New Energy Metals Announces Approval of Troitsa Copper Option Agreement and Provides an Update on Roslyn Lithium Option

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 14, 2023) - New Energy Metals Corp. (TSXV: ENRG) (OTC Pink: NEMCF) ("New Energy Metals" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that further to its news release dated September 7, 2022, it has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") with respect to the Troitsa Copper Property option agreement (the "Agreement"). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company may acquire a 100% interest in the Troitsa Copper Property by making aggregate cash payments of $220,000 and issuing an aggregate of 1,200,000 common shares over a period of 3 years, and completing not less than $5,000 worth of staking or similar acquisition within the Area of Interest, as defined in the Agreement, within 12 months of the execution date of the Agreement. In addition, subject to the exercise of the option, the Company shall issue an aggregate of 600,000 common shares on the achievement of certain milestones. The Agreement also includes certain advance royalty payments obligations following the 7^th anniversary of the execution date.

Further to the Company's news release dated December 6, 2022, the Company entered into an option agreement with Altari Capital Corp. to acquire a 100% interest in the Roslyn Lithium Property (the "Property") located in Ontario (the "Roslyn Agreement"). The Company, its Insiders, and all parties to the Agreement are at arm's length. In consideration for the Property, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"), the Company will make aggregate cash payments of $2,300,000 over a period of 3 years, issue 1,430,000 common shares within 60 days of signing of the Roslyn Agreement and issue additional 800,000 common shares over a period of 2 years. The Roslyn Agreement remains subject to the review and approval of the Exchange and the proceeds from the current proposed private placement will not be used towards the acquisition of the Roslyn Property until Exchange approval has been received.

Additionally, the Company wishes to clarify that the units issuable in the private placement referenced in the news release dated November 10, 2022, were formally issued on January 27, 2023, and that the securities underlying the units are subject to a hold period in Canada for four months and one day from that date. The balance of the disclosure in the news release remains unchanged.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
New Energy Metals Corp.

Rishi Kwatra
CEO & Director

#2710 - 200 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4, Canada
Tel: 778.510.5757
www.new-enrg.com

About New Energy Metals Corp.
New Energy Metals Corp. is a Canadian-based resource company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "ENRG". The Company has an option to purchase a 100% interest in the Roslyn Lithium property, covering 5,100 hectares located 20 km southeast of the Georgia Lake Pegmatite Field and 35 km southeast of where Rock Tech Lithium just published a PEA supporting the indicated mineral resource of 10.6 Mt (million tonnes) grading 0.88% Li2O and an inferred mineral resource of 4.2 Mt grading 1.0% Li2O (https://www.rocktechlithium.com/news/georgia-lake-project:-pre-feasibility-study-published). The Company also has an option to purchase a 100% interest in the Troitsa Copper property covering approximately 7,000 hectares located in the Omineca Mining Division of British Columbia.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to, among other things: receipt of approval from the TSX Venture Exchange for the Roslyn Agreement; acquiring an interest in the Troitsa Copper Property and Roslyn Lithium Property; and all other statements that are not historical facts, particularly statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance of the Company. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified through the use of words or phrases such as "will likely result", "are expected to", "expects", "will continue", "is anticipated", "anticipates", "believes", "estimated", "intends", "plans", "forecast", "projection", "strategy", "objective" and "outlook". Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made based on reasonable estimates and assumptions made by management of the Company at the relevant time in light of its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that are believed to be appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company will not update any such forward-looking statements as a result of new information or if management's beliefs, estimates, assumptions or opinions change, except as required by law. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which could cause actual results, performance, achievements and events to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include all factors outlined in the Company's publicly filed documents under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Company cautions that the list of risk factors and uncertainties described in its publicly filed documents on SEDAR is not exhaustive and other factors could materially affect its results. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to consider all of them, or assess the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

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