Coquitlam, BC - TheNewswire - December 9, 2022 - Surge Battery Metals Inc. (the "Company" or "Surge") (TSXV:NILI) (OTC:NILIF) (FRA:DJ5C) announces that further to the Company’s news release dated August 9, 2022 announcing the engagement of TD Media LLC d/b/a Life Water Media LLC ("Life Water Media") to provide online marketing awareness to the Company (the "Agreement") and news release dated October 14, 2022 announcing amendments to certain terms of the Agreement, the parties have agreed to further amend certain terms of the Agreement and have entered into a Further Amendment Agreement to Digital Marketing Services Agreement dated December 7, 2022.  

The amended terms are that the Company will pay an additional US$150,000 to Life Water Media and extend the term of the Agreement by one additional month.  All other terms of the Agreement remain the same. 

Life Water Media and Surge are not related parties and operate at arm’s length.  Neither Life Water Media nor its principals have any interest in the Company’s securities, directly or indirectly, or any right or intent to acquire such an interest. 

The Company also announces the appointment of Mr. Robert Guanzon as the new Chief Financial Officer to replace Mr. Konstantin Lichtenwald.  Mr. Guanzon serves as Chief Financial Officer of several junior resource companies listed on the TSXV.  Mr. Guanzon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and brings extensive experience in dealing with financial and accounting matters as well corporate strategy.  The Company would like to thank Mr. Litchenwald for his contributions to the Company since March, 2021.  

About Surge Battery Metals Inc. surgebatterymetals.com 

The Company is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company active in the exploration for nickel-iron alloy 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 Projects 

The Company owns a 100% interest in 154 mineral claims located in Elko County, Nevada. The Nevada North Lithium Project is in the Granite Range southeast of Jackpot, Nevada, about 73 km north-northeast of Wells, Nevada. The target is a 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 returning assay results for lithium ranging from 29.1 ppm to 5,120 ppm.  Significant results included 89 samples outlining a highly anomalous zone containing sample points greater than 1,000 ppm lithium. Currently, the zone of highly anomalous lithium values extends about 1,700 meters east-west in two bands each about 300 to 400 meters wide.  The anomalous values appear to be in soils developed on airfall or water lain rhyolitic tuff overlain by welded ash flow tuff.

In addition, the Company has a Property Option Agreement to earn an undivided 80% interest in 16 mineral claims, comprising 640 acres located within Nevada's San Emidio Desert, known as the Galt Property.  Recent mineral exploration on the Galt claim group includes 51 playa sediment samples collected for chemical analysis at ALS Geochemistry in Vancouver, B.C. Results of aqua regia leaching of the samples show 68 to 852 parts per million lithium (mean 365 ppm), 5.3 to 201 ppm cesium (mean 72 ppm) and 35 to 377 ppm rubidium (mean 180 ppm). Results from two seven-foot-deep auger holes show lithium, cesium, and rubidium concentrations in the range of 143.5 to 773 ppm Li, 56.8 to 102.5 ppm Cs and 155 to 272 Rb. 

Finally, the Company owns a 100% interest in 663 ha (1,640 acre) property in the Teels Marsh Project located in Mineral County, Nevada.  The property is in an active region for both lithium exploration and production. 

Nickel Projects, Northern BC 

The Company has a Property Option Agreement to earn an undivided 80% interest in certain mineral claims from Nickel Rock Resources Inc. The Project (The Surge Nickel Project) consists of two non-contiguous mineral claims groups consisting of 6 mineral claim blocks located in northern British Columbia.  One claim in the Mount Sidney Williams area (claim HN4), covers 1863 hectares immediately south of and adjacent to the Decar Project, currently being advanced by FPX Resources, and 5 claims in the Mitchell Range area, northeast of Decar, (N100 Group) covering 8659 hectares. Three of the claims are subject to 2% NSR, including the (HN4 claim and the two southernmost claims of the N100 claim group). Both projects target the nickel-iron alloy mineral “Awaruite”, hosted by serpentinized intrusive rocks of the Trembleur Ultramafic Unit.  

On Behalf of the Board of Directors 

“Greg Reimer” 

Greg Reimer, President & CEO 

Contact Information 

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Phone: 778-945-2656  

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