James Bay Minerals announced that its maiden exploration campaign in the James Bay region in Quebec, Canada continues to make strong progress with airborne LiDAR and high-resolution photography successfully flown across both its La Grande and Troilus Projects. Perron Hudon Belanger (PHB) recently flew LiDAR and high-resolution photography across both Project areas, covering four key areas of interest - being the Troilus, Aqua, Aero and Joule Properties. LiDAR is utilised to measure and map out the variations in slope, aspect and elevation to study landforms. JBY's exploration team will analyse all variations in slope and elevation to identify and confirm key priority areas which sit proud of other structures, as these are some of the key geological features of Lithium- Caesium-Tantalum (LCT) Pegmatites.

LiDAR, an acronym of "light detection and ranging" or "laser imaging, detection and ranging" is a method for determining ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver. LiDAR surveys produce a high-resolution topographical image of the surface, allowing detailed desktop exploration of outcropping pegmatites and prospective geological features to be undertaken. The survey will deliver a digital elevation model (DEM) on a 1x1m grid scale with an overlying image of 16cm pixel resolution.

The high-resolution nature of the survey is designed to uncover undiscovered or hidden pegmatites beneath vegetation. Pegmatite outcrops are more resistant to weathering than other lithologies present in the project area and tend to present as topographic highs which can be detected by the high-resolution LiDAR survey. Importantly, this technique has been successfully used in the James Bay region by other explorers and producers in the discovery of lithium-bearing pegmatites.

James Bay has acquired a 100% interest in one of the lithium exploration portfolios in the James Bay region, covering an area of 22,438Ha or 224km2. The Joule, Aero and Aqua properties are located in the La Grande sub province along trend from the Corvette deposit, where Patriot Battery Metals recently reported a maiden Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 109.2Mt at 1.42% Li2O and 160ppm Ta2O5 (0.40% Li2O cut-off grade). The Troilus Project is located further to the south sitting only 5km to the north of Sayona's Moblan Lithium Project and proximity to Winsome Resources' Sirmac-Clappier Project.

The Joule Property encompasses a approximately 24km long prospective deformation zone along a regional fault which has been subject to minimal historical exploration. The eastern segment of the deformation zone extends for 14km and fan tails to reach a width up to 1.5km. The Aero Prospect contains approximately 12km of deformation zones which are considered highly prospective for LCT pegmatites.

Of note, the nearby Cancet (Winsome Resources Ltd) and Corvette (Patriot Battery Metals) properties both exhibit deformation zones upon which significant exploration success has occured. All the properties have the three key ingredients required to host massive lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites: Neo Archaean rocks; Placement along major regional faults; and Lying on greenstone belts in proximity to granites.