Patriot Battery Metals Commences Quebec’s Largest Lithium Drill Campaign at the Corvette Property
Patriot Battery Metals Inc.
Suite 700 - 838 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6C 0A6
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Patriot Battery Metals Commences Quebec’s Largest
Lithium Drill Campaign at the Corvette Property
January 16, 2024 – Vancouver, BC, Canada January 17, 2024 – Sydney, Australia
Highlights
• The 2024 drill campaign at the Corvette Property has commenced, targeting a minimum of
45,000 m over the January to April period (the ‘winter program’).
• At least ten (10) drill rigs are planned to be utilized to complete the winter program –
making it among the largest lithium drill programs currently in Quebec.
• The winter access road is complete and in operation to reduce the dependency on
helicopters for the drilling campaign , which is expected to reduce per metre cost
significantly.
• Core assay results remain to be reported for more than 125 drill holes, including ~1.5 km
of prospective pegmatite trend across the CV5 and CV13 pegmatites.
• The Company intends to provide an updated mineral resource estimate to the market in the
third quarter of 2024.
Patriot Battery Metals Inc. (the “Company” or “Patriot”) ( TSX-V: PMET) (ASX: PMT)
(OTCQB: PMETF) (FSE: R9GA) is pleased to announce it has commenced the 2024 winter drill
campaign at its wholly owned Corvette Property (the “Property” or “Project”), located in the James
Bay Region of Quebec. Additionally, the Company has completed the construction of a winter
road (approximately 20 km in length), extending site access from the all-season Trans-Taiga Road
to the CV5 drill area.
The 2024 winter drill program has commenced and is planned to increase to ten (10) drill rigs by
the end of January until late April. A minimum meterage of 45,000 m (NQ core size) is anticipated
to be completed over the winter period. The primary objective of the program is infill drilling to
improve the confidence of the CV5 Pegmatite’s geological model to support an upgrade in the
confidence of the maiden mineral resource estimate from the inferred category to the indicated
category. This is the most aggressive drill campaign undertaken to date by the Company at the
Corvette Property. The Company intends to provide an updated mineral resource estimate to the
market in in the third quarter of 2024.
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Blair Way, Company President, CEO, and Director, comments: “We have another huge year ahead
of us with this aggressive drill campaign to upgrade the resource and continue to de -risk the
Project. It is an exciting time for the Company.”
Qualified/Competent Person
The information in this news release that relates to exploration results for the Corvette Property is
based on, and fairly represents, information compiled by Mr. Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P.Geo., who
is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for
Mineral Projects, and member in good standing with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec
(Geologist Permit number 01968), and with the Association of Professional Engineers and
Geoscientists of Alberta (member number 87868). Mr. Smith has reviewed and approved the
technical information in this news release.
Mr. Smith is Vice President of Exploration for Patriot Battery Metals Inc. and holds common
shares and options in the Company.
Mr. Smith has sufficient experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralization, type of deposit
under consideration, and to the activities being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as
described by the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and
Ore Reserves (the JORC Code). Mr. Smith consents to the inclusion in this news release of the
matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
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 infrastructure. The Corvette
Property hosts the CV5 Spodumene Pegmatite with a maiden mineral resource estimate of
109.2 Mt at 1.42% Li 2O inferred 1 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.
1 The CV5 mineral resource estimate (109.2 Mt at 1.42% Li 2O and 160 ppm Ta 2O5 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.
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,
“BLAIR WAY”
Blair Way, President, CEO, & Director
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