Stria Lithium Announces Exploration Work Has Commenced on its Pontax II Lithium Project Stria Lithium, Inc.
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Stria Lithium Announces Exploration Work Has Commenced
on its Pontax II Lithium Project
Stria Lithium, Inc.
(TSX-V: SRA, OTC: SRCAF, and FRANKFURT: S35A)
Ottawa, ON, Sept 14, 2023 - Stria Lithium Inc. (TSXV: SRA) (“Stria Lithium”, the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that exploration work has commenced on its Pontax II
lithium project aimed at following up on its previously released high grade Tantalum sample
anomalies.
Due to the forest fires this summer in Quebec access was restricted to our Pontax-II property delaying
our summer geological work program. With the recent opening of the Billy Diamond highway (James
Bay Road ) and of the KM381 Truckstop (accom modations), Stria has reinitiated its prospecting
program on the property. The current program, managed by IOS Services Geoscientifiques Inc.,
consists of helicopter supported prospecting and geological mapping for a period of two weeks,
targeting the up-ice area of the two large tantalite dispersion trains (Stria press released of June 29th
2023) suggestive of the presence of spodumene pegmatites. Abundant outcrops are discernible from
satellite imageries, suggesting conventional prospecting be the first exploration procedure. The
program will include up-ice glacial sediment sampling in the event the source of the tantalite is not
located.
Stria Lithium C EO, Dean Hanisch commented: “We are excited to finally get access to the project
and begin the initial prospecting program now that the road and Truckstop have reopened. The
exploration team will be joined partially by both our CFO Judith Mazvihwa-MacLean who happens
to have a unique skillset of also being a geologist as well as myself to gain a better understanding of
the property and its potential”.
About Stria Lithium
Stria Lithium (TSX-V: SRA) is an emerging resource exploration company developing Canadian lithium
reserves to meet legislated demand for electric vehicles and their rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
Lithium is a rare metal and an indispensable component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, one of the safest
and most efficient energy storage technologies available today, used in everything from cell phones and power
tools to electric cars and industrial -scale energy storage for renewable power sources such as wind and solar
generation.
Stria’s Central Pontax Lithium Project covers 36 square kilometres, including 8 kilometres of strike along the
prospective Chambois Greenstone Belt. The region, known as the Canadian “Lithium Triangle,” is one of only
a few known sources of lithium available for hard rock mining in North America.
Stria has entered into a JV agreement with Cygnus Metals (ASX:CY5) on its Pontax Central project. Cygnus
Metals is committed to fully funding and managing the current two-stage exploration and drilling program to
a maximum of $10 million at Stria’s Pontax property, and will also pay Stria up to $6 million in cash. In return,
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Cygnus may acquire up to a 70% interest in the property. Cygnus has fulfilled its stage 1 requirements within
the agreement and has now earned its 51% interest in the property as per above share issuance.
Stria’s other significant project, Pontax II covers 55 square kilometres, approximately 25 kilometres to the
west-south-west of Pontax Central and is located adjacent to the Billy-Diamond paved highway. Stria has
added to this project by recently acquiring 24 claims, for 1276.5 hectares that are strategically located
northeast of Stria’s Pontax II claims.
Stria Lithium previously reported highly anomalous tantalum oxide grain counts in till samples up to 797
grains, the highest count ever recorded by the laboratory. The Pontax II grain counts stand at the 97.6 centile
of the regional population with an average of 156 grains per sample as a comparative basis, a regional survey
in the same area conducted by the Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources Naturelles du Québec, processed
a total of 5950 tantalum oxide grains yielding an average count of 36 grains per samples. The conclusion
being the grain counts are suggestive of the proximity of lithium bearing pegmatites.
Pontax II claims are in highly active prospective zones, situated to the west southwest of Stria/Cygnus
lithium discovery and situated to the west of the Patriot Battery Metals (PMET.V) Pontax project, and south
of Brunswick Exploration (BRW.V).
Stria’s Pontax properties are both situated close to an industrial powerline and a major paved highway, about
310 km north of the North American rail network that leads to the industrial heartland.
As momentum builds for the green energy revolution and the shift to electric vehicles, governments in Canada
and the U.S. are aggressively supporting the North American lithium industry, presenting the industry and its
investors with a rare, if not unprece dented, opportunity for growth and prosperity well into the next decade
and beyond.
Stria is committed to exceeding the industry’s environmental, social and governance standards. A critical part
of that commitment is forging meaningful, enduring and mutually beneficial relationships with the James Bay
Cree Nation (Eeyouch), and engaging openly and respectfully as neighbours and collaborators in this exciting
project that has the potential to create lasting jobs and prosperity for Eeyou Istchee and its people.
For more information about Stria Lithium and the Pontax Lithium project, please visit
https://strialithium.com
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For more information on Stria Lithium Inc., please contact:
Dean Hanisch
CEO Stria Lithium
+1(613) 612-6060
Investors Relations, Stria Lithium Inc.
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