Volta Metals Ltd. announced it has commenced appointed global hard rock lithium expert Dr. Fred Breaks as Technical Advisor and has commenced the first phase of the 2023 exploration campaign at its northwestern Ontario Properties. Dr. Fred Breaks appointed as Technical Advisor. Dr. Breaks, a lithium and rare earth elements expert, spent 29 years with the Ontario Geological Survey where he led Operation Treasure Hunt, a $19M regional multi-faceted geological research initiative, designed to assess the prospectivity of pegmatites and fertile granites to host lithium and other rare elements across the Superior Province of Ontario from 1999 to 2001.

The resulting OGS publications1,2,3 are widely used by the resource industry in the exploration of Lithium - Cesium and Tantalum (LCT) petrogenetic family pegmatite deposits. During his career he discovered the two Lithium-rich rare element deposits (Li-Ta-Rb-Cs) in Ontario: Separation Rapids Pegmatite deposit - current defined resources of 8.12Mt at 1.37 Li2O% (M+I) and with Dr. D. Stone, the Pakeagama Lake Pegmatite deposit 7.2Mt of 1.87 Li2O grade (M+I). Dr. Breaks has 118 publications at the Ontario Geological Survey and numerous external peer-reviewed publications.

He is highly experienced in deposit types in shield areas, in particular rare element pegmatites and related S-type peraluminous granites. The initial phase of the program will focus on screening the Company's large 229 km2 property package in order to define ranked target areas for Phase II follow-up. Work has commenced on the Root, Kim and Store Lake projects and will involve the collection of surface exploration data including but not limited to structural and alteration mapping, prospecting, sampling, and utilizing a handheld Lazer Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) for rapid real-time sample analysis to support field follow-up.

In addition, samples will be submitted to ACT Labs in Thunder Bay, Ontario for detailed multi-element chemical analysis.