Mr. Steve Hanson reports

SURFACE METALS INC. LAUNCHES STRATEGIC NORTH AMERICAN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND FINANCIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN

Surface Metals Inc. has retained the services of IDR Marketing Inc. to provide public relations strategies, brand awareness, financial and digital marketing services to the company.

The marketing awareness services provided by IDR will be aimed at maintaining and building the profile of Surface Metals through traditional press initiatives, advertising directives and social media strategies.

IDR is a leading marketing firm and ad agency located in Long Beach, Calif., specializing in the marketing of small and microcap companies.

Under the terms of the agreement, as the financial marketing agency of record to the company, IDR will be paid upward of $185,000 (U.S.) in cash for its services for a six-month term. IDR Marketing, including its principals, does not own any of the company's securities.

About Surface Metals Inc.

Surface Metals is a North American mineral exploration company focused on advancing a diversified portfolio of gold and lithium projects in Nevada, United States, and Manitoba, Canada. The company's Cimarron gold project is located in Nye county, Nevada, in a historically productive gold district. Its Clayton Valley lithium brine project hosts an inferred resource of approximately 302,900 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent adjacent to Albemarle's Silver Peak mine. Surface Metals also holds additional lithium assets in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada, and through a joint venture with Snow Lake Energy in southeastern Manitoba.

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