Clear Sky Lithium Corp. announced industry-acclaimed mine building expert, Mr. Jean Depatie, B.Sc., M.Sc., as Head Advisor of Project Development and Acquisitions.Mr. Depatie is a well-known expert around the world in mineral exploration and development, and minerals and mining corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions. He is an economic geologist with a BA in math and physics, and holds both Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Geology.

He has enjoyed a distinguished international career spanning over 45 years of national and international experience in economic geology, having acted, directly or indirectly, as a consultant for organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Québec Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Canadian International Development Agency. In the mining industry, he was a director of Glamis Gold Ltd. a director of Novicourt Inc. and a director of onsolidated Thomson Iron Mines Limited. Mr. Depatie has also served public companies at the highest levels in the acquisition of strategic, international mines.

In addition to his role in the acquisition and reactivation of the Cobre San Juan base metal mine in Peru, he was involved in the discovery of the Louvicourt base metal mine and the development of the Beaufor gold mine in Quebec. In Quebec, he served as President and CEO of Louvem Mines Inc. He staked the ground and initiated the drilling that led to the discovery by SOQUEM of the Seleine salt mine in the Magdalen Islands, Quebec. This mine is still in production today.

In 1990, Mr. Depatie received the Prix d'Excellence from the Québec Ministry of Mines and Energy for having financed and put into production the Stratmin mine, believed to be the largest graphite mine in the world at the time. In 1991, he served as President of the Association Professionnelle des Géologues et des Géophysiciens du Québec. In 2021, he was awarded the Hector-Authier prize by the Québec Association of Mining Exploration for outstanding contribution to the development of mining entrepreneurship in Québec.