Nevada Sunrise Metals Corp. announced further 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 substantially pure sample of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) was produced from the leach solutions that realized a 90.2% lithium recovery rate reported by the Company in June 2023.

Highlights of Gemini Metallurgical Testing: 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. From the leach solution provided by the initial extraction, McClelland produced an LCE sample that was near-100% lithium carbonate (Li2CO3); Subsequent X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) matched the standard pattern of lithium carbonate.