Alpha Lithium Achieves Milestone 4,540 mg/L from Direct Extraction Program
11 Maio 2021 - 10:00AM
Alpha Lithium Corporation (TSX.V: ALLI) (OTC: ALLIF)
(Frankfurt: 2P62) (“
Alpha” or the
“
Company”), sole owner of one of the last large,
undeveloped salars in Argentina’s Lithium Triangle, is pleased to
announce that it has produced an excellent result from small scale
Direct Lithium Extraction (“DLE”) studies, conducted by the
principals of Beyond Lithium LLC (“Beyond Lithium”), a team of
renowned lithium brine processing experts.
Alpha’s first DLE investigation resulted in a
lithium concentration of 4,540 mg/L utilizing raw brine from the
historic legacy well, drilled by the previous owners in the
Tolillar Salar.
The process utilized readily available, standard
DLE-type methodologies, equipment and products resulting in very
low measures of impurities such as magnesium, calcium, potassium,
sulfates and boron. Further refinement of the post DLE eluate is
underway, with the objective of (i) achieving an even higher
lithium concentration in the future and (ii) producing samples of
lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide.
The result of 4,540 mg/L was achieved using a
single pass-through reverse osmosis procedure and the results are
expected to improve incrementally after subsequent trials.
Based on the strong results thus far, Alpha has
expanded its investigation of the entire process flowsheet beyond
the initial concentration stage and is confident that it will
produce lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide from Tolillar brine
in the future. The Company plans to provide a further update and
the results of lithium carbonate, and/or lithium hydroxide
production in the next month.
Brad Nichol, President and CEO, commented, "Our
successful concentration of brine, being the first step of the
entire lithium production flowsheet, is very encouraging and
definitely exceeded our expectations. We have high hopes on taking
this first step to its logical conclusion, which is the production
of lithium hydroxide and/or lithium carbonate. What our team has
achieved in such a short period of time is incredible. We have
combined ingenuity, technology and experience to demonstrate the
viability of brine from the Tolillar Salar.”
Industry-wide, DLE technology development has
demonstrated significant benefits over traditional evaporative
techniques. Alpha’s DLE testing, to date, has focused on the (i)
concentration of lithium and (ii) elimination of as many of the
impurities as possible, early in the production process, with the
overall objectives of:
- Reducing
Capital Expenditures (“CAPEX”) by reducing the reliance on massive
evaporation ponds, which are historically one of the most expensive
components of brine-based projects,
- Increasing
efficiency in lithium recoverability, as successful DLE deployment
can recover up to 90% of the lithium,
- Reducing
Operating Expenditures (“OPEX”) through the minimization of
reagents use, which would typically be transported in large
quantities to site, and
- Minimizing
negative impacts on the environment through smaller operating
footprints, fewer hazardous materials use, lesser reagents
transported to site, and the reduction or elimination of
evaporation ponds spread across hundreds or even thousands of
hectares.
The Company previously announced (see press
release dated April 1, 2021) that it has sent Lilac Solutions Inc
(“Lilac”) brine samples from Tolillar Salar. The results of Lilac’s
testing are still forthcoming, and the Company is eager to compare
the results of Lilac’s patented ion exchange technology that
facilitates production of lithium from abundant brine resources
with minimal cost and ultra-low environmental footprint.
Once Phase 3 drilling is complete, all drilling,
logging and flow data will be reviewed by Alpha’s independent
engineering firm, Montgomery and Associates, whom have been engaged
to prepare a Resource Estimate.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF ALPHA LITHIUM
CORPORATION
“Brad Nichol”
Brad NicholPresident, CEO and Director
For more information:Alpha
Lithium Investor Relations Tel: +1 844 592
6337info@alphalithium.com
About Alpha Lithium (TSX.V: ALLI) (OTC: ALLIF)
(Frankfurt: 2P62)
Alpha Lithium is a growing team of industry
professionals and experienced stakeholders focused on the
development of the Tolillar Salar. Together, we have assembled 100%
ownership of what may be one of Argentina’s last undeveloped
lithium salars, encompassing 27,500 hectares (67,954 acres),
neighboring multi-billion-dollar lithium players in the heart of
the renowned “Lithium Triangle”. Other companies in the area
exploring for lithium brines or currently in production include
Galaxy Lithium, Livent, and POSCO in Salar del Hombre Muerto;
Orocobre in Salar Olaroz; Eramine SudAmerica S.A. in Salar de
Centenario; and Gangfeng and Lithium Americas in Salar de Cauchari.
For more information visit: https://alphalithium.com/.
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