GRID:CC - Grid Battery Metals Appoints New Qualified Person Mr. Steven McMillin P.G. for its Lithium Projects in Nevada
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Coquitlam, BC – February 1, 2024– TheNewswire - Grid Battery Metals Inc. (the “Company” or “Grid Battery”) ( TSXV:CELL ) ( OTC:EVKRF ) ( FRA:NMK2 ) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.Steven McMillin, P.G. to the position of Qualified Person for itsvarious Nevada-based lithium exploration projects.
Mr. McMillin is a highly experienced and well-respectedexploration geologist. He has over 35 years of practical mineralexploration experience in the United States, with expertise on manydifferent exploration projects in Nevada. Mr. McMillin is currentlya Field Operations Manager at Rangefront Geological (“Rangefront”)and is primarily responsible for the set-up and management ofRangefront client drill programs, like those at Grid Battery Metals. At Rangefront, his responsibilities include liaison with vendors andfederal/state regulators, establish drill safety, supervise drillingand sampling protocols, and supervise overall site reclamation.
Prior to his work at Rangefront, Mr. McMillin was aSenior and Chief Mine Geologist at Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC for sevenyears. During his time at Jerritt Canyon, Mr. McMillin ledunderground near-mine exploration and resource development. Duringthis period, twelve new ore-bodies were discovered, and most weredeveloped. Prior to 2016, Mr. McMillin was Chief Mine Geologist atFire Creek with Klondex, Senior Exploration Geologist with Midway Goldat Spring Valley and Pan-Goldrock deposits, Senior Mine Geologist atJerritt Canyon with AngloGold and Queenstake Resources, and ProjectGeologist with Newmont Exploration in Nevada. He is an AIPG (AmericanInstitute of Professional Geologists) Certified Professional Geologistand member of the Geological Society of Nevada and the Society ofEconomic Geologists.
Mr. Tim Fernback, Grid President & CEO comments“We are happy to have Steve join our technical team as QualifiedPerson given his wealth of experience with Nevada-based miningexploration projects. Steve’s knowledge and sound advice will helpguide our upcoming lithium exploration programs. Steve is afull-time resident of Elko Nevada which is nearby our Texas SpringLithium project, and his arrival is well timed given that we are fullyfunded for our 2024 exploration season.”
About Rangefront Geological
Elko Nevada-based Rangefront Geological has combinedin-depth expertise with cutting-edge technology to provide miningconsulting services, contract labor, field crew services, and vehicular support to the mining industry. With servicesavailable across North America, Rangefront works closely with itsclients to provide high-quality mineral exploration services.
The Company also announces that further to theCompany’s news release dated December 13, 2023, the Company hasdecided not to go forward with the Media Services contract with Omni8Communications Inc.
Qualified Person
Mr. Steven McMillin, P.G. is a Qualified Person asdefined by National Instrument 43-101 and has approved the technicalinformation contained within this news release.
Grid Battery Metals Inc. is a Canadian basedexploration company whose primary listing is on the TSX VentureExchange. The Company’s maintains a focus on exploration for highvalue battery metals required for the electric vehicle (EV) market. www.gridbatterymetals.com .
About Texas Springs Property
The Company owns a 100% interest in the TexasSpring Property which consists of mineral lode claims located inElko County, Nevada. The Property is in the Granite Range southeastof Jackpot, Nevada, about 73 km north-northeast of Wells, Nevada. Thetarget is a lithium clay deposit in volcanic tuff and tuffaceoussediments of the Humbolt Formation.
The Texas Spring property adjoins the southern borderof the Nevada North Lithium Project - owned by Surge Battery MetalsInc. (“Surge”) ( TSXV:NILI, OTC: NILIF ) and comprised of 303 mineralclaims. Surge's first round of drilling identified stronglymineralized lithium bearing clays. The average lithium content withinall near surface clay zones intersected in the 2022 drilling program,applying a 1000 ppm cut-off, was 3254 ppm. (Press release March 29,2023 ). More recent results haveshown higher grade lithium up to 8070 ppm on this property afterinitial drilling (Press release September 12,2023 ).
About Clayton Valley LithiumProject
The Company owns a 100% interest in 113 lithium lodeand placer claims covering over 640 hectares in Clayton Valley.Clayton Valley is a down-dropped closed basin formed by the Mioceneage Great Basin extension and is still active due to movement alongthe Walker Lane structural zone. As a result, the basin haspreserved multiple layers of lithium bearing volcanic ash, resultingfrom multiple eruptive events over the past 6 million years includingeruptions from the 700,000-year-old Long Valley Caldera system andrelated events. These ash layers are thought to contribute to thelithium brines extracted by Albemarle and are also likely involved inthe formation of the exposed lithium rich clay deposits on the eastside of Clayton Valley.
Volt Canyon Lithium Property
The Company owns a 100% interest in 80 placer claimscovering approximately 635 hectares of alluvial sediments and clayslocated 122 km northeast of Tonopah, Nevada.
About the British Columbia, NickelProjects
The Grid Nickel Project consists of three claim blockswith a total area of 5,000 hectares in the area surrounding MountSidney Williams, near the Decar project of FPX Nickel Corp., located100 kilometres northwest of Fort St. James, B.C., in the Ominecamining division. Metallic mineralization includes nickel, cobalt, andchromium, whereby nickel has been recorded in the Fe-Ni alloy awaruiteas well as nickel sulphides The Grid NickelProject are partially underlain by rocks of the Trembleur UltramaficUnit, which consist of variably serpentinized harzburgite, dunite,orthopyroxenite, and locally carbonate-talc altered rocks andlistwanite .
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
“Tim Fernback”
Tim Fernback, President & CEO
Contact Information:
Email: info@gridbatterymetals.com
Phone: 604- 4 28-5690
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange norits Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in thepolicies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for theadequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may containforward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to,comments that involve future events and conditions, which are subjectto various risks and uncertainties. Except for statements ofhistorical facts, comments that address resource potential, upcomingwork programs, geological interpretations, receipt and security ofmineral property titles, availability of funds, and others areforward-looking. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance andactual results may vary materially from those statements. Generalbusiness conditions are factors that could cause actual results tovary materially from forward-looking statements.
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