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Surge Battery Metals Comments on Recent Promotional Activity Pursuant to OTC Markets Request

Listings & Exchange Regulatory & Compliance Company Commentary

Surge Battery Metals Inc.

1220 – 789 West Pender Street

Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1H2

778-945-2656

www.surgebatterymetals.com

[email protected]

Surge Battery Metals Comments on Recent Promotional Activity

Pursuant to OTC Markets Request

November 16, 2021: Vancouver, BC; Surge Battery Metals Inc. (the “Company” or “Surge”) (TSXV:

NILI, OTCQB: NILIF, FRA: DJ5C) has received a request by the OTC Markets Group to comment on recent

promotional activity related to Surge's common shares traded on the OTC Markets.

On November 12, 2021, the Company became aware that Stellar Media Group LLC produced and

disseminated a corporate profile published without the knowledge or consent of the Company through

BEAT Penny Stocks and Stock Street wire brands as per the disclaimer in their corporate profile. The

Company was not aware of these promotional materials prior to receiving copies from OTC Markets. The

Company has not hired Stellar Media Group, and neither the Company nor its officers were involved,

directly or indirectly, in the creation, distribution, dissemination or payment for the promotional

materials.

The promotional materials appear to provide an overview of the Company's business and also appear to

make several speculative claims regarding the Company's prospects. The promotional materials are based

upon information made available by the Company, including the Company's news releases and investor

presentations. The Company does not believe that the promotional materials have had an effect on the

trading activity in the Company's common shares. The Company had no editorial control over the content

or the promotional materials. The Company has reviewed the promotional materials and while it does

consider the materials to be speculative it does not consider the statements made in the promotional

materials to be materially false or misleading.

Upon inquiry of Company management, none of the Company's officers, directors or greater than 10%

shareholders, or any third-party service providers, have (i) directly or indirectly been involved in the

creation of, distribution of, or payment for promotional materials related to the Company or its common

shares or (ii) sold or purchased any of the Company's securities in the past 90 days. As noted below the

Company has retained Winning Media LLC and TD Media LLC dba Life Water Media to provide marketing

services to the Company. Subsequent to the profiles on the Company distributed by Stellar Media LLC and

after such publications were brought to our attention, both Winning Media LLC and TD Media LLC advised

the Company that they advanced funds to the outside marketing firm Stellar Media LLC for partial

payment of marketing services. However, we have been advised that neither Winning Media LLC and TD

Media LLC had any involvement in the creation or distribution of those materials or newsletters.

Over the last year, the Company has engaged four third-party providers for investor relations, public

relations, marketing, advertising and other related activities: Winning Media LLC (see news release dated

September 7, 2021); TD Media LLC (see news release dated October 15, 2021); Network 1 Financial

Securities, Inc. (see news release dated October 26, 2021); and Stockhouse Publishing Ltd. The Company

has also retained Accesswire through Issuer Direct to provide communication services including news

dissemination services and Mini-IR website Solutions Issuer Services as advertised on the OTCQX and

OTCQB platforms.

During the past two years the Company completed a private placement through the facilities of the TSX

Venture Exchange (“Exchange”) and the Company has issued the following shares and warrants. The

shares were issued at a discount to market pursuant to allowable private placement pricing policies of the

Exchange and all securities issued were restricted and subject to statutory hold periods. The warrant

prices were priced at market price at the time of issuance and as such were not discounted: The Company

also exercised stock options as follows which were also discounted based on allowable pricing

requirements of the Exchange:

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 February 3, 2021 – 40,000,000 units at a price of Cdn$0.06 and 40,000,000 warrants exercisable

at $0.08 expiring on February 3, 2023. 3,950,000 finder shares on the same terms as the units

were issued and 1,975,000 finder warrants were issued on the same terms as the purchaser

warrants.

 August 6, 2021 – 850,000 stock options were exercised at Cdn.$0.06 per share.

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 38 mineral claims located in 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.

Caledonia Project, Vancouver Island, BC

The Company has entered into a Property Option Agreement to acquire a 100% interest in 7 mineral

claims known as the Caledonia, Cascade and Bluebell, subject to a NSR between 1-2%. Located in the

Nanaimo Mining District of 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, Cascade and Bluebell claims area lies within a 50-

kilometer-long copper belt northwest of the Island Copper mine.

British Columbia Nickel Project

Hard Nickel 4 and Nickel 100 Claims

The Company has entered into an Option Agreement with Nickel Rock Resources to acquire an 80%

interest in 6 mineral claims in the Mount Sidney Williams area (Hard Nickel 4) covering 1863 hectares

immediately south of and adjacent to the Decar Project and the Mitchell Range area (Nickel 100) covering

8659 hectares, located in Northern British Columbia. Three of the claims are subject to 2% NSR, including

the Hard Nickel 4 claim and the two southernmost claims of the Nickel 100 claims. The acquisition is

subject to final Exchange approval.

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.