Nova Lithium Corp. announced that the Company has entered into an option agreement dated June 14, 2024 (the "Option Agreement") with two arm's length vendors to acquire a 100% interest in four mineral claims hosting a significant Polymetallic Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) deposit, known as the "Lara" deposit (the "Lara Project"). The claim package, which is easily accessible year-round, consists of approximately 1,848 hectares and is located approximately 20 km west of Duncan on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

The Lara Project was the subject of previous exploration activity in the 1980's consisting of 311 historical drill holes totaling more than 55,712 metres, as well as 770 metres of pre-production underground access and drifting. In 2008, Caracle Creek International Consulting completed a historic resource for Treasury Metals Inc. described in an Independent Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimation, Lara Polymetallic Property, April 2008 (Iain Kelso, H.B.Sc., P.Geo., and Stephen Wetherup, B.Sc., P. Geo., co-authors). The historical estimate was prepared using wireframe models for zinc thresholds, with grade interpolation completed using the inverse power of distance method.

The reliability of the historical estimate is considered reasonable, but a qualified person has not completed sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as a current mineral resource and the Company is not treating the historical estimate as a current Mineral resource. To upgrade the historical resource to a current resource a constrained mineral estimation should be constructed by a qualified person. Upon the Commencement of Commercial Production (as that term is defined in the Option Agreement), the Company is required to pay a royalty to the vendors (the "Royalty") equal to an aggregate of 2% of net smelter returns.

Nova may reduce the Royalty at any time from 2% to 1% by paying the sum of $2,000,000 to the vendors, and also has the right to accelerate the exercise of the option by making all the required cash payments in advance of any deadline dates. In connection with the Option Agreement and subject to the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange, Nova intends to pay a finder's fee in the amount of 400,000 common shares of the Company to Dal Brynelsen, who assisted in negotiating the terms of the acquisition.