Alpha Lithium Advances Towards 40,000 Tonne per Year Lithium Carbonate Plant in Argentina
19 Juli 2022 - 3:00PM
Alpha Lithium Corporation (TSX.V: ALLI) (OTC: APHLF)
(Germany WKN: A3CUW1) (“
Alpha” or the
“
Company”) is very pleased to announce that it has
engaged an experienced, specialist firm to undertake detailed
engineering for a lithium pilot plant to be located in one of the
Company’s primary asset locations, the Tolillar Salar in
Argentina’s Lithium Triangle. Additionally, the Company has
undertaken a bidding process to produce a Preliminary Economic
Assessment (“PEA”) on a scalable, commercial production facility
capable of producing up to 40,000 tonnes per year of high-purity
lithium carbonate.
The Company currently has $44 million in cash;
and accordingly, is well-funded to continue working towards its
lithium carbonate production ambitions in Argentina.
Imec Ingeneria 360° (“Imec Engineering” or
“Imec”), whom the Company had previously engaged to provide basic
engineering services, is now engaged to provide detailed
engineering services for the pilot plant. This is a natural
progression of services, especially considering Alpha’s successful
production of high-purity lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide
(see news release dated June 29, 2021). Imec’s mandate was expanded
to include the detailed design of a fully operational pilot plant,
which is intended to provide important data and information to
inform the design of a full scale 40,000 tonne-per-year lithium
chemicals production facility.
Alpha’s pilot plant will be constructed and
tested in Salta’s industrial park, utilizing a skid-mounted,
modular, and mobile design. Constructing in Salta in ideal factory
conditions, versus on-site construction, provides the Company with
significant cost savings, reliability of materials and construction
crews, and availability of our technical experts to stress-test the
entire process using Company-specific brine from both Tolillar and
Hombre Muerto Salars. Once fully calibrated, the equipment, lab
facilities and additional offices will be relocated to Tolillar
Salar, where the current camp is being upgraded to accommodate a
400-person operation.
Brad Nichol, President, and CEO of Alpha,
stated, “Construction of a lithium carbonate pilot plant is an
important step towards large-scale commercial production, where we
have targeted a first module of at least 20,000 tonnes per year
with the intention to expand well beyond that initial phase. We are
initiating discussions with the world’s most renowned engineering
firms, capable of providing the significant engineering services
for the design of such a large lithium chemicals production
facility. A combination of the right people, processes, technology,
and assets have brought Alpha to this important point in its
development. With our maiden Resource Estimate expected shortly,
Alpha Lithium is ready for the next level of advancement, with the
objective of actively providing solutions for the global lithium
supply shortage.”
Alpha’s proprietary Direct Lithium Extraction
(“DLE”) process was developed in-house by the principals of Beyond
Lithium LLC (“Beyond Lithium”) and concentrated lithium to 9,474
mg/L, after starting with a 200 mg/L brine sample (see news release
dated June 2, 2021). DLE processes comprise the first stage of the
lithium refining flow sheet. Alpha’s DLE process, in addition to
several other potential DLE processes, will be incorporated into
the detailed engineering work currently being undertaken by Imec
and is expected to be utilized by the engineering firm chosen to
provide the PEA on a 40,000 tonne per year commercial plant.
The Company is also very pleased to announce the
engagement of Mario Portillo, a lithium expert and project manager
with more than 40 years of experience. He has been hired to oversee
the design, engineering, and construction process of the pilot
plant. Mr. Portillo is world-renowned for his experience and rare
expertise in the lithium processing and engineering fields. He
previously held a leadership position at Techint, one of the oldest
engineering and construction companies in Argentina, which designed
and constructed Livent Corporation’s 25-year producing lithium
carbonate and lithium chloride plants. He has previously worked
for, amongst many others, Lithium Americas in the nearby
Cauchari-Olaroz Salar and Galaxy Resources (now Allkem Limited) on
the adjacent Sal de Vida project in the Hombre Muerto Salar.
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
6337relations@alphalithium.comwww.alphalithium.com
About Alpha Lithium (TSX.V: ALLI) (OTC: APHLF) (Germany
WKN: A3CUW1)
Alpha Lithium is a team of industry
professionals and experienced stakeholders focused on the
development of the Tolillar and Hombre Muerto Salars. In Tolillar,
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”. In Hombre Muerto, we
continue to expand our 5,000+ hectare (12,570 acres) foothold in
one of the world’s highest quality, longest producing, lithium
salars. Other companies in the area exploring for lithium brines or
currently in production include Orocobre Limited, Galaxy Lithium,
Livent Corporation, 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.
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