Jourdan Announces Soil Sampling Program Expansion and Arrival of Second Drill to Accelerate Completion of Its Phase 3 Summer Drill Campaign - Seite 2

Figure 1: The Vallée property is approximately 35km north of Val-d’Or and immediately east of the North American Lithium mine. This figure depicts the 2011, 2021 and 2022 completed drillholes and the next phases of drilling planned for the 2022 campaign. All 26 drillholes completed since 2021 have intersected the Li-bearing, spodumene-rich pegmatite swarm.

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Soil Sampling Program:
The soil sampling program on the Vallée claims is being conducted on a 200m x 100m and 50m x 50m grid following the spodumene swarm east of the road. We intend to use the results from the program to identify new drill targets. A field crew consisting of geological and exploration technicians has been mobilized to the area and has begun collecting soil samples. Soil samples are being collected using two-person teams equipped with picks and shovels. Samples are being collected from the B-horizon at a depth ranging from 10cm to 110cm. Samples from approximately 550 sites are scheduled to be collected to add to the approximately 1,200 samples already collected since July 2022. All samples are being analyzed daily for rubidium (Rb) and tantalum (Ta) by a portable XRF gun from SciAps. Samples are then sent to IGS for pathfinder element analysis.

The soil sampling program is aimed at finding new lithium anomalies and showings in areas of known lithium mineralization at Baillargé, Preissac-La Corne, Duval Lithium in La Motte, and especially in Vallée Lithium. We also expect to continue our geological mapping and prospecting program that has been running in parallel with the soil sampling program.

Sample data collected includes UTM location, depth of sample, color, moisture content, texture (sand, silt, and clay), and percentage, angularity and lithology of pebbles and or cobbles. Each sample collected amounts to approximately 1kg of material and is placed in a plastic sample bag. Wet samples are additionally placed into 5ml plastic Ziploc bags to prevent contamination. At the end of the day, all samples are placed inside the Company's shop facility on a rack and allowed to dry for at least one week before shipping to IGS.