Surge Battery Metals Appoints Board Member Graham Harris as Chairman

WEST VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 6, 2023 / Surge Battery Metals Inc. (the "Company" or "Surge") (TSXV:NILI)(OTC PINK:NILIF)(FRA:DJ5C) is pleased to announce that effective today, Mr. Graham Harris has been appointed to the position of Chair of Surge's Board of Directors. Mr. Harris was Founder, Chair and Director of Millennial Lithium Corp., which was acquired by Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC) for $490M. Mr. Harris also has over 40 years' experience in the finance industry and is currently Senior VP, Capital Markets and a director of Millennial Potash Corp (TSX_V: MLP.).

Mr. Greg Reimer, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, commented "Graham has extensive corporate finance and considerable lithium exploration and development experience. In the short time Graham has been a director, we have seen a remarkable transformation at Surge from he and his team's contributions. We welcome his leadership."

Mr. Harris commented "Greg and his team have done a tremendous job to date advancing the Nevada North Lithium Project. I believe this project has significant potential and I'm excited to be appointed Chair and look forward to helping Surge develop this incredible lithium asset."

About Surge Battery Metals Inc.

The Company is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company active in the exploration for lithium in Nevada and for nickel in British Columbia. Our 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.

About the Nevada North Lithium Project

The Company owns a 100% interest, without any royalties, in the Nevada North Lithium Project, consisting of 243 mineral claims, located in the Granite Range southeast of Jackpot, about 73 km north-northeast of Wells, Elko County, Nevada. The first round of drilling, completed in October 2022, identified a strongly mineralized zone of lithium-bearing clays occupying a strike length of almost 1,620 meters from drillhole NN2205 in the north to drill hole NN2208 in the south. The full thickness of the mineralized horizons are not well determined since the holes were mostly sited along strike on a north-south alignment. However, the apparent thickness is at least 400 metres, supported by highly anomalous soil values indicating potential for the clay horizons to be much thicker. The potential for a significant lithium deposit are illustrated by the results of drillhole NN2207 which intersected the thickest intervals of lithium-rich claystone encountered to date; a total of 120.4 metres (395 feet) averaging 3,943 ppm lithium in four zones. Additionally, drillhole NN2208 had the strongest downhole individual sample of 5,950 ppm lithium at between 45 and 50 feet (13.72 and 15.24 metres) depth. The average lithium content within all near surface clay zones intersected in 2022 drilling, applying a 1000 ppm cut-off, was 3254 ppm. (Press release March 29,2023)