Noram Lithium Corp. announced it has initiated a further round of metallurgical testing on mineralized samples from its 100% owned Zeus Lithium Project in Clayton Valley, Nevada. Following the completion of the Phase VI drill program in May 2022, samples were collected from the Zeus drill core and shipped to Bureau Veritas Laboratories in Richmond, BC.

During the period of July 2022 through September 2022, a number of tests were conducted on Zeus samples including: sulphuric acid leaching, hydrochloric acid leaching, roasting, neutralization, impurity removal and solid-liquid separation tests. Based on the test work completed and experience in other industries, the Company has refined the process design for lithium carbonate recovery that is based on known and commercially proven technology. The Company has engaged Kemetco Research Inc. to carry out further metallurgical test work to confirm and refine the process design.

Kemetco have extensive experience in bench scale and pilot scale laboratory studies in lithium extraction. Proposed Process Description: The proposed process consists of three main steps, as follows: Feed Preparation/Beneficiation: Mineralized material from the mine is passed through a roll crusher; Water is added in an agitated attrition scrubber to produce a slurry, and Coarse particles containing calcite are rejected through hyrdocyloning to reduce the acid consumption in the subsequent leaching stage. Leaching, Neutralization and Filtration: Lithium bearing clays from feed preparation are leached with sulphuric acid in agitated tanks at 90°C; Iron and aluminum impurities are removed from the lithium bearing solution using limestone under controlled conditions, and Iron and aluminum precipitates are filtered for dry-stacking in a tailings storage facility, minimizing water losses from the process and environmental impact.

Lithium solution is further purified using known technology from lithium hard rock processing facilities to produce battery quality lithium carbonate for packaging and sale. Test work is currently underway, initially testing the Feed Preparation/Beneficiation and Leaching, Neutralization and Filtration processes in the proposed flowsheet. It is expected that some testing will also be done on lithium solutions to produce battery quality lithium carbonate.

Results of the test work will be used to validate the Company's metallurgical models and mass/energy balances for the Project.