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Surface Metals Inc. Sells Remaining Interest in Manitoba Lithium Project to Earn-in Partner Snow Lake Energy

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SURFACE METALS INC. SELLS REMAINING INTEREST IN MANITOBA LITHIUM PROJECT TO EARN-IN PARTNER SNOW LAKE ENERGY

Dec 22, 2025

Vancouver, BC Canada – December 22, 2025 – Surface Metals Inc. (CSE: SUR) (OTCQB: SURMF) (“Surface Metals” or the “Company”) announces that it has completed an agreement with Snow Lake Resources Ltd. dba Snow Lake Energy (“Snow Lake”) (NASDAQ:LITM) to sell its remaining 49% interest in 37 mineral claims in south-eastern Manitoba for total consideration of $650,000.

Pursuant to an option agreement dated January 29, 2024 between Surface Metals and Snow Lake, Surface Metals granted to Snow Lake an option to earn up to a 90% undivided interest in the following mineral claims located in south-eastern Manitoba (the “Properties”):

  1. 21 mineral claims totaling 8,883 acres (3,595 hectares) (the “Shatford Lake Mineral Claims”);
  2. 10 mineral claims totaling 5,196 acres (2,102 hectares) (the “Birse Lake Mineral Claims”); and
  3. 6 mineral claims totaling 2,930 acres (1,186 hectares) (the “Cat-Euclid Lake Mineral Claims”).
Snow Lake had previously earned a 51% interest in the Properties under the option agreement, which agreement will terminate upon Surface Metal’s sale of its remaining 49% interest.
The Properties are subject to a 2% gross overriding royalty in favour of Lithium Royalty Corporation (LRC), and Snow Lake acquires Surface Metal’s remaining interest subject to the existing royalty.

About Surface Metals Inc.

Surface Metals Inc. (CSE: SUR | OTCQB: SURMF) is a North American mineral exploration company focused on advancing a diversified portfolio of gold and lithium projects in the state of Nevada, USA. The Company’s Cimarron Gold Project is located in Nye County, Nevada, in a historically productive gold district. Surface’s Clayton Valley Lithium Brine Project hosts an NI-43-101 compliant inferred resource of approximately 302,900 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) adjacent to Albemarle’s Silver Peak Mine. Surface Metals is also advancing a lithium project in neighbouring Fish Lake Valley, Nevada.

For more information, please visit: www.surfacemetals.com

On behalf of the Board of Directors
Steve Hanson
Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director
Telephone: (604) 564-9045
[email protected]

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