Surge Battery Metals Inc. announced commencement of 2024 exploration drill program at high-grade Nevada North Lithium Project north-northwest of Elko, Nevada. An eight hole reverse circulation program is planned to test favorable geochemical extensions and the known geophysical footprint for lithium mineralization. All holes have been positioned to further expand and define the lateral and vertical extent of the known NNLP deposit.

Testing will take place within an area 1km to the west and up to a 1.2km to the south of the 2024 maiden resource area containing an inferred mineral resource of 4.67 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent grading 2,839 parts per million lithium at a 1,250 ppm Li cut-off. Drilling is expected to last for approximately the next 3 weeks with initial assay results expected by early August. These results will be used to update the resource model and incorporated into the Preliminary Economic Assessment currently underway.