A couple of ASX lithium shares are in the news on Thursday after releasing promising announcements this morning.

Let's see what these lithium stocks have just reported and how investors are responding to the news. Here's what you need to know:

Loyal Lithium Ltd (ASX: LLI)

The Loyal Lithium share price was up 2% on low volumes before giving back its gains.

This morning, the micro-cap ASX lithium share announced its strategic plan for 2025. The company advised that North America remains its primary focus, with a plan to capitalise on President Trump's Executive Order declaring a national energy emergency, addressing the need for a reliable and dynamic energy grid.

Loyal Lithium's managing director, Adam Ritchie, commented:

In this evolving political and economic landscape, we see a remarkable opportunity emerging in North America. Loyal Lithium is uniquely positioned to capitalise on this moment and broaden our business, thanks to our newly strengthened board, key partnerships, and a deep understanding of the North American market.

With a strong treasury and an impressive hard rock lithium portfolio, we are well-prepared to seize this North American ground-to-grid opportunity within a once-in-a-lifetime energy transition.

Winsome Resources Ltd (ASX: WR1)

The Winsome Resources share price was up as much as 10.5% to 49.2 cents before easing back a touch.

The catalyst for this was the announcement of a new, outcropping, high-grade spodumene-bearing pegmatite discovery at Winsome's Sirmac-Clapier Project in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region of Quebec, Canada. Importantly, the outcrop contains very high grade cesium mineralisation in addition to lithium mineralisation

The Sirmac-Clapier Project is located 30km from provincial road infrastructure and 40km from the Moblan Lithium Deposit owned by Sayona Mining Ltd (ASX: SYA).

The ASX lithium share's managing director, Adam Ritchie, commented:

New discoveries are always exciting at any stage of a company's development and this is no exception. We were confident of identifying new targets last field season with our focus on systematic, early stage exploration across the Company's portfolio.

There has been limited work at Sirmac-Clapier to date due to our significant drilling efforts at our flagship Adina Lithium Project, so it is great to make this find the first time we get our boots on the ground. While our focus remains on developing Adina and utilising the unique opportunity we have at Renard I look forward to further prospects being identified and evaluated after we receive all the pending assays and thoroughly review the results.