First Lithium Minerals launches new offering

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 9, 2026) - First Lithium Minerals Corp. (CSE: FLM) (OTC Pink: FLMCF) (FSE: X28) (" First Lithium " or the " Company ") announces that it is commencing a new non-brokered private placement offering pursuant to the "listed issuer financing exemption" (the " LIFE Offering ") under Part 5A of National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus Exemptions (" NI 45-106 ") (such exemption, the " Listed Issuer Financing Exemption "), following the expiry of its previously announced LIFE offering. The prior LIFE offering, announced on May 25, 2026, has expired as the completion period has elapsed. The Company is initiating this new LIFE Offering to continue its capital raising efforts.

The Company intends to complete the new LIFE Offering through the issuance of: (i) up to 44,856,810 units of the Company (each, a " NFT Unit ") at a price of $0.11 per NFT Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to approximately $4,934,249. Each Unit is comprised of: (A) one (1) common share of the Company (each, a " Common Share "); and (B) one-half of one (1/2) common share purchase warrant (each, whole warrant, a " Warrant "). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one (1) Common Share at a price of $0.18 for a period of three (3) years commencing 60 days after the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined); and (ii) up to 3,333,333 units of the company (each, a " FT Unit ") at a price of $0.15 per FT Unit for gross proceeds of up to approximately $500,000.

Each FT Unit is comprised of (A) one (i) Common Share of the Company that qualifies as a "flow-through share" within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the " Tax Act ") (each, a " FT Share "); and (B) one-half of one Warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to approximately $5,434,249. The Company will use an amount equal to the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the FT Units, pursuant to the provisions in the Income Tax Act (Canada), to incur eligible "Canadian exploration expenses" that qualify as "flow-through mining expenditures" as both terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the " Qualifying Expenditures ") related to the Company's Lidstone Gold Project in Ontario. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offered NFT Units for exploration drilling and brine sampling at the Ascotan Lithium Project in Chile and working capital and general corporate purposes.

Qualifying Expenditures in an aggregate amount not less than the gross proceeds raised from the issue of the FT Units will be incurred (or deemed to be incurred) by the Company on or before December 31, 2027, and will be renounced by the Company to the initial purchasers of the FT Units with an effective date no later than December 31, 2026. Subject to compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and in accordance with National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus Exemptions (" NI 45-106 "), the NFT Units and FT Units will be offered for sale to purchasers resident in all provinces of Canada and/or other qualifying jurisdictions pursuant to the listed issuer financing exemption under Part 5A of NI 45-106, as amended by Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 - Exemptions from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (the " Listed Issuer Financing Exemption "). The NFT Units and FT Units issued to Canadian resident subscribers under the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption, and the Common Shares and Warrants underlying the NFT Units and FT Units, will not be subject to a hold period pursuant to applicable Canadian securities laws other than the 60-day restriction on the Warrants discussed above.