Manganese X Energy Corp. announced plans to commence the pre- feasibility study in-fill and step-out drilling program at its wholly owned Battery Hill Project located near Woodstock, New Brunswick. Tendering for the proposed drilling program is underway with commencement tentatively scheduled for late October 2022.

The goal of the drill program is to in-fill and expand the Measured and Indicated resources in preparation for the pre-feasibility study ("PFS") by upgrading the inferred category resource included in the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") mine plan. The program will include an estimated 25 NQ drillholes totaling approximately 3,500 meters. The current mineral resources included in the mine plan of the PEA includes 12.2 million tonnes in the Measured and Indicated categories and 4.7 million tonnes in the Inferred category.

A component of the program will also include step-out drilling to target high grade resources for inclusion in the mine plan for the PFS. In addition to this drilling program Manganese X is scoping the engineering, environmental and social studies to support the PFS work program. Geotechnical and hydrogeological drilling is planned for open pit mine design and to advance the understanding of ground conditions in proposed infrastructure sites.

In preparation for this geotechnical work, scheduled for the spring of 2023, site visits and field work by the Company's engineering consultants will be completed this fall. Additional environmental baseline data will continue to be collected through 2022 and 2023.