Alpha Lithium Begins Drilling Deepest Well Ever Undertaken at 100% Fully Owned Tolillar Salar, Argentina
April 13 2021 - 9:00AM
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 commenced drilling the deepest production well
ever undertaken in the third phase of its inaugural drilling
program in the Tolillar Salar.
Alpha continues to drill with two rigs. One of
the two has now moved south in the Tolillar Salar and has started
drilling the first Phase 3 exploratory hole planned as a production
well to a minimum depth of at least 450 meters. This wellbore
targets a potentially favorable aquifer identified from a previous
Vertical Electrical Sounding (“VES”) geophysical study (see press
release dated November 10, 2020), which extended the southernmost
scope of the Tolillar Salar and appears to extend deeper than the
equipment was able to measure, thereby deriving a thickness of at
least 170 meters.
The second rig, when it has completed production
testing on the current Phase 2 hole, will move to drill a fresh
water well in the north east part of Tolillar Salar. A significant
fresh water source is critical to production operations, as Direct
Lithium Extraction (“DLE”) technologies typically require up to 3
m3 of fresh water to process each 1 m3 of brine. Fresh water has
become a rare and valuable resource in the Lithium Triangle, and
Alpha’s previous VES surveys have demonstrated an abundant, shallow
source of fresh water near the Tolillar Salar. The nearby Hombre
Muerto salar, widely known as the world’s second-best lithium brine
salar, has been producing lithium for over two decades and has
enjoyed a resurgence in the search for new lithium production to
meet growing global demand, in spite of known water
constraints.
As in previous phases, new wells will be logged
with advanced logging equipment and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(“NMR”) technologies provided by Zelandez Services Argentina
(“Zelandez”). The NMR tools provide measurements that are used to
estimate formation permeability and hydraulic conductivity, both of
which are required by Alpha’s independent engineering firm to
complete a resource estimate.
Alpha is currently planning to provide a NI
43-101 Resource Estimate after Phase 3 drilling is completed.
Brad Nichol, President and CEO, commented, "This
next well is an exciting one. We are drilling into a deep,
previously unexplored horizon at the southernmost extent identified
by our earlier geophysical programs. While this horizon has been
favorably developed and explored in the neighboring Hombre Muerto
salar, it has never been explored at this depth before. The
potential is considerable.” Nichol added, “Additionally, the
availability of a fresh water source cannot be understated. Fresh
water adds an element that is largely unavailable to other
potential producers in the region. We know that fresh water
supplies in Hombre Muerto are already challenged. A ready source of
water on our property is potentially game-changing.”
Once Phase 3 drilling is complete, all drilling,
logging and flow data will be reviewed by Alpha’s independent
engineering firm, Montgomery and Associates, who have been engaged
to prepare a Resource Estimate.
Qualified Person
Michael Rosko, MS, PG, of E. L. Montgomery and
Associates (M&A) of Santiago, Chile, is a registered geologist
(CPG) in Arizona, California and Texas, a registered member of the
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME No. 4064687),
and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
Mr. Rosko has extensive experience in salar environments and has
been a qualified person on many lithium brine projects. Mr. Rosko
and M&A are completely independent of Alpha Lithium. Mr. Rosko
has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical content of
this news release.
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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