southern

Saskatchewan. For more information, please go to the Company’s website at

www.empmetals.com

For more information, please contact:

Rob Gamley, President & CEO

[email protected]

Phone: 1-604-689-7422

Paul Schubach, COO

[email protected]

Phone: 1-306-519-8341

Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on

assumptions as of the date of this news release. These statements reflect management's current

estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations. They are not guarantees of future performance.

EMP Metals cautions that all forward -looking statements are inherently uncertain, and that

actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, many of which are beyond

EMP Metals’ control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating

to EMP Metals' limited operating history, ability to obtain sufficient financing to carry out its

exploration and development objectives on its min eral properties, obtaining the necessary

permits to carry out its activities and the need to comply with environmental and governmental

regulations. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and results may differ materially

from the estimates, be liefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward -

looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, EMP Metals

undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”) nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that

term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of

this news release.