Ottawa, ON, February 12, 2026 – Stria Lithium Inc. (TSXV: SRA) (OTC: SRCAF) (FRANKFURT: S35A.F) (“Stria” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has appointed experienced geologist and mining executive Sam Brooks as a strategic advisor to the Company’s Board of Directors.
Stria Lithium Chairman Jeff York said: “Sam is an extremely experienced resources executive who has overseen major exploration and development strategies, project acquisitions, development and corporate transactions”.
Mr Brooks is one of the founders of the Karri Capital Group (Karri) in Australia. Karri has been the driving force behind a number of successful mining project acquisitions and ASX-listed precious metals and copper companies.
Mr Brooks was most recently Chief Geologist of Bellevue Gold (ASX: BGL), leading the exploration team in the delineation of 3Moz of gold and development of the project.
About Stria Lithium
Stria Lithium (TSX-V: SRA)
The Companies primary asset is the Central Pontax Lithium Project, which covers 36 square kilometres, including 8 km of strike along the prospective Chambois Greenstone Belt. The Project is in Joint Venture with Cygnus Metals and has a maiden JORC-an 43-101 compliant inferred mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 10.1Mt at 1.04% Li2O.
Cygnus Metals is committed to fully funding and managing the current two-stage exploration and drilling program to a maximum of $10 million at Stria’s Pontax property and will also pay Stria up to $6 million in cash. In return, Cygnus may acquire up to a 70% interest in the property. Cygnus has fulfilled its stage 1 requirements within the agreement and has now earned its 51% interest in the property.
The scientific and technical content disclosed herein was reviewed and approved Réjean Girard, P.Geo and president of IOS Services Geoscientifiques, a qualified person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Reference:
JORC Mineral Resource Estimate of Pontax Project, James Bay Quebec, Brian Wolfe; Duncan Grieve, August 14, 2023.
For more information about Stria Lithium and the Pontax Lithium project, please visit https://strialithium.com
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This announcement has been approved by the Board of Directors.
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