The lowest power low frequency oscillators are probably LC ;-) But in real
life a sawtooth oscillator or blocking oscillator implemented with a logic
level fet and pulse transformer will probably do it imho. If I'm not wrong
this uses only 5 parts. Ask me again for a schematic.

Peter

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