Stria Lithium Inc. announced that exploration work has commenced on its Pontax II lithium project aimed at following up on its previously released high grade Tantalum sample anomalies. Due to the forest fires this summer in Quebec access was restricted to Pontax-II property delaying summer geological work program. With the recent opening of the Billy Diamond highway (James Bay Road) and of the KM381 Truckstop (accommodations), Stria has reinitiated its prospecting program on the property.

The current program, managed by IOS Services Geoscientifiques Inc., consists of helicopter supported prospecting and geological mapping for a period of two weeks, targeting the up-ice area of the two large tantalite dispersion trains suggestive of the presence of spodumene pegmatites. Abundant outcrops are discernible from satellite imageries, suggesting conventional prospecting be the first exploration procedure. The program will include up-ice glacial sediment sampling in the event the source of the tantalite is not located.