Patriot Battery Metals Announces Change of Auditor
Patriot Battery Metals Inc.
700 – 838 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6C 0A6 – 900 1801 McGill College, Montreal, QC H3A
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www.patriotbatterymetals.com TSX: PMET / OTC: PMETF / FWB: R9GA
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Patriot Battery Metals Announces Change of Auditor
10 March, 2024 – Vancouver, BC, Canada 11 March, 2024 – Sydney, Australia
Patriot Battery Metals Inc. (the “Company” or “Patriot”) (TSX: PMET) (ASX: PMT) (OTCQB: PMETF)
(FSE: R9GA) announces that it has changed its auditor from Manning Elliot t LLP (the “Former Auditor”)
to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the "Successor Auditor") effective February 26, 2024.
At the request of the Company, the Former Auditor resigned as the auditor of the Company effective
February 26, 2024, and the Board of Directors of the Company appointed the Successor Auditor as the
Company’s auditor effective February 26, 2024, until the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.
There were no modifications of opinion in the Former Auditor's reports in connection with the two most
recently completed fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 and there are no reportable events
between Patriot Battery Metals Inc. and the Former Audit or as defined in National Instrument 51-102 –
Continuous Disclosure Obligations (NI 51-102). The resignation of the Former Auditor as auditor of the
Company has been approved by the Company's Audit Committee and its Board of Directors.
In accordance with NI 51 -102, the notice of change of auditor, together with the required letters from
the Former Auditor and the Successor Auditor, have been reviewed by the Board of Directors of the
Company and filed on SEDAR+.
About Patriot Battery Metals Inc.
Patriot Battery Metals Inc. is a hard -rock lithium exploration company focused on advancing its district -
scale 100% owned Corvette Property located in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region of Quebec, Canada,
and proximal to regional road and powerline infrast ructure. The Corvette Property hosts the CV5
Spodumene Pegmatite with a maiden mineral resource estimate of 109.2 Mt at 1.42% Li2O inferred¹ and
ranks as the largest lithium pegmatite resource in the Americas based on contained lithium carbonate
equivalent (“LCE”), and one of the top 10 largest lithium pegmatite resources in the world. Additionally,
the Corvette Property hosts multiple other spodumene pegmatite clusters that remain to be drill tested,
as well as more than 20 km of prospective trend that remain to be assessed.
¹The CV5 mineral resource estimate (109.2 Mt at 1.42% Li2O and 160 ppm Ta2O5 inferred) is reported
at a cut-off grade of 0.40% Li2O with effective date of June 25, 2023 (through drill hole CV23-190). Mineral
resources are not mineral reserves as they do not have demonstrated economic viability.
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For further information, please contact us at [email protected] or by calling +1 (604) 279-
8709, or visit www.patriotbatterymetals.com. Please also refer to the Company’s continuous disclosure
filings, available under its profile at www.sedarplus.ca and www.asx.com.au, for available exploration data.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Ken Brinsden”
Ken Brinsden – President, CEO & Managing Director
For further information, please contact:
Brad Seward
Vice president, Investor Relations
T: +61 400 199 471
Olivier Caza-Lapointe
Head, Investor Relations – North America
T: +1 (514) 913-5264