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Channel Sample Results at San Domingo Project

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Bradda Head Lithium Ltd (AIM:BHL, TSX-V:BHLI,), the North America-focused lithium development group, is pleased to announce the results from surface channel samples at the San Domingo ("SD") pegmatite project in central Arizona. The Dragon target contains 8.80 meters of 0.97% Lithium Oxide ("Li2O") and 10.40 meters of 0.68% Li2O, sampled from two separate prospects on the same pegmatite. Elevated cesium ("Cs") is also consistently present and elevated in the channel and rock chip samples, an important element for the Department of Energy ("DOE") and Cs is of significant economic value.

Channel Sample Highlights:

  • 8.80m @ 0.97% Li20 with 174 ppm Cs at Dragon South
  • 10.40m @ 0.68% Li2O with 341 ppm Cs at Dragon South
  • 4.80m @ 0.41% Li2O with 336 ppm Cs at Dragon North
  • 9.00m @ 0.29% Li2O with 325 ppm Cs at Dragon North
  • 4.70m @ 0.28% Li2O with 176 ppm Cs at Dragon North
  • 1.90m @ 0.29% Li2O with 609 ppm Cs at Dragon South

Highlights

  • Significant new drill tagetes developed at San Domingo following on from a detailed surface channel sampling programme
  • A total of 84 channel samples were collected from Dragon South and North targets at the San Domingo project and an additional 83 grab rock chip samples from across the project;
  • The Dragon channel sampling focused on historic prospects where exposure was fair to excellent;
  • Dragon South contains an excellent exposure on a northeast trending pegmatite where sampling was conducted across its two prospects, one of which is a large cut exposing abundant coarse spodumene crystals and bordered by massive quartz, typical LCE pegmatite zoning;
  • Elevated Cs is also noted across the Dragon targets with channel samples running as high as 994 ppm and grab samples up to 1,317 ppm, important as the DOE considers Cs a strategic and critical metal and actively seeking it;
  • Three open cuts at Dragon North were sampled, some of which consist of very coarse spodumene and lepidolite, containing 4.80m at 0.41% Li2O;
  • A geographically dispersed set of 52 mica samples were collected from pegmatites and analyzed with Libs, several revealing highly fractionated pegmatites with robust lithium content and excellent K/Rb ratios, fractionation across pegmatite swarms implicates higher degree of lithium development;
  • The Company has commenced drill hole permitting on the Dragon targets, proposing up to 40 drill sites to thoroughly test shallow lithium mineralization;
  • The Company continues building additional geochemical and geological data across the project with an emphasis on supporting shallow drilling at Midnight Owl, Lone Giant, Thunder, White Ridge, Lower Jumbo, and Morning Star.

Ian Stalker, Executive Chair, commented:

"These surface channel samples collected at the Dragon targets highlight just a few of the objectives the Company is building for the next drilling program and gaining encouragement on the extent of lithium mineralization across the entire property. As we explore new or orphaned areas, we continue to uncover new targets worthy of drill testing and hope to continue bringing value to the San Domingo pegmatite project."

The Dragon target is broken into two areas, North and South (Figure 1, Table 1). The Dragon South target (Figure 2) contains several historic prospects sunk on lithium-bearing pegmatites, mineralization that exhibits an abundance of large spodumene crystals, >1.0m. Prior surface rock chip samples contain upwards of 7.99% Li2O and several >500 Cs (overlimits not assayed), spurring interest to identify the nature of mineralization and establish a mapping and sampling program. This led to commencing a channel sampling program for better information on the lengths of potential lithium mineralization in outcrop and possible development of drill targets.

Figure 1. Location map of property, geology, drilling, Dragon North and South targets to lower left of map

The channel sampling targeted both naturally outcropping pegmatite, dozer cut pegmatite, and historically excavated/mined pegmatite across both Dragon South and North. Naturally exposed samples returned lower lithium values likely due to surface weathering, but new (since 1945) exposures detected better lithium values as the fresher spodumene reveals less exposure to weathering. The best interval contains 8.80m at 0.97% Li2O with 174 ppm Cs, and 131 ppm tin ("Sn") and was collected from an excavated pit above a larger open cut on the Dragon South target (Table 1, Figure 3). The lower cut contains 10.40m at 0.68@ Li2O with a high of 2.13% Li2O over 1.5m and the entire interval contains 341 ppm Cs, 107 ppm Sn, and 89 ("Tantalum Pentoxide") Ta2O5. The overall apparent width of mineralized pegmatite at this location is at least 12 meters, although the full exposure is 20 meters in width.

Figure 2. Dragon South channel and rock chip samples, geology, access routes

Several exposures are found at Dragon North (Figure 4) and courtesy of historic mining plus excavation on lithium bearing pegmatites. The south end of the northeast-southwest trending pegmatite contains spodumene>lepidolite whereas the northern extent has lepidolite>spodumene, noting the very coarse nature of muscovite (pink lepidolite) intergrown with quartz and minor feldspar. Recent excavations contain 4.80 meters at 0.41% Li2O, 336 ppm Cs, and 121 ppm Ta2O5 in a lepidolite dominated zone adjacent to a 9.00m interval containing 0.29% Li2O, 325 ppm Cs, and 134 Ta2O5. A separate pegmatite 30 meters to the northwest has excavations exposing lithium bearing pegmatite with channel samples running 4.70m at 0.28% Li2O with 176 ppm Cs and 103 ppm Ta2O5. Further to the north on the same pegmatite, a small prospect contains minor spodumene and lepidolite, carrying 2.50 meters at 0.19% Li2O, 27 ppm Cs, 134 ppm Sn, and 534 ppm Ta2O5, revealing localized very elevated tantalum values.

Figures 3a & 3b above. Dragon South Li2O ppm (left) in channel samples 8.80m @ 0.97% Li2O upper left channel, 10.40m @ 0.68% Li2O lower right, and Cs ppm (right) in channel samples, upper left 8.80m, 174ppm Cs, lower right 10.40m, 341 ppm Cs

Figure 4. Dragon North channel and rock chip samples, geology, access routes

Additional and new surface grab rock samples include 2.40%, 1.72%, 1.64%, 1.51%, 1.30% and 1.20% Li2O from various outcrops across both Dragon South and North targets. Other elements of significant interest are Cs with values up to 1,317 ppm, Sn up to 358 ppm, and Ta up to 437 ppm from select samples across Dragon. Surface sampling continues across the property to support the potential for channel sampling.

Dozens of muscovite ("mica") samples were collected across the project and scanned by a third party with a Libs hand-held scanning device, resulting in identification of several highly fractionated pegmatites, including the Dragon area pegmatites. Libs are widely used across the industry and provide lithium, potassium, and rubidium geochemistry of mica minerals within pegmatites. The Libs data helps identify and prioritize the targets across the project. Further work into the results will continue and possibly expanded where rock geochemistry is inconclusive.

Table 1.

Dragon South

Interval_mLi 2 O %Cs_ppmSn_ppmTa 2 O 5
8.800.97017413145
10.400.68034110789
6.200.0045092526
1.900.290609253137
4.700.0703002557
Dragon North
13.300.1301396092
2.300.04042330132
4.800.41033625121
2.500.19027134534
4.700.28039125103
5.600.15039125138

QAQC

Channel samples were cut in the field under the supervision of Joey Wilkins. Sample location sites were labelled, rock channels were bagged, tied-off, then transported to the core shed under lock and key. Samples were shipped by the Company directly to SGS Laboratories in Burnaby, B.C., Canada where SGS prepped then analysed all samples using sodium peroxide fusion combined ICP-AES and ICP-MS, method GE_ICM90A50. Certified standards were inserted into the sample stream and reviewed by the Qualified Person. Mr Wilkins consents to the inclusion of the technical information in this release and context in which it appears.

Qualified Person (Bradda Head)

Share Option Repricing

The Company also announces that pursuant to its share option plan, it has reduced the exercise price of 9,000,000 outstanding share options ("Existing Options").

The repricing applies to Existing Options previously granted to, amongst others, certain Directors and Management of the Company pursuant to the Company's share option plan. The Existing Options will be repriced from an exercise price of £0.06 (CA$0.10), £0.09 (CA$0.15), £0.105 (CA$0.15), and £0.18 (CA$0.29), as applicable, per ordinary share to £0.017 (CA$0.03) per ordinary share. No other terms of the Existing Options are being amended. The repricing is being taken in response to the current market challenges impacting the lithium sector, a reduction in the ensuing Company's share price, and to better align with the recent share options granted to certain officers and directors of the Company.

The repricing of the Existing Options is subject to the approval the TSX Venture Exchange, as well as by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of shareholders of the Company, excluding the votes cast by shareholders who are subject to the repricing of the Existing Options. In the event that any of such approval is not obtained, the Existing Options will not be repriced. No Options may be exercised until such approvals are obtained. Disinterested shareholder approval is expected to be sought at the Company's next annual and special meeting of shareholders, anticipated to be held in November 2024.

Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") included in the repricing are detailed in the table below:

Director/ PDMROptions Subject to RepricingTotal Options Held
Ian Stalker5,250,00019,250,000
Joey Wilkins1,500,0002,500,000
Piotr Schabik500,0001,500,000

The repricing of the Existing Options previously issued to insiders of the Company constitutes a "related party transaction" under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The repricing is exempt from the formal valuation requirements of Section 5.4 of MI 61-101 pursuant to subsection 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 as no securities of the Company are listed on certain exchanges specific by MI 61-101. It is also exempt from the minority shareholder approval requirements of Section 5.6 of MI 61-101 pursuant to Section 5.7(a) of MI 61-101 insofar as the fair market value of such repricing is less than 25% of the Company's market capitalisation (as such term is defined in MI 61-101).

For further information please visit the Company's website: www.braddaheadltd.com.

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Technical Glossary

KtThousand tonnes
%Percent
PpmParts per million
SnTin
Li 2 O %Lithium Oxide
CsCesium
Ta 2 O 5Tantalum pentoxide
KPotassium
RbRubidium

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