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Surge Battery Closes 2nd Tranche Non-Brokered Private Placement

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Surge Battery Metals Inc.

3028 Quadra Court

Coquitlam, BC, Canada V3B 5X6

778-945-2656

www.surgebatterymetals.com

[email protected]

Surge Battery Closes 2nd Tranche Non-Brokered Private Placement

Monday, March 27, 2023: Coquitlam, BC; Surge Battery Metals Inc. (the “ Company” or “ Surge”)

(TSXV: NILI, OTCPink: NILIF, FRA: DJ5C) is pleased to announce that further to its news release dated

March 17, 2023, it has closed the second tranche of its non-brokered private placement financing of

1,632,328 units at $0.25 per unit (“Units”) raising gross proceeds of $408,082. To date the Company

has raised $908,082. The Company expects to close additional tranches of the private placement on

or before April 27, 2023.

Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one share purchase warrant (“ Warrant”). Each

Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share of the Company at

an exercise price of $0.30 per share for a period of five years from closing, subject to final TSX Venture

Exchange (“Exchange”) approval.

In connection with the second tranche closing of the private placement, the Company also paid finder

fees in the amount of $ 11,500 cash and 117,232 common shares in connection with the private

placement. The finder fees and shares have received Exchange approval.

All securities issued in connection with the second tranche of the private placement are subject to a

four‐month and a day hold period expiring on July 28, 2023, in accordance with applicable Canadian

Securities Laws.

The proceeds of the private placement will be used for exploration and development and for general

working capital purposes as outlined in the press release dated, February 9th, 2023.

About Surge Battery Metals Inc. surgebatterymetals.com

The Company is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company active in the exploration for nickel-

iron alloy in British Columbia and lithium in Nevada 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.

Nevada Lithium Projects

The Company owns a 100% interest in 225 mineral claims located in Elko County, Nevada. The

Nevada North Lithium Project 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 Jarbidge Rhyolite package.

In addition, the Company has a Property Option Agreement to earn an undivided 80% interest in 16

mineral claims, comprising 640 acres located within Nevada's San Emidio Desert, known as the Galt

Property. Recent mineral exploration on the Galt claim group includes 51 playa sediment samples

collected for chemical analysis at ALS Geochemistry in Vancouver, B.C. Results of aqua regia leaching

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of the samples show 68 to 852 parts per million lithium (mean 365 ppm), 5.3 to 201 ppm cesium

(mean 72 ppm) and 35 to 377 ppm rubidium (mean 180 ppm). Results from two seven -foot-deep

auger holes show lithium, cesium, and rubidium concentrations in the range of 143.5 to 773 ppm Li,

56.8 to 102.5 ppm Cs and 155 to 272 Rb.

Finally, the Company owns a 100% interest in 663 ha (1,640 acre) property in the Teels Marsh

Project located in Mineral County, Nevada. The property is in an active region for both lithium

exploration and production.

Nickel Projects, Northern BC

The Company has a Property Option Agreement to earn an undivided 80% interest in certain mineral

claims from Nickel Rock Resources Inc. The Project (The Surge Nickel Project) consists of two non -

contiguous mineral claims groups consis ting of 6 mineral claim blocks located in northern British

Columbia. One claim in the Mount Sidney Williams area (claim HN4), covers 1863 hectares

immediately south of and adjacent to the Decar Project, currently being advanced by FPX Resources,

and 5 claims in the Mitchell Range area, northeast of Decar, (N100 Group) co vering 8659 hectares.

Three of the claims are subject to 2% NSR, including the (HN4 claim and the two southernmost claims

of the N100 claim group). Both projects target the nickel -iron alloy mineral “Awaruite”, hosted by

serpentinized intrusive rocks of the Trembleur Ultramafic Uniton Behalf of the Board of Directors.

“Greg Reimer”

Greg Reimer, President & CEO

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 778-945-2656

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 guaranteeing future performance and actual results may vary materially from those

statements. Gen eral business conditions are factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from

forward‐looking statements.