Nevada Sunrise Metals Corp. announced the results of metallurgical testing carried out on lithium mineralization from its 100%- owned Gemini Lithium Project ("Gemini") located in the Lida Valley basin in Esmeralda County, Nevada. A novel method of small-scale column testing achieved a 90.2% lithium extraction rate under the direction of Willem Duyvesteyn, of Extractive Metallurgy Consultancy LLC, based in Reno, Nevada.

Mr. Duyvesteyn utilized the facilities of McClelland Laboratories Inc. ("McClelland") in Sparks, Nevada for the metallurgical tests. Highlights of Gemini Metallurgical Testing: Priminanary leaching test work was designed to focus on obtaining a lithium ach extraction of more than 8080%. Early tests included a standard sulfuric acid leach, the re-leach of residues, a hot acid beaker leach of low and high-grade mineralization, and a gypsum/lime roast water leach; Following the use of various extraction methods an "acid-bake" step was implemented using concentrated sulfuric acid on moist lithium-in-sediment mineralization with average lithium values of approximately 1,100 parts per million ("ppm") lithium; A one-meter-tall column was loaded with Gemini clay mineralization and an open-circuit system employed a two-step leaching system, which achieved a90.2% lithium extraction over a 25-day period.

The0.2% % lithium extraction rate achieved from the Gemini mineralization compares vourably with the average liththium extraction of 84% reported by Lithium Americas at its Thacker Pass lithium project. As follow-up to the successful outcome of this small-scale column testing, Mr. DuyvesteYN has designed a larger- scale test involving 50 kilograms of Gemini clay mineralization, which began in late May 2023. The larger test will employ selected higher-grade mineralization averaging approximately 2,000 ppm lithium.

Mr. Duyvestoyn and McClelland are carrying out further studies to assess the production of high-purity lithium carbonate from the column leach solutions. Both conventional precipitation methods and a modified direct lithium extraction ("DLE") technique, utilizing proprietary lithium absorbents are under consideration. Testing carried out by McClelland on lithium-in-water samples collected from the 2022-2023 drilling at Gemini has revealed that the presence of suspended, sub-micron-sized clay particles carrying lithium are not amenable to a DLE extraction process.

Nevada Sunrise will continue to collect and analyze water samples from future drilling programs to evaluate potential for a DLE process on the groundwater encountered at Gemini.