Patriot Lithium Limited reported initial results of a field reconnaissance site visit at the Company's 100% owned Wickenburg Project in Arizona, USA. As part of the Company's systematic exploration approach, a reconnaissance site visit has been conducted at Wickenburg to follow up on an extensive desktop review. The purpose of the visit was to verify surface expressions of pegmatites previously identified and reported in historical data sets.

Field inspection of the Dove priority target has revealed two LCT pegmatites with widespread, visually identified spodumene mineralization. At the Dove target, which has been described by previous workers 1 as an "extensive pegmatite dyke" with spodumene and lepidolite, PAT's reconnaissance site visit has uncovered and verified the presence of a LCT pegmatite system with massive spodumene zones. The Dove pegmatites contain spodumene, including pink kunzite, lepidolite, green beryl and dark green tourmaline.

The presence of these gem varieties potentially indicates a spodumene-rich pegmatite system. Dove contains several pegmatites that can be traced along strike for at least ~165m at the Dove West pegmatite and ~250m at Dove East. The pegmatites are trending subparallel but are separated by ~150m.

The apparent maximum width of the individual pegmatites is ~10m. The Mammoth pegmatite, which is located ~500m to the north of Dove, is poorly exposed but its intermittent surface expressions can be traced along strike for ~300m. Field reconnaissance at Mammoth identified dark green tourmaline, which has also been recorded at nearby Dove.

Further work, including mapping and sampling, will be required to evaluate the potential for spodumene mineralisation at Mammoth. The information collected from this reconnaissance site visit will be synthesised by Patriot to further the evaluation of all data across the Wickenburg Project and plan for drill testing. Detailed mapping and sampling of the Dove pegmatite system, among other targets within the Wickenburg Project, has commenced as a precursor to developing a drilling program.

As the winter snow melts, the Company will turn its attention to the Keystone and Tinton West Projects in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, as well as the Gorman, Birkett and Forester Projects in northwest Ontario. The Patriot exploration team has a long history of successful exploration using this systematic approach and remain excited about the lithium potential across all the project areas. As at Wickenburg, field work in the Black Hills and Ontario greenstone belts will initially focus on mapping and geochemical surface sampling as well as geophysics to determine priority drill targets.