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Victory Expanding Its Smokey Lithium Property By 100 Claims Upon Analysis Of Preliminary Results Of Its Recently Completed Drill Program

Exploration Programs

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For Immediate Release

VICTORY EXPANDING ITS SMOKEY LITHIUM PROPERTY BY 100

CLAIMS UPON ANALYSIS OF PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ITS

RECENTLY COMPLETED DRILL PROGRAM

● Victory’s exploration team finalizes expansion of Smokey Lithium to fortify its

interests upon preliminary analysis of its recently completed drill program

● The additional Smokey Lithium staked ground will expand the property by 100

claims, totalling 2066 acres

● The decision was made to stake lode claims for this new ground, providing the

Company with additional acres for grassroots exploration in an area where recent

drilling has discovered a thick sequence of claystone from surface to a depth of

>500 feet in the recently completed drilling

VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA (12 June 2023) – Victory Battery Metals (CSE: VR) (FWB: VR6)

(OTC: VRCFF) (“Victory” or the “Company”) is excited to announce that the Company initiated

expansion plans for its Smokey Lithium, Nevada property upon preliminary analysis of

sequentially delivered drill program data, and that its exploration team continues to analyze the

overall drill program findings.

“Smokey Lithium is in a prolific lithium region that is highly competitive and we have acted

prudently at this time to respond to preliminary analysis of the recently completed drill program,

as sequential information was delivered from the lab, to expand the Smokey Lithium property with

100 new lode claims, which will increase the property by 2066 acres to a total 5691 acres,” said

Victory President and CEO, Mr. Mark Ireton.

The Company continues to analyze its overall results from all exploration activities, including its

most recent drill results combined with 2022 drilling, field mapping, surface sampling, and

Tromino passive seismic studies, to develop the most complete picture for ongoing exploration

plans at Smokey Lithium. The project area and surrounding lands show strong lithium

mineralization with the Esmeralda Formation at surface. When combined with the highly

encouraging results from Victory’s first round drilling (completed in 2022) the project area is

highly prospective.

Figure 1: Map of Smokey Lithium Location in Prolific Lithium Region

About Smokey Lithium, Nevada

Victory’s Smokey Lithium project is a clay lithium property that lies approximately 20 miles north

of Clayton Valley, to the west of American Lithium’s flagship lithium project. Smokey Lithium is

located northwest of Cypress’ Clayton Valley Lithium Project and to the southwest of American

Lithium Corporation's Tonopah Lithium Claims Property in southwest Nevada. Esmeralda County

Nevada is a prolific region for lithium clay deposits, (Noram, Cypress, American Lithium,

Spearmint, Enertopia, and Jindalee).

The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by

Bob Marvin (PGeo), who is a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101.

For further information, please contact:

Mark Ireton, President

Telephone: +1 (236) 317 2822 or TOLL FREE 1 (855) 665-GOLD (4653)

E-mail: [email protected]

About Victory Battery Metals

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VICTORY BATTERY METALS (CSE: VR) is a publicly traded diversified investment corporation with

mineral interests in North America. The Company is also actively seeking other exploration opportunities.

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in

the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of

this release.

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