Critical Elements Lithium Corporation announced that the Joint Assessment Committee established by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Cree Nation Government (the "Committee") confirmed on January 14, 2021, having received all information required to allow the Committee to complete the environmental assessment of the Rose Lithium-Tantalum Project ("Rose Lithium-Tantalum Project" or the "Project") and prepare the draft environmental assessment report. This is a significant step in the federal process of obtaining the authorization for the Project, which runs parallel to the provincial process updated in the news release of January 18, 2021. The Rose property (where the Rose Lithium-Tantalum Project is proposed) is located in northern Québec's administrative region, on the territory of Eeyou Istchee James Bay.