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Imagine Lithium Makes New Lithium Discovery Near Jackpot Lithium Main Zone

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Imagine Lithium Makes New Lithium Discovery

Near Jackpot Lithium Main Zone

January 26, 2023 Vancouver, BC, Canada – IMAGINE LITHIUM INC. (the

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

that its 2022 prospecting program has identified a new drilling target located

approximately 1.6 km to the northwest of the Jackpot Main Zone. Grab samples from

this area have identified a t least one mineralized spodumene-bearing granitic

pegmatite over a strike length of approximately 500 m. Samples collected from the

pegmatite have returned Li2O values up to 2.72% Li 2O. A video discussing the new

target area can be found here.

A total of 15 grab samples were taken from the area, where a spodumene bearing

pegmatite was traced over 500 m. The samples returned values containing lithium

grades ranging from 0.01% to 2.72% Li 2O (see Figure 1). Samples from a 240 m

section of the granitic dike along strike generated an average of 1.17 Li2O% (n=11).

It is believed that the pegmatite could be as much as 40 m wide. The Company plans

to complete follow-up prospecting and sampling work in the general vicinity of this

pegmatite as well as an exploration drilling campaign targeting the pegmatite

specifically.

J.C. St -Amour, President of Imagine commented, “This newly discovered area

demonstrates the prospectivity of our very large land package. The team is very

excited to test this newly identified zone. There is some ground cover in this area, so

there is excellent potential for expansion of this dike along strike as well as potential

for additional dikes in this area. The grab sample grades suggest it is a well

mineralized dike that we intend to drill test in 2023.

The 2022 drilling campaign at Jackpot ended in early December, having drilled over

10,000 m. We expect that final results will be received in the coming weeks and will

be released once available.

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Figure 1: Map identifying location of mineralized grab samples over approximately 500 m of

strike length.

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 conc entration 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.

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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

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 expl oration 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% Li2O and 750,000

tons at 1.38% Li2O.

* The estimates presented above are treated as historic al information and have not

been verified or relied upon for economic evaluation by the Company. These historical

mineral resources do not 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 t he 2010 CIM Definition

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

inability by the Company to verify the data acquired by the various historical drilling

campaigns. The Company has not done sufficient work yet to class ify the historical

estimates as current mineral resources or mineral reserves.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“J.C. St-Amour”

J.C. St-Amour, President

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Telephone: +1-604-683-3995

Toll Free: 1-888-945-4770

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defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy

or accuracy of this release.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains forward -looking statements,

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

expectations and 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

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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 legislation, the

Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them t o 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

at WWW.SEDAR.COM).