Vital Battery Metals Commences Schofield Lithium Work Program in Northwestern Ontario

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 13, 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 Schofield Lithium Project (“Project”) in Northwestern Ontario. The Program is being 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:

• There are 17 mapped pegmatite outcrops on the Project which have not been thoroughly tested for LCT mineralization.
• The Project is strategically situated adjacent to Brunswick Exploration’s Hearst Lithium Project.
• Located 15km north of the Quetico-Wawa subprovince terrane boundary, the Project benefits from deep-seated regional structures know to influence LCT pegmatite mineralization.
• Located within the Quetico subprovince, the Project comprises a variety of evolved S-type granitoids and pegmatites hosted by metamorphosed sediments (paragneisses) and metavolcanics.
• Historical chip samples from Brunswick Exploration's Hearst package have shown 5.15% Li2O (see Brunswick Exploration Inc. news release dated October 3, 2022).

Figure 1 - Vital Battery Metals Schofield Lithium Project Regional Geology

The Project’s exploration phase will consist of a 16-day 3-stage prospecting Program. Like the Company’s previously announced program for the Dickson Lake Lithium Project, the aim of the current Program will be to locate, delineate and sample pegmatite dikes on the Project. Crews will take one day to locate and explore all historic roads on the Project establishing which are usable and which are not. The next stage will be a prospecting and sampling phase. Crews will take the next 7 to 10 days to traverse the Project attempting to locate and sample pegmatites noted in historic reports but also new ones that weren’t previously reported. The last stage of the Program will involve hand stripping and channel sampling. Stripping targets will be selected based on their prospectivity, overburden as well as location. Crews will take the rest of the time to hand strip, detail map and channel sample an exposure. Samples collected will be brought to AGAT Laboratories in Thunder Bay, Ontario.