Grid Battery Expands Land Holdings by Adding a Copper Project in Northern Central British Columbia
NEWS RELEASE
Grid Battery Expands Land Holdings by Adding a Copper Project in
Northern Central British Columbia
Coquitlam, BC – August 29, 2024- Grid Battery Metals Inc. (the “Company” or “Grid
Battery”) (TSXV: CELL, OTCQB: EVKRF FRA: NMK2) is pleased to announce the expansion of our
exploration land holdings with the inclusion of a new Copper Property, located in Northern British
Columbia.
The Company has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated August 26, 2024 (the
“Agreement”), with AC/DC Battery Metals Inc. (“AC/DC”), to a acquire a 100% interest in 17 mineral
claims comprising 27,525.24 hectares located in North Central British Columbia. The region is host
to numerous operating mines, good infrastructure including experienced exploration and supporting
services (the “Transaction”). The Transaction is a “related party” transaction and is subject to TSX
Venture Exchange (“Exchange”) approval.
Terms of the Transaction:
The Company will purchase the Property as follows:
(a) making a cash payment to AC/DC in the amount of $48,172.15 for reimbursement of staking
costs, upon Exchange Approval; and
(b) issuing to AC/DC 5,000,000 fully paid and non-assessable common shares at a deemed value
of $0.05 per share in the capital of the Company upon Exchange approval of the Transaction.
All securities issued in connection with the Transaction are subject to a four month and a day hold
period in accordance with Canadian Securities Laws.
Pursuant to TSXV Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 -- Protection of Minority Security
Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101 "), the Agreement constitutes a "related party
transaction" due to the fact that there are common officers and directors of the Company and
AC/DC. The Company relied on Section 5.5(a) of MI 61-101 for an exemption from the formal
valuation requirement and Section 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 for an exemption from the minority
shareholder approval requirement of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the transaction did not
exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization. No new insiders will be created, nor will any
change of control occur, as a result of the Transaction.
About the Copper Property
“We’re excited to acquire approximately 275 km 2 of tenures in such a favourable mining region
within BC.” commented the Tim Fernback, President and CEO. “This area of the Province has already
generated several promising projects, and our land package is strategically situated to exploit the
high copper-gold values of the region. NorthWest Copper Corp. ( TSXV: NWST ) on the nearby
Kwanika project intercepted 400 metres of 1.01 Copper equivalent (News Release January 16, 2023
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Northwest Copper Corp). BC is a mining-friendly jurisdiction with reasonable processes, good
infrastructure and potential First Nation partners.”
B.C. Minfile assessment report data indicates that most of the area covered by the Copper Property
was at one time or another covered by staking during surges of exploration in B.C. dating from the
1940’s to present day. Largely the claims appear to have been minimally explored with little follow-
up. However, some work was recorded on several claims with results for stream sediment sampling
showing anomalous to highly anomalous results for gold in a few areas. These areas were
recommended for detailed follow-up, however due to a downturn no further work was recorded
Prominent among early discoveries in the Omineca region were the nearby Lustdust/Stardust
property (a property developed by Lorraine Copper that was sold to Sun Metals Corp. which
eventually merged with Serengeti Resources to become NorthWest Copper Corp.) covering a large,
coherent integrated porphyry-skarn, epithermal system; the Kwanika property (a Serengeti/POSCO
Daewoo property also became a NorthWest Copper Corp. property upon the merger with Serengeti
Resources) a promising advanced stage copper-gold project; the Lorraine property (originally
discovered by Lorraine Copper and now a NorthWest Copper Corp. property)an alkalic copper-gold
porphyryr. The tenures are located between the Kemess North project being developed by Centerra
Gold Inc. (TSX: CG, NYSE: CGAU) and its operating Mt Milligan mine, which is reported to 1.8 million
ounces of gold and 742 million pounds of copper (Technical Report on the Mount Milligan Mine,
November 7, 2022, Borntrager. B, et al.)
The Omineca Group claim areas are within the northern Quesnel Trough underlain by Cache Creek
Terrane and lies close to the Pinchi Fault. The Quesnel Trough hosts numerous porphyry copper-
gold deposits. The Pinchi Fault can be traced for 600 km through north-central B.C and separates
Cache Creek rocks from the Jurassic Hogem Batholith and Triassic-Jurassic Takla rocks to the west.
Rocks have a north-northwest strike trend typical of the entire Intermontane Belt in which the Cache
Creek Terrane lies (Gabrielse and Yorath, 1992). A wide range of Jurassic to Tertiary intrusions cuts
the Cache Creek Assemblage and many of these are emplaced along the prominent NW-trending
structures and stratigraphic breaks. Numerous mercury occurrences are present along the length of
the Pinchi fault (Albino, 1987) and a few gold and base metal occurrences are present near the Pinchi
fault including the Lustdust, Lorraine, Indata and Axelgold properties. There are at least two alkalic
gold-copper Porphyry systems in the immediate Lustdust (now known as Stardust) area: J49 and
Axel Properties (Schiarrizza, 2000).
Readers are cautioned that the information in this press release regarding the adjacent properties are
not necessarily indicative of the mineralization on the property of interest.
Qualified Person
Jeremy Hanson, P.Geo., an independent qualified person as defined under National Instrument 43-
101 has reviewed and approved the technical content in this news release.
About Grid Battery Metals Inc. www.gridbatterymetals.com.
Grid Battery Metals Inc. is a Canadian based exploration company whose primary listing is on the
TSX Venture Exchange. The Company’s maintains a focus on exploration for high value battery
metals required for the electric vehicle (EV) market.
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About Texas Springs Property
The Company owns a 100% interest in the Texas Spring Property which consists of mineral lode
claims located in Elko County, Nevada. The Property is in the Granite Range southeast of Jackpot,
Nevada, about 73 km north-northeast of Wells, Nevada. The target is a lithium clay deposit in
volcanic tuff and tuffaceous sediments of the Humbolt Formation. A Phase 1 exploration program
at the Texas Springs Property (Fall 2023) yielded average lithium grades of 2010 ppm, applying a
1,000 ppm cut-off, and up to 5,610 ppm Lithium.
The Texas Spring property adjoins the southern border of the Nevada North Lithium Project -
owned by Surge Battery Metals Inc. (“Surge”) (TSXV: NILI, OTC: NILIF) and comprised of 725
mineral claims. Surge's first round of drilling identified strongly mineralized lithium bearing clays.
The average lithium content within all near surface clay zones intersected in the 2022 drilling
program, applying a 1000 ppm cut-off, was 3254 ppm. (Press release March 29, 2023). More recent
results have shown higher grade lithium up to 8070 ppm on this property after initial drilling (Press
release September 12, 2023). Our exploration results are on-trend with these results.
About Clayton Valley Lithium Project
The Company owns a 100% interest in 113 lithium lode and placer claims covering over 640
hectares in Clayton Valley. Clayton Valley is a down-dropped closed basin formed by the Miocene
age Great Basin extension and is still active due to movement along the Walker Lane structural zone.
As a result, the basin has preserved multiple layers of lithium bearing volcanic ash, resulting from
multiple eruptive events over the past 6 million years including eruptions from the 700,000-year-
old Long Valley Caldera system and related events. These ash layers are thought to contribute to
the lithium brines extracted by Albemarle and are also likely involved in the formation of the
exposed lithium rich clay deposits on the east side of Clayton Valley.
Volt Canyon Lithium Property
The Company owns a 100% interest in 80 placer claims covering approximately 635 hectares of
alluvial sediments and clays located 122 km northeast of Tonopah, Nevada.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
“Tim Fernback”
Tim Fernback, President & CEO
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 604- 428-5690
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of
the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release
may contain forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to, comments that involve future
events and conditions, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Except for statements of historical
facts, comments that address resource potential, upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt
and security of mineral property titles, availability of funds, and others are forward-looking. Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may vary materially from those
statements. General business conditions are factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from
forward-looking statements. It should be noted that results from any adjacent property(s) are not an indication
of what may be found on the Company’s property(s).