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Imagine Lithium Intercepts 21 m Grading 1.16% Li2O at Jackpot

Drill Results

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Imagine Lithium Intercepts 21 m Grading 1.16%

Li2O at Jackpot

October 19, 202 2 Vancouver, BC, Canada – IMAGINE LITHIUM INC. (the

“Company” or “Imagine”) (ILI-TSX:V) (OTCQB:ARXRF) is pleased to announce assay

results from its ongoing drill program at the Jackpot lithium project. The drill program

is designed to test targets along strike both to the east and west of the Jackpot lithium

project located in the Georgia Lake Area about 140 km NNE of Thunder Bay, Ontario

(see Figure 1). All of today's reported results are located within the eastern extension

of the Jackpot property and are outside the known historically drilled Jackpot Main

Zone. The current drill program has expanded the mineralized lithium zone at least

400 metres to the east of the previously drilled area (see Figure 2).

Highlights of the assay results reported today include:

Hole JP-2022-21C: 21.0 m @ 1.16% Li2O, including 8.0 m @ 1.40% Li2O;

Hole JP-2022-21B: 3.00 m @ 0.92 Li2O % and 11.00 m @ 0.87 Li2O %

Hole JP-2022-16: 5.02 m @ 1.12% Li2O and 3.12 m @1.35 Li2O %

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Figure 1: Jackpot Property located next to Trans Canada Highway, power, port, railroad and

workforce

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Figure 2: Assay Results from 2022 drill program. Drill holes highlighted in light green are

related to the today’s assay results.

J.C. St-Amour, President of Imagine commented, “Today we announced one of the

best intercepts to date on the Jackpot property both in terms of width and grade. I

am very pleased that these results are to the east of our primary historical a rea of

drilling on the property and they demonstrate the property’s expansion potential.

Also, it is important to note that all our results so far this year have been very shallow,

from surface to ~100 metres, meaning the dikes are at or near surface. The drill

program is ongoing and aimed at increasing the size of the historical resource both

along strike but also to the north by testing additional parallel pegmatite targets.”

The current drill program is designed to test possible extensions of the Jackpot deposit

along a known lithium bearing trend . To date 6,755 metres have been drilled with

results returned from approximately 3,463 metres. The Company will release drilling

and sampling results as they become available.

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Table 1: Assay Results from 2022 drill program.

DDH_no. Li2O (wt.

%) From (m) To (m) Length

(m)

JP-2022-15 1.60 38.00 38.69 0.69

0.58 45.40 47.40 2.00

JP-2022-16 0.52 17.45 22.48 5.03

0.87 24.48 33.04 8.56

Incl. 1.12 24.48 29.50 5.02

0.64 33.10 36.20 3.10

0.85 40.88 46.85 5.97

Incl. 1.35 40.88 44.00 3.12

JP-22-21B 0.92 74.95 78.00 3.00

0.87 82.00 93.00 11.00

JP-2022-21C 1.16 32.66 53.66 21.00

Incl. 1.40 32.66 40.66 8.00

*Apparent thickness

QA/QC Protocol

Imagine Lithium implemented a strict QA/QC protocol in processing all rock samples

collected from the core material obtained from the Jackpot property. The protocol

included the insertion and monitoring of appropriate reference materials, in this case

high concentration and low concentration certified OREAS lithium standards, blanks

and duplicates, to validate the accuracy and precision of the assay results. All

collected rock samples were put in sturdy plastic bags, tagged, and sealed in the core

shack under the supervision of professional geologists. Sample bags were then put in

rice pouches and kept securely before being sent by road transport to the Actlabs

laboratories in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lithium was analyzed by Peroxide Fusion ICP-

OES method (8-Li package).

Qualified Person

The technical content of this news release was approved by Michel Boily, PhD, P.Geo,

an Independent Qualified Person as defined by the National Instrument 43-101.

About Jackpot

The Jackpot Lithium property, located in the Georgia Lake Area about 140 km NNE of

Thunder Bay, Ontario, is approximately 12 km by air from the TransCanada Highway

(Hwy 11) and the main railroad which connects to the port town of Nipigon, on Lake

Superior. The property contains known lithium bearing granitic pegmatite dikes, of

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which two provided estimated historical resources of 2 million tons at 1.09% Li2O and

750,000 tons at 1.38% Li2O*.

About Imagine Lithium Inc.

Imagine Lithium is a junior mining exploration company focused on seeking and

acquiring world -class mineral projects. The company holds the Jackpot lithium

property located near Nipigon, Ont. , which contains known pegmatite showings

including two historical resources of 2 million tons grading 1.09% Li 2O and 750,000

tons at 1.38% Li2O.

* The estimates presented above are treated as historic information and have not been verified or relied

upon for economic evaluation by the Company. These historical mineral resources do n ot refer to any

category of sections 1.2 and 1.3 of NI-43-101 such as mineral resources or mineral reserves as stated in the

2010 CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. The explanation lies in the

inability by the Company to ve rify the data acquired by the various historical drilling campaigns. The

Company has not done sufficient work yet to classify the historical estimates as current mineral resources

or mineral reserves.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“J.C. St-Amour”

J.C. St-Amour, President

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which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management’s current

expectations an d assumptions. Such forward -looking statements reflect management’s

current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to

the Company. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are neither

promises nor guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future

results to differ materially from those expected. These forward -looking statements are made

as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislati on, the

Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or

circumstances. All the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by

these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in Canada (available

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