Ophir Gold Corp. announced that due to the lifting of the fire ban and improved conditions in the Western half of the Eeyou Istchee, James Bay region of Quebec, it has restarted exploration activities at the Radis lithium project. Crews will focus on the detailed mapping of the identified showings, locating possible extensions along strike and prospecting areas yet to be fully assessed, including the 300 ft x 70 ft potential spodumene zone identified from historical data compilation, which has yet to be evaluated.

The field work, along with the high-resolution magnetic data recently conducted will be utilized to assist drill targeting of the Chou Showing (2.33% Li2O), and the Navet Showing (1.26% Li20), as well as other potential targets the program identifies, for a maiden drill program in Fourth Quarter 2023/First Quarter 2024. Timing of the drill program will be based on both the availability of resources, as well as adequate field time to access and prioritize drill targets. The initial 2023 exploration program began on June 2nd and extended for just 1.5 days before being paused due to regional forest fires at the request of the ministry.

While on site, field crews targeted the historically documented lithium/spodumene pegmatite outcrop occurrences identified from data compilation. Over this 1.5 day period, a total of eleven samples were collected from ten outcrops and one boulder. Of these samples, four (4) returned values >1.0% Li2O up to a peak value of 2.33% Li2O.

The results confirm the presence of spodumene pegmatite on the Property at two locations - the Chou Showing (2.33% Li2O) and Navet Showing (1.26% Li2O), separated by approximately 2.1 km. Additionally, approximately 500 m along trend of the Navet Showing, towards the Chou Showing, two Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum ("LCT") pegmatite outcrops (the Courgette Showing) were discovered. Although poorly mineralized in lithium, both samples returned high-grade tantalum (227 ppm and 867 ppm Ta2O5, respectively).

This discovery further strengthens the potential of the trend between the Navet and Chou showings and highlights the presence of a sizable LCT pegmatite system in the area. As a LCT pegmatite with nominal lithium content, may be immediately proximal to a LCT pegmatite with significant lithium content, the presence of these two outcrops is significant.