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Surge Battery Metals Appoints James Hellwarth To Advisory Board

Management Changes

Surge Battery Metals Inc.

1220 – 789 West Pender Street

Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1H2

778-945-2656

www.surgebatterymetals.com

[email protected]

NEWS RELEASE

Surge Battery Metals Appoints James Hellwarth

To Advisory Board

Vancouver, BC – November 29, 2021 – Surge Battery Metals Inc. (the "Company" or “Surge

Battery”) (TSXV:NILI, OTCQB:NILIF; FRA:DJ5C) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.

James Hellwarth to the Advisory Board of Surge Battery.

Mr. Hellwarth of Orlando Florida is currently a managing partner of Xander Capital where he has

been instrumental in establishing and developing relationships with high-net-worth individuals and

organizations. Mr. Hellwarth has been involved in business development and strategy of small cap

companies. He has helped raise capital and create new opportunities for his clients.

His portfolio of work spans across multiple sectors such as Mining, Finance, Product Development,

Technology, Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals. Over the past 13 years Mr. Hellwarth has established

significant relationships with investment bankers, hedge funds as well as numerous Industry specific

heads. Mr. Hellwarth prides himself in aligning mutually benefiting strategic partners.

Through his extensive network of colleagues and individuals, Mr. Hellwarth will be able to assist in

potential capital raises necessary for moving the Company forward.

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.

The Company has entered into a Property Option Agreement to earn an undivided 80% interest in

the San Emidio Desert Lithium Project, subject to a 2% NSR, 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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Nickel Project, Northern BC

The Company has entered into a Property Option Agreement to earn an undivided 80% interest in

certain mineral claims from Nickel Rock Resources Inc.

The Surge Nickel 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 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.

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

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. General business conditions are factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from

forward‐looking statements.