Surge Battery Closes Acquisition of Nickel Claims with Nickel Rock Resources
Surge Battery Metals Inc.
1220 – 789 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1H2
778-945-2656
www.surgebatterymetals.com
NEWS RELEASE
Surge Battery Closes Acquisition of Nickel Claims
with Nickel Rock Resources
Vancouver, BC – November 17, 2021 – Surge Battery Metals Inc. (the "Company" or “Surge”)
(TSXV: NILI, OTCQB:NILIF) announces that further to its news releases dated July 8, 2021, July 13,
2021 and October 20, 2021, and the TSX Venture Exchange’s conditional acceptance letter dated
July 16, 2021, the Company has now closed the Fundamental and “related-party” transaction
subject to final Exchange Acceptance.
The Company entered into an option agreement with Nickel Rock Resources Inc. (“Nickel Rock”)
dated July 7, 2021 (the “Agreement”), to earn an undivided 80% interest in the HN4 and N100
Claims, located in Northern British Columbia (the “Transaction”).
Terms of the Transaction:
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Company issued 5,000,000 common shares to Nickel
Rock upon closing. In addition, Surge shall incur an aggregate of $200,000 in Exploration
Expenditures on the Property on or before two years from the date of the Agreement.
Upon the Company having exercised the Option, Surge will have earned an undivided 80% interest
in the Property, and the parties will enter into a Commercially Reasonable and Definitive Joint
Venture Agreement.
All securities issued in connection with the Transaction will be subject to a four-month and a day
hold period expiring on March 18, 2022, in accordance with applicable 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 Option Agreement constitutes a "related party
transaction" due to the fact that CFO and Corporate Secretary are also the CFO and Corporate
Secretary of Nickel Rock. 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.
43-101 Technical Report – HN4 and N100 Nickel Claims
In connection with the Transaction, Surge has filed a technical report entitled “ Technical Report for
the HN4 & N100 Claim Groups, Omineca Mining Division, Takla Lake Area, British Columbia ”, dated
October 27, 2021, prepared by Jacques Houle, P. Eng. and James Hutter, P.Geo (the “Report”). The
Report has been prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 and be found under the
Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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The Report can also be obtained on the Company’s website at www.surgebatterymetals.com/project-
nickel.
About the British Columbia Nickel Project
The Surge BC Nickel Exploration Project consists of two non-contiguous mineral claims groups
consisting of 6 mineral claims in the Mount Sidney Williams area (HN4) covering 1863 hectares
immediately south of and adjacent to the Decar Project and the Mitchell Range area (N100) covering
8659 hectares, located in Northern British Columbia . Three of the claims are subject to 2% NSR,
including the (HN4 claim and the two southernmost claims of the N100 claims). The acquisition is
subject to final Exchange approval.
The exploration stage project is in the Trembleur Lake area of central British Columbia, partially
adjacent to FPX Nickel Corp.’s Decar Nickel Project, which is an advanced project targeting awaruite,
a nickel-iron alloy mineral, hosted by serpentinized ultramafic intrusive rocks of the Trembleur
Ultramafic Unit.
The subject claims are partially underlain by rocks like those hosting the Decar project of FPX Nickel
where mineralization includes nickel, cobalt, and chromium. Previous exploration suggests that at
least some of the nickel mineralization occurs as awaruite which is a naturally occurring nickel-iron
alloy important in the manufacture of environmentally efficient batteries for the electric vehicle
markets globally. The mineral awaruite is both highly magnetic and very dense and is therefore
amenable to concentration by mechanical processes including magnetic and gravity separation. This
style of deposit is unique and presents considerable metallurgical and processing cost saving
advantages.
Qualified Person
Jacques Houle, P.Eng., a qualified person as defined by NI 43 – 101, is responsible for the technical
information contained in this release. Readers are cautioned that the information in this press release
regarding the property of FPX Nickel Corp is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization on the
property of interest.
About Surge Battery Metals Inc. surgebatterymetals.com
The Company is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company active in the exploration for nickel-
iron alloy and Copper 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 Claims
The Company owns a 100% interest in 95 mineral claims located in Elko County, Nevada. The
Northern Nevada Lithium Project is located in the Granite Range about 34 line- km southeast of
Jackpot, Nevada, about 73 line-km north-northeast of Wells, Nevada. The target is a Thacker Pass or
Clayton Valley type lithium clay deposit in volcanic tuff and tuffaceous sediments of the Jarbidge
Rhyolite package. The project area was first identified in public domain stream sediment geochemical
data with follow up sediment sampling and geologic reconnaissance.
As announced on Sept 30, 2021, the Company is also in the process of earning an undivided 80%
interest in the San Emidio Desert Lithium Project, located 60 miles Northeast of Reno, Nevada from
Lithium Corporation (OTCQB: LTUM). The San Emidio Desert Lithium Project consists of 60 mineral
claims comprising a total of 4,800 acres and is located in the San Emidio Desert.
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Caledonia Project, Vancouver Island, BC
The Company has entered into a Property Option Agreement to acquire a 100% interest in 7 mineral
claims including the Caledonia, Cascade and Bluebell claims, subject to a NSR between 1-2%. Located
in the Nanaimo Mining Division on northern Vancouver Island. The claims are 7 km north-west of
BHP's past producing Island Copper mine. During its prime operating period the Island Copper mine
was Canada's third-largest copper producer. The Caledonia Project claims area lies within a 50-
kilometer-long copper belt northwest of the Island Copper mine.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
“Greg Reimer”
Greg Reimer, President & CEO
778-945-2656
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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
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