Surge Battery Metals Inc. announced that Dr Vijay Mehta has joined the Board of Directors of the Company effectively immediately. Dr Vijay Mehta holds a BSc in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Flotation Technology. A world-renowned expert in lithium mining, extraction, and processing, Dr. Vijay Mehta brings to Surge Battery Metals five decades of experience.

He has consulted to all the "Who's Who" in the global lithium mining industry. His services are sought-after for his expertise in innovation in lithium brine processing, as well as the production at industrial scale of high-purity (battery grade) lithium end products. His skills include evaluating the technological and economic feasibility of lithium brine projects around the world, as well as cost competitive analysis comparisons.

Among his many scientific accomplishments, he holds more than 12 lithium-related US patents, and has published over 50 technology reports and, as well as ten academic papers. In connection with the appointment of Dr. Vijay Mehta to the Company's Board of Directors, the Company has received the resignation from Mr. Robert Culbert.