ASX-listed Patriot Lithium expands footprint in Canada’s “Electric Avenue”

Patriot Lithium (ASX: PAT) has secured rights over an additional 536 sq. km in one of the largest and highest-grade lithium camps in North America.

The land package in Ontario, which has earned the “Electric Avenue” nickname due to the many battery metals projects it hosts, includes the Berens project from Midex Resources and the Borland project from Gold Canyon Resources and Guyana Frontier Mining Corp.

Upon exercising relevant options, and including Patriot’s Gorman project, the Aussie junior will own the largest claim in the “Electric Avenue” of northwest Ontario, with a regional claim package exceeding 890 sq. km.

In return for a 100% stake in Borland, Patriot has issued a total of 4.6 million shares to Gold Canyon and Guyana Frontier. Terms of the option agreement on Berens weren’t disclosed.

Managing director, Nicholas Vickery, said that adding the Berens and Borland areas positioned Patriot as a major player in “one of the most exciting lithium regions in the world”, where extensive vegetation and soil cover has seen limited prior work for lithium.

Shares of Patriot Lithium rose on the news, closing on Tuesday 24% higher at A$0.21 each, which leave the miner with a market capitalization of A$13.1 million (US$8.3 million)

Patriot’s claims now adjoin and partially surround Frontier Lithium’s (TSX-V: FL) claims to the southeast, which contain the world-class PAK-Spark project. Drilling at this asset, one of the largest and highest-grade lithium deposits in North America, has delivered 398 metres at 1.88% lithium.

Ontario has experienced a flurry of investments in battery metals since it launched its first-ever Critical Minerals Strategy in 2021, updated and published last year.

The company aims to kick off detailed exploration of its newly acquired properties as soon as practicable.