92 Resources snags hard-rock lithium property in Quebec

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July 26, 2016 Research #5 Lithium in NWT and Québec 92 Resources snags hard-rock lithium property in Québec Today, 92 Resources Corp. has announced the acquisition of a second hard- rock lithium project, the Pontax Property in the prolific Eastmain Lithium District of Québec. Several outcrops of white pegmatites were identified on the property in 1975, however recent high resolution satellite photos not only identified the locations of those historically defined pegmatite outcrops but as well indicate numerous other pegmatite occurrences not previously mapped. The property has not been explored for lithium by any reported historic exploration campaigns. The company intends to start a reconnaissance field campaign consisting of mapping and sampling of known pegmatite occurrences to assess potential grade and mineralogy. The Pontax Property is located in a region of Québec that boasts several significant lithium deposits and high- grade spodumene pegmatites. The property is located in an established lithium district that has been gaining momentum in exploration and development recently, hand in hand with increased investors’ interest. Company Details 92 Resources Corp. #1400 – 1111 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 4M6 Phone: +1 778 945 2950 Email: [email protected] www.92resources.com Shares Issued & Outstanding: 42,776,623 Canadian Symbol (TSX.V): NTY Current Price: $0.15 CAD (July 25, 2016) Market Capitalizaon: $6 million CAD German Symbol / WKN: R9G2 / A11575 Current Price: €0.094 EUR (July 25, 2016) Market Capitalizaon: €4 million EUR Chart Canada (TSX.V) Chart Germany (Frankfurt) Outcropping spodumene-rich pegmates occur on the nearby Pontax Showing (source)

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July 26, 2016

Research #5Lithium in NWT and Québec

92 Resources snags hard-rock lithium property in Québec

Today, 92 Resources Corp. has announced the acquisition of a second hard-rock lithium project, the Pontax Property in the prolific Eastmain Lithium District of Québec. Several outcrops of white pegmatites were identified on the property in 1975, however recent high resolution satellite photos not only identified the locations of those historically defined pegmatite outcrops but as well indicate numerous other pegmatite occurrences not previously mapped. The property has not been explored for lithium by any reported historic exploration campaigns. The company intends to start a reconnaissance field campaign consisting of mapping and sampling of known pegmatite occurrences to assess potential grade and mineralogy. The Pontax Property is located in a region of Québec that boasts several significant lithium deposits and high-grade spodumene pegmatites. The property is located in an established lithium district that has been gaining momentum in exploration and development recently, hand in hand with increased investors’ interest.

Company Details

92 Resources Corp.#1400 – 1111 West Georgia StreetVancouver, BC, Canada V6E 4M6Phone: +1 778 945 2950 Email: [email protected] www.92resources.com

Shares Issued & Outstanding: 42,776,623

Canadian Symbol (TSX.V): NTYCurrent Price: $0.15 CAD (July 25, 2016)Market Capitalization: $6 million CAD

German Symbol / WKN: R9G2 / A11575Current Price: €0.094 EUR (July 25, 2016)Market Capitalization: €4 million EUR

Chart Canada (TSX.V)

Chart Germany (Frankfurt)

Outcropping spodumene-rich pegmatites occur on the nearby Pontax Showing (source)

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oday’s announced acquisition of the Pontax Lithium Project near Eastmain consists of 104 mineral

claims covering 4 blocks, totaling approximately 5,536 hectares.

The property encompasses the south-western portions of an approximately 100 km long belt of meta-volcanics, which may be considered part of the Eastmain River Volcanic Belt. The East-main Belt is host to numerous gold occurrences, while the region is centrally located to a number of high profile lith-ium deposits (Galaxy Resources’ James Bay Deposit, Nemaska’s Whabouchi Deposit, and Critical Element’s Rose Deposit).

The Pontax Property lies between 5 and 30 km southwest of, and on trend,

from Stria’s Pontax Lithium Showing, a spodumene-bearing pegmatite, which was discovered in 2007. Stria subse-quently advanced the discovery with 7 drill holes, returning a best intercept of 0.97% Li2O over 21 m, including 1.43% Li2O over 13 m.

92 Resources’ Pontax Property is also about 30 km south of the James Bay Deposit, which is reported to con-tain indicated resources of 11.8 mil-lion tonnes at 1.3% Li2O, and inferred resources of 10.5 million t at 1.2% Li2O at a 0.75% Li2O cut-off (Galaxy Resour-ces’ Technical Report, December 2010).

The northernmost part of 92 Resources’ Pontax Property covers pegmatite out-crops identified as tourmaline-bearing pegmatite during a 1999 government

mapping campaign. These pegmatite out-crops are approximately 1 km away from a spodumene- and tourmaline-bearing pegmatite outcrop that was identified in the same regional mapping survey.

In general, historic exploration of the property for gold, lithium, and other commodities is considered minimal. Moreover, the property has not been explored for lithium by any reported historic exploration campaigns.

In the coming weeks, 92 Resources intends to complete a review of all historic information in advance of a reconnaissance field campaign that will consist of mapping and sampling of known pegmatite occurrences to assess potential grade and mineralogy at Pontax.

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From Report GM 34075: “Dykes and/or veins of white quartz-feldspar-pegmatite cut across all types of rocks”

From Report GM 34075: “Coarse-grained pegmatite with locally large (2-inches) muscovite books in quartz pods”

STRIA LITHIUM Pontax Project

Pontax Lithium Showing: Seven drill holes intersected lithium-bearing spodumene-rich pegmatite dikes, with the best intersection found in hole 09-555-05: 0.97 % Li2O over 21.0 m , including 1.43 % Li2O over 13.0 m.

SIRIOS RESOURCES

OSISKO ROYALTIES

PONTAX PROPERTY

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The James Bay Lithium Deposit (Galaxy Resources Ltd.; $580 million AUD market capitalization) occurs at surface and resource modelling indicates that the resource is amenable to open pit extraction. According to Galaxy, there is excellent potential to increase the resources through additional delineation of the pegmatite dikes along strike and at depth and potential to increase grade through infill drilling. Lithium mineralisation at James Bay is associated with spodumene-bearing pegmatite dike swarms, which vary in width from 60-100 m. The dikes generally outcrop at surface, and form a dis-continuous corridor over a strike length of 4 km.

Almost all the pegmatites at James Bay are known to be spodumene-bearing, with relatively coarse crystals (usually

more than 5 cm, sometimes exceeding 1 m). The coarse grained spodumene mineralisation is likely to respond very well to conventional processing.

Indicated: 11.75 million t @ 1.3% Li2O Inferred: 10.47 million t @ 1.2% Li2O

The Whabouchi Deposit (Nemaska Lith-ium Inc.; $344 million CAD market cap-italization) has a feasibility study for the deposit and a hydromet plant, revised in January 2016:

Measured: 13 million t @ 1.6% Li2O Indicated: 15 million t @ 1.54% Li2OInferred: 4.7 million t @ 1.51% Li2O

The Rose Lithium-Tantalum Deposit (Critical Elements Corp.; $73 million CAD market capitalization):

Indicated: 26.5 million t @ 1.3% Li2OInferred: 10.7 million t @ 1.14% Li2O

Rockstone is looking forward to the upcoming exploration program on 92 Resources Pontax Property which is expected to include ground prospecting, geological mapping and sampling of out-cropping pegmatites, potentially with lithium grades similar to the Pontax Showing and Galaxy’s nearby James Bay Deposit.

The known lithium deposits and show-ings in the James Bay / Eastmain area highlight Québec as an excellent place to be. Despite being relatively remote, the projects are close to roads and power lines, a fact that makes the potential CAPEX/OPEX viable for development, as being the case with Whabouchi.

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Nemaska Lithium Whabouchi Lithium Deposit

Critical Elements Corp. Rose Lithium Deposit

Stria Lithium Pontax Showing

Galaxy Resources James Bay (Cyr) Lithium Deposit

PONTAX PROPERTY

Filzar Lithium Showing

Goldcorp Inc. Éléonore Gold Mine

Eastmain Resources Eau Claire Gold Deposit

Eastmain Resources Resevoir Gold-Copper Deposit

Osisko Gold Royalties Wabamisk-Anatacau Property

Nemaska

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Spodumene-bearing pegmatites con-tinue to be an important supply of lithium globally, despite the advent of low-cost production from lithium brine deposits in South America in the mid-1990’s. As the demand for lithium increases, pegmatite deposits around the world are gaining more focused attention as a viable, stable, and long-term supply source. Further, in many lith-ium pegmatite districts, other rare and specialty-metals have been recovered, including tin, beryllium, tantalum, and niobium which are often associated with spodumene pegmatite deposits.

The world’s largest active lithium mine is the Greenbushes Mine in Australia, with reported reserves (as of September 2012) of 61.5 million t at 2.8% Li2O. The mine produces lithium from spodumene bearing pegmatite and has been in oper-ation since 1985.

In 2015, the global lithium market (in lithium carbonate equivalent or “LCE”) is estimated to have been approximately 171,000 t, for which the Greenbushes Mine accounted for 55,000-60,000 t, or some 35% of the market (source: Deutsche Bank, May 2016).

Joe Lowry, lithium expert and market veteran, recently noted:

“The addition of several new spodumene players (Mt Cattlin, Mt Marion, Pilbara and at least one new player in Quebec) by the end of the decade will continue to increase the hard rock share of the market over the next few years.

This is probably a good time to mention a “mini myth” – let’s call it a “sub myth”: brine based lithium is the “best” source of lithium.

Yes, lithium chemicals produced from world class brine are lower cost than hard rock based production; however, it is clear that the advantages of spodumene have greatly exceeded the cost disadvantages in recent years.

It has been the growth of “high cost” spodumene capacity that has kept lithium supply in balance with demand over the past few years and will keep it in balance with demand over the past few years and will keep it in balance for at least the next three years.”

Previous Coverage

Research #4: “Why 92 Resources looks ready for the

next upswing“ (June 20, 2016)

Research #3: “Extremely high-grade lithium assays

from surface“ (June 7, 2016)

Research #2: “Untapping Canada‘s Hidden Lithium

Treasuries“ (March 1, 2016)

Research #1: “92 Resources on the case for Hard

Rock Lithium“ (April 11, 2016)

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Stephan Bogner studied at the International School of Management (Dortmund, Germany), the European Business School (London,

UK) and the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia). Under supervision of Prof. Dr. Hans J. Bocker, Stephan completed his diploma thesis (“Gold In A Macroeconomic Context With Special Consideration Of The Price Formation Process”) in 2002. A year later, he marketed and translated into German Ferdinand Lips‘ bestseller (“Gold Wars“). After working in Dubai for 5 years, he now lives in Switzerland and is the CEO of Elementum International AG specialized in duty-free storage of gold and silver bullion in a high-security vaulting facility within the St. Gotthard Mountain Massif in central Switzerland.

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