Vital Battery Metals Announces Dickson Lake Lithium Work Program

The Dickson Lake Project is nearby Rock Tech Lithium’s Georgia Lake Project, Imagine Lithium’s Jackpot Deposit, and Brunswick Exploration Projects

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital Battery Metals Inc. (“Vital” or the “Company”) (CSE: VBAM | OTC: VBAMF | FRA: C0O) is pleased to announce that it has commenced its initial Exploration Program (the “Program”) at its Dickson Lake Lithium Project (“Project”) in Northwestern Ontario. The Program will be led by Clark Exploration Consulting Inc who has been providing geological consulting services in Ontario, Canada as well as in many other jurisdictions both in Canada and Internationally since 1987.

Highlights of the Project include:

• Neighbouring to Rock Tech Lithium’s Georgia Lake Project, which has an indicated & inferred mineral resource of 14.8MT of Li₂O⁽¹⁾.
• Neighboring Imagine Lithium’s Jackpot Deposit, which has a historical resource of 2 MT of Li₂O and is currently being drilled for additional lithium targets⁽²⁾, and to potentially expand the resource.
• Existence of 25 mapped pegmatite outcrops on the Project, which have not been thoroughly tested for LCT (lithium, cesium and tantalum) mineralization.
• Mapped pegmatites on the Project are hosted in metasedimentary migmatites/paragneisses and within felsic intrusives, a geological environment similar to other successful LCT pegmatite discoveries in the Quetico subprovince (Lowther, Georgia Lake)⁽³⁾.
• Presence of lake sediment anomalies (Lithium/Cesium) in the northeast part of the Project, indicating the potential for LCT mineralization.
  

Figure 1 - Vital Battery Metals Dickson Lake Lithium Project Regional Geology

The goal of the program will be to locate, delineate and sample pegmatite dikes on the property. The Company will begin the Program by focusing on previous mapping that indicates that there are at least 25 pegmatite outcrops on the Project⁽³⁾. These are primarily composed of white and pink pegmatite with minor aplite (garnet, biotite and tourmaline). The pegmatites mapped vary in size from single small outcrops to areas that measure 1,000m long and 100m wide. Additionally, the Company will also work to identify new pegmatite outcrops and conduct detailed sampling and mapping across the Project. Samples collected will be sent to AGAT Laboratories in Thunder Bay, Ontario for analysis.