Patriot Receives Conditional Approval to List on the TSX Venture Exchange

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patriot Battery Metals Inc. (the "Company" or "Patriot") (CSE: PMET) (OTCQB: PMETF) (FSE: R9GA) is pleased to announce that it has received conditional approval to list its common shares (the "Common Shares") for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV"). Final approval of the listing is subject to the Company fulfilling certain standard and customary conditions required by the TSXV. The Company's management team is working diligently to satisfy such listing conditions. A timeline for the listing will be announced once the Company receives final approval.

Upon listing on the TSXV, the Common Shares will continue trading under the symbol "PMET" and in connection with the transition the Company will apply to delist its common shares from the Canadian Securities Exchange.

About Patriot Battery Metals Inc.

Patriot Battery Metals Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of mineral properties containing battery, base, and precious metals.

The Company's flagship asset is the Corvette Property, located proximal to the Trans-Taiga Road and powerline infrastructural corridor in the James Bay Region of Québec. The land package hosts significant lithium potential highlighted by the CV5-1 spodumene pegmatite corridor with drill intercepts of 1.22% Li₂O and 138 ppm Ta₂O₅ over 152.8 m (CV22-030), and 2.22% Li₂O and 147 ppm Ta₂O₅ over 70.1 m, including 3.01% Li₂O and 160 ppm Ta₂O₅ over 40.7 m (CV22-017). Additionally, the Property hosts the Golden Gap Trend with grab samples of 3.1 to 108.9 g/t Au from outcrop and 10.5 g/t Au over 7 m in drill hole, and the Maven Trend with 8.15% Cu, 1.33 g/t Au, and 171 g/t Ag in outcrop.

The Company also holds 100% ownership of the Freeman Creek Gold Property in Idaho, USA which hosts two prospective gold prospects - the Gold Dyke Prospect with a 2020 drill hole intersection of 4.11 g/t Au and 33.0 g/t Ag over 12 m, and the Carmen Creek Prospect with surface sample results including 25.5 g/t Au, 159 g/t Ag, and 9.75% Cu.

The Company's other assets include the Pontax Lithium-Gold Property, QC; and the Hidden Lake Lithium Property, NWT, where the Company maintains a 40% interest, as well as several other assets in Canada.

For further information, please contact us at [email protected] Tel: +1 (778) 945-2950 , or visit www.patriotbatterymetals.com.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

"BLAIR WAY"

Blair Way, President, CEO, & Director

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