Patriot Supplies an Replace on ESG Projects and Environmental Baseline Information Assortment for Shaakichiuwaanaan Lithium Mission

• UL 2723 ECOLOGO^® Certification for Mineral Exploration Firms won by way of the Corporate, a complete certification that includes credible third-party auditing of environmental, social and financial practices.
• 2023 Sustainable Building Document published.
• Intensive environmental baseline information assortment grassland systems were finished as deliberate to underpin our Environmental and Social Affect Overview (“ESIA) for construction of the CV5 Pegmatite, which extra on target for submission in the second one part of 2025.
  • The grassland survey paintings and results stay in line with the Corporate’s expectancies, with the point of interest now on ultimate documentation and presentation of the ESIA focused for the Sept Qtr of 2025.
• Internet-site update finished to incorporate alternative environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) knowledge.

Ken Brinsden, President, CEO, & Managing Director for the Corporate, states: “We are proud of achieving UL 2723 ECOLOGO^® Certification for Mineral Exploration Companies. Patriot’s Shaakichiuwaanaan Project is one of the most active exploration projects in Québec and the certification confirms the efforts Patriot undertakes to conduct our activities in a sustainable way for the benefit of our employees, communities, business partners and shareholders. Additionally, Patriot’s progress on Sustainable Development is summarized in our 2023 Sustainable Development Report and our website content has been updated to provide more information and transparency to our stakeholders on our ESG performance.”

Alix Drapack, Govt VP ESG for the Corporate, states: “Environmental baseline data collection began on the Shaakichiuwaanaan Project in 2022 and continued in 2023 and 2024 with assistance from our environmental consultants, WSP and Niigaan (a Cree enterprise). We were fortunate to be accompanied in the field by members of the Cree Nation of Chisasibi and benefited from their knowledge of the land. Following a challenging field season in 2023 due to wildfires, 2024 proved to be an ideal spring/summer/fall for collection of data and Patriot remains on track to submit our comprehensive ESIA in the second half of 2025.”

Patriot Battery Metals Inc. (the “Company” or “Patriot”) (TSXV: PMET) (ASX: PMT) (OTCQX: PMETF) (FSE: R9GA) is happy to announce an replace on 3 key ESG tasks and a abstract of our 2024 environmental baseline information assortment program at its 100%-owned Shaakichiuwaanaan Feature (the “Property” or “Project”) – previously referred to as Corvette. The Shaakichiuwaanaan Feature is situated within the Eeyou Istchee James Bay patch of Quebec, which is out there year-round by way of all-season highway and is proximal to key main regional infrastructure.

UL 2723 ECOLOGO^® Certification for Mineral Exploration Firms

On September 30, 2024, Patriot won desktop audit certification below the UL 2723 ECOLOGO^® Certification for Mineral Exploration Firms. The Corporate effectively finished the general level of the certification procedure, which incorporates audit effects, usefulness of the UL ECOLOGO^® mark, and registration in UL’s SPOT sustainable product database.

UL ECOLOGO^® Certification for Mineral Exploration Firms is the primary complete certification for mineral exploration corporations and their carrier suppliers that includes a credible third-party audit of environmental, social and financial practices. For more info in regards to the UL ECOLOGO^® Certification for Mineral Exploration Firms, please consult with the Underwriters Laboratories of Canada web page: https://canada.ul.com/ulcprograms/explore/

On November 17, 2023, Patriot submitted the Insurance policies and Procedures Guide for the desktop audit procedure to Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (“UL”). The UL auditor reviewed the documentation submitted by way of the Corporate and granted the desktop audit certification on September 30, 2024. The after step is a grassland consult with to the Shaakichiuwaanaan Web site by way of the UL auditor early after 12 months.

2023 Sustainable Building Document

Patriot is happy to announce the newsletter of its inaugural annual Sustainable Building Document overlaying the actions of Patriot Battery Metals Inc. and all its subsidiaries, together with Innova Lithium Inc., with a specific focal point on its 100%-owned Shaakichiuwaanaan Mission – previously referred to as Corvette – situated within the Eeyou Istchee James Bay patch of Quebec. The record, titled “The beginning of our journey”, main points the Corporate’s sustainable construction efficiency from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The record supplies details about the Corporate’s optical and the situation of subject matter subjects and items details about its option to ESG.

Replace on Environmental Baseline Information Assortment

In November 2023, the Corporate submitted the Initial Data Commentary to the Québec Executive (Ministère de l’Environnement, de l. a. Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de l. a. Faune et des Parcs or “MELCCFP”) for its 100%-owned Shaakichiuwaanaan Mission (the “Project”) – previously referred to as Corvette – situated within the Eeyou Istchee James Bay patch of Quebec. In April 2024, the Corporate won its Pointers from the MELCCFP which define the scope and nature of the ESIA. The ESIA extra on time table for final touch in the second one part of 2025.

Environmental baseline information assortment started at the Shaakichiuwaanaan Mission in 2022 and 2023 and persevered all through 2024 with aid from WSP and Niigaan (a Cree endeavor). A variety of grassland systems had been carried out together with aqua attribute, hydrology, fisheries, ground attribute, birds, bats, crops and wetlands. Archaeology and perceptible evaluation paintings had been additionally finished within the grassland. 

Over the just about 3-year duration of grassland baseline and impressive information assortment, the guidelines has been and extra in line with the Corporate’s expectancies at this level of the initiatives evaluation. With the environmental database at Shaakichiuwaanaan now neatly populated with grassland information, the point of interest strikes to impressive documentation of the ESIA and its focused presentation within the September quarter of 2025.

SURVEY WORK – Trait

• Garden find out about systems contributing to the then ESIA come with (however don’t seem to be restricted to); H2O attribute baseline research integrated the established order of 24 tracking stations inside the Mission find out about segment, that have been sampled six instances between 2022 and 2024. Sampling of sediment and benthic invertebrates used to be additionally undertaken in fall 2024.
• The hydrology program integrated dimension of aqua flows and ranges on the 11 hydrometric stations established on the lakes and streams inside the find out about segment. Those hydrological stations were visited thrice in step with 12 months since 2022, all the way through spring freshet, low aqua and fall freshet.
• Fishing actions had been undertaken within the Mission find out about segment all through the at leisure aqua season of 2024. Efforts enthusiastic about accommodation characterization, fish sampling, and aqua sampling for eDNA research to validate the presence of fish in aqua our bodies the place disagree fish had been stuck. All through the inventories, specific consideration used to be paid to the delineation of felony fish accommodation in all everlasting and intermittent aqua our bodies and streams.
• Landscape attribute checking out integrated sampling and research of ground from boreholes inside the deliberate Mission footprint and sampling of an alternative 5 trenches to permit for the improvement of ground mapping.
• Chook surveys took park each remotely and in particular person all through the find out about segment. A variety of acoustic recording stations had been put in, and a complete ornithological survey took park over a duration of 15 days in the summertime of 2024. Acoustic stations for recording bat yells had been additionally put in inside the find out about segment and knowledge used to be gathered seasonally for research. A crops and wetlands survey took park in the summertime of2024 to delineate wetlands and determine any doubtlessly uncommon crops inside the find out about segment.

• Zones with indigenous archaeological doable had been outlined via desktop research and a flyover of the find out about segment undertaken in 2024. An archaeological grassland survey is deliberate for 2025 to verify the presence of any archaeological or cultural artifacts inside of those known zones.
• A ground stock used to be performed in 2024 to record the tide luminous statuses in and across the find out about segment to outline intrusive luminous, sky readability and parks and make sure the presence of current luminous within the segment. Images of the ground (year and evening) had been additionally taken at a number of stations to record current statuses and with the intention to simulate time statuses related to the Mission.
• Six places were known as noise tracking stations. A noise tracking station might be established in November for twenty-four hours at every of those places to ascertain baseline noise ranges order the challenge find out about segment. The places had been selected in session with the Corporate’s Cree companions as doubtlessly delicate receptors similar the web site and at the Trans-Taiga Street.

Replace to Patriot’s web page

To deliver to lend transparency for our stakeholders and to obviously keep up a correspondence and put up knowledge on our ESG way and function, Patriot has up to date its web page to incorporate alternative knowledge, to be had in each French and English.

Highlights come with disclosure of our newly authorized and followed insurance policies on Condition & Protection, Atmosphere, Crowd Family members and Native & Accountable Procurement. The web page items Patriot’s Objective, Optical and What We Get up For. Now we have integrated a Sustainability Web page with divisions on Condition & Protection, Atmosphere, Our Family and Crowd & Socio-economic construction. In spite of everything, we added an Data Hub to lend our stakeholders with simple get admission to to paperwork on our sustainability efficiency, charters, codes, insurance policies, governance and alternative issues indistinguishable to our actions. Hyperlinks permit the consumer to view/obtain the paperwork.

Then Steps

The 2024 spring-summer-fall grassland paintings has visible probably the most expansive environmental baseline information assortment at web site to hour. Those web site actions are anticipated to wrap up for the season in November, adopted by way of sectorial reporting for all elements to tell the challenge results evaluation. A mini 2025 winter-spring grassland program is deliberate to finish the necessities defined within the MELCCFP Pointers.

The Corporate extra on time table for submission of the ESIA for the Shaakichiuwaanaan Mission in the second one part of 2025.

Certified/Competent Individual

The technical knowledge on this information loose that pertains to the Shaakichiuwaanaan Feature is according to, and reasonably represents, knowledge compiled by way of Mr. Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P.Geo., who’s a Certified Individual as outlined by way of Nationwide Software 43-101 – Requirements of Disclosure for Mineral Initiatives, and member in just right status with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec (Geologist Allow quantity 01968), and with the Affiliation of Skilled Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (member quantity 87868). Mr. Smith has reviewed and authorized the technical knowledge on this information loose.

Mr. Smith is an Govt and Vice President of Exploration for Patriot Battery Metals Inc. and holds ordinary stocks and choices within the Corporate.

Mr. Smith has enough revel in, which is related to the way of mineralization, form of cupboard into account, and to the actions being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Individual as described by way of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Effects, Mineral Assets and Ore Reserves (the JORC Code). Mr. Smith sees eye to eye to the inclusion on this information loose of the issues according to his knowledge within the mode and context wherein apparently.

About Patriot Battery Metals Inc.

Patriot Battery Metals Inc. is a hard-rock lithium exploration corporate enthusiastic about advancing its district-scale 100%-owned Shaakichiuwaanaan Feature (previously referred to as Corvette) situated within the Eeyou Istchee James Bay patch of Quebec, Canada, which is out there year-round by way of all-season highway and is proximal to regional powerline infrastructure. The Shaakichiuwaanaan Mineral Useful resource¹, which incorporates the CV5 & CV13 spodumene pegmatites, totals 80.1 Mt at 1.44% Li₂O Indicated, and 62.5 Mt at 1.31% Li₂O Inferred, and ranks as the most important lithium pegmatite useful resource within the Americas, and the 8^th biggest lithium pegmatite useful resource on the planet. Moreover, the Shaakichiuwaanaan Feature hosts a couple of alternative spodumene pegmatite clusters that stay to be drill examined, in addition to important disciplines of potential development that stay to be assessed.

For additional knowledge, please touch us at [email protected] or by way of calling +1 (604) 279-8709, or consult with www.patriotbatterymetals.com. Please additionally please see the Corporate’s steady disclosure filings, to be had below its profile at www.sedarplus.ca and www.asx.com.au, for to be had exploration information.

This information loose has been authorized by way of the Board of Administrators.

“KEN BRINSDEN”

Kenneth Brinsden, President, CEO, & Managing Director

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COMPETENT PERSON STATEMENT (ASX LISTING RULE 5.23)

The mineral useful resource estimate on this loose used to be reported by way of the Corporate in keeping with ASX Checklist Rule 5.8 on August 5, 2024. The Corporate confirms that, as of the hour of this announcement, it’s not acutely aware of any unused knowledge or information verified by way of the competent person who materially impacts the guidelines integrated within the announcement and that each one subject matter suppositions and technical parameters foundation the estimates within the announcement proceed to use and feature no longer materially modified. The Corporate confirms that, as on the hour of this announcement, the mode and context wherein the competent particular person’s findings are offered have no longer been materially changed from the latest marketplace announcement.

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