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The JV experienced a build in lithium hydroxide inventory at Kwinana over recent months.
Surge Battery Metals (TSXV: NILI) shares rose on Tuesday after the company announced two mineral property purchase agreements near its North Nevada lithium project.
The company will purchase 25% of the mineral rights to private lands, comprised of four parcels, totaling 880 acres.
The Nevada North lithium project is located in the Granite Range southeast of Jackpot, about 73 km northeast of Wells, Elko County, Nevada.
The first round of drilling, completed in October 2022, identified a strongly mineralized zone of lithium bearing clays occupying a strike length of almost 1,620 meters.
Widths of the mineralized horizons are at least 400 meters, supported by highly anomalous soil values indicating the potential for the clay horizons to be much greater in extent.
The 2023 drill program is underway to expand the known lithium-rich clay from the current 1,620 meters strike length to more than 3,500 meters. Initial assay results from the first hole of the 2023 season had a high of 8,070 ppm lithium with an average of 4,067 ppm lithium at a 1,000 ppm cut-off.
Shares of Surge Battery Metals rose 14% by 12:10 p.m. EDT. The lithium developer has a market capitalization of $134 million.
