Nevada Lithium Applauds Boron's Addition To 2025 US Critical Minerals List
| Table 1: Bonnie Claire Lower Zone Boron Mineral Resource Estimate | ||||
| With 60% Borehole Mining Recovery | ||||
| Class | Boron | |||
| Mass (Million Tonnes | B Grade (ppm) | B (million Tonnes) | Boric Acid Eq. (Million Tonnes) | |
| Indicated | 275.85 | 10,758 | 2.968 | 16.973 |
| Inferred | 1,561.06 | 9,593 | 14.976 | 85.654 |
1. The effective date of the Mineral Resource Estimate is March 31, 2025.
2. The Qualified Person for the estimate is Terre Lane of GRE.
3. Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
4. Mineral Resources are reported at a 1,800 ppm Li cutoff, an assumed lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) price of $20,000/tonne, 5.323 tonnes of Li2CO3 per tonne Li.
5. The Boric Acid Equivalent calculation assumes 5.719452 tonnes of boric acid per tonne of boron.
6. Numbers in the table have been rounded to reflect the accuracy of the estimate and may not sum due to rounding.
Upper Zone
The Upper Zone forms a sub-horizontal sheet extending from surface to about 425ft (130m) depth, and remains open to the NW, NE and SE. The mineral resource estimate for Upper Zone is presented in Table 2. The base-case resource is reported at a 900ppm lithium cut-off, based on conventional open-pit methods.
| Table 2: Bonnie Claire Upper Zone Mineral Resource Estimate | ||||
| Within a Constraining Pit Shell | ||||
| Class | Boron | |||
| Mass (Million Tonnes) | B Grade (ppm) | B (Million Tonnes) | Boric Acid Eq. (Million Tonnes | |
| Indicated | 188.08 | 2,140 | 0.403 | 2.302 |
| Inferred | 449.88 | 1,911 | 0.860 | 4.918 |
1. The effective date of the Mineral Resource Estimate is March 31, 2025.
2. The Qualified Person for the estimate is Terre Lane of GRE.
3. Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
4. Mineral Resources are reported at a 900 ppm Li cutoff, an assumed lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) price of $20,000/tonne, 5.323 tonnes of Li2CO3 per tonne Li, 75% recovery, a slope angle of 18 degrees, no royalty, processing and G&A cost of $26.52/tonne, mining cost of $3.52/tonne, and selling costs of $100/tonne Li2CO3.
5. The boric acid equivalent calculation assumes 5.719452 tonnes of boric acid per tonne of boron.
6. Numbers in the table have been rounded to reflect the accuracy of the estimate and may not sum due to rounding.
Other Critical minerals
The potential for recovery of other materials on the 2025 U.S. Critical Minerals List, such as cesium and rubidium was released to the markets in the Company's news release dated September 17, 2025. In that news release, the Company highlighted the coexistence of elevated levels of cesium and rubidium with the high-grade lithium and boron mineralization of its Lower Zone.
Composites for cesium and rubidium are outlined below in Table 3 and Table 4.
| Table 3 Cesium Composites | ||||||
| From (ft) | To (ft) | Interval (ft) | Cs (ppm) | Li (ppm) | B (ppm) | |
| BC-2301C | 2040 | 2400 | 360 | 208.7 | 3,913.9 | 15,541.1 |
| BC-2303C | 2160 | 2500 | 340 | 212.7 | 4,743.5 | 16,849.4 |
| BC-2401C | 2347 | 2665.5 | 318.5 | 248.0 | 5,382.3 | 18,178.1 |
| BC-2402C | 2187 | 2507 | 320 | 214.0 | 3,968.4 | 17,175.0 |
| Table 4 Rubidium Composites | ||||||
| From (ft) | To(ft) | Interval (ft) | Rb (ppm) | Li (ppm) | B (ppm) | |
| BC-2301C | 1960 | 2360 | 400 | 276.9 | 4,116.0 | 15,840.0 |
| BC-2303C | 2120 | 2480 | 360 | 284.2 | 4,688.3 | 16,441.1 |
| BC-2401C | 2367 | 2665.5 | 298.5 | 313.2 | 5,444.2 | 18,320.1 |
| BC-2402C | 2127 | 2447 | 320 | 293.6 | 4,285.3 | 17,625.0 |
Correlation with Lithium and Boron
The Company has also reviewed the relationship of cesium and rubidium with lithium and boron. Scatterplots of assays for the same four holes (BC-2301C, BC-2303C, BC-2401C & BC-2402C) have been created and are displayed below. Cesium and rubidium grades display a good correlation with lithium, with an R2 a little over 0.81.
Such a correlation between lithium, cesium and rubidium and has been identified in illite-bearing samples at the Thacker Pass deposit, as referenced in the work of Benson et. al, (2023)*.
Cesium and rubidium grades also display positive correlation with boron grades, with an R2 just under 0.8 and 0.69 respectively. The correlation is affected by a low B population (<500ppm B) subset that shows no correlation.
Figure 1 Scatterplot of Cesium (ppm) Against Lithium (ppm) from BC-2301C, BC-2303C, BC-2401C & BC-2402C
Figure 2 Scatterplot of Rubidium (ppm) Against Lithium (ppm) from BC-2301C, BC-2303C, BC-2401C & BC-2402C
Figure 3 Scatterplot of Cesium (ppm) Against Boron (ppm) from BC-2301C, BC-2303C, BC-2401C & BC-2402C
Figure 4 Scatterplot of Rubidium (ppm) Against Boron (ppm) from BC-2301C, BC-2303C, BC-2401C & BC-2402C
* Benson, T, Coble, M & Dilles, J. (2023). Hydrothermal enrichment of lithium in intracaldera illite-bearing claystones, Science Advances 9, eadh8183, 10pp
About Nevada Lithium Resources Inc.
Nevada Lithium Resources Inc. is a mineral exploration and development company focused on shareholder value creation through its core asset, the Bonnie Claire Lithium Project, located in Nye County, Nevada, where it holds a 100% interest. The Company completed a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) in August 2025. The PEA concluded that Bonnie Claire could produce more than 62,300 tonnes of lithium carbonate and 129,500 tonnes of boric acid annually, over a 61-year mine life.
Bonnie Claire's investment metrics show a 32.3% IRR, a capital payback of 2.8 years, and a capital intensity of $34,080/tonne lithium carbonate. A $1,973/tonne boric acid by-product credit generates a $6,777/tonne lithium carbonate operating cost. The 18,300 acre property has not been fully explored, and the trend of high-grade lithium and boron mineralization remains open in three directions.
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