Alpha Lithium to Acquire 3,800 Ha in Renowned Productive Region of Argentina
May 18 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 entered a Letter of Intent
(“
LOI”) to acquire an unencumbered, 100% ownership
position of 3,800 Hectares (the “
Property”) in
Argentina’s Hombre Muerto Salar, which is widely understood to be
one of the world’s highest quality productive lithium brine salars,
comparable only to the Salar de Atacama in Chile.
The Company has signed a LOI with Argentina
Prime Holdings Inc. (“TargetCo”), the owner of the
Property, to issue 5 million common shares of the Company in
exchange for 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of
TargetCo (the “Acquisition”).
Alpha will find itself surrounded by major
players in Hombre Muerto, which is known for its premium quality
brine, offering record high lithium concentrations and
exceptionally low impurities. This combination is proven to be
excellent raw material for ultra-high-purity lithium chemicals.
Hombre Muerto is the highest quality lithium
deposit in Argentina. It is home to Livent Corp’s Fenix operation,
which has been in commercial production for over 25 years. Hombre
Muerto also houses Korean giant, POSCO’s Sal de Oro project, which
it acquired from Galaxy Resources Limited (“Galaxy”) for US$280
million. Additionally, the southern portion of Hombre Muerto is
home to Galaxy, who recently announced an AU$4 billion merger with
Orocobre Limited.
Together, the Salar de Atacama and the Salar del
Hombre Muerto provide between 50-70% of the world’s lithium supply1
(Mercado & Cordova 2015, p. 8), (ABC Del Litio Sudamericano, F.
Nacif 2018).
On completion of the Acquisition, Alpha will
earn a 100% working interest in the Property with no third-party
royalties or encumbrances. A small Vertical Electrical Sounding
(“VES”) survey has been conducted on the property, confirming the
presence of the well-known, underlying productive zones of the
Hombre Muerto Salar. The Company plans to immediately initiate
drilling in the area. This approach is consistent with the
aggressive exploration campaign Alpha has undertaken at its
Tolillar salar operation which is located only a few kilometers
away. Numerous synergies between Tolillar and Hombre Muerto were
identified prior to Alpha’s entry into the Acquisition process,
some of which include plentiful access to fresh water (available in
Tolillar but limited in Hombre Muerto), year-round road
infrastructure (in both salars) and an existing natural gas
pipeline to provide sufficient energy to a future industrial
operation (already existing on Hombre Muerto).
Brad Nichol, President and CEO, commented, “This
incredible and sizeable acquisition is a huge opportunity for the
Company and supports Alpha's long-term vision of advancing the
company into a Lithium producer. Our team, who are very familiar
with and experienced in Hombre Muerto, intimately understand its
geology and brine chemistry and have a vast technical advantage
over many other operators in the region, primarily based on their
decades-long experience operating specifically in Hombre Muerto
salar. After recently establishing proof of concept in Tolillar,
today’s announcement is our first major move into a very well
known, world-class, producing salar and I hope to continue on that
trend. My team and I are intent on building a truly exceptional
Company with first-class assets.”
The Acquisition is subject to a number of
customary closing conditions, including the approval of the TSX
venture Exchange and the satisfactory result of Alpha’s due
diligence reviews. The Company will provide updates as these
activities progress.
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.
Find out more at: https://alphalithium.com/.
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1 Mercado, Alexis; Cordova, Karenia (January 2015).
"Transformaciones disruptivas de los sistemas tecnológicos de
baterías e impulsión automotriz: Desafíos tecnoproductivos para
Suramérica" (PDF). In Nacif, Federico; Lacabana, Miguel (eds.). ABC
DEL LITIO SUDAMERICANO. Soberanía, ambiente, tecnología e industria
(1 ed.). Ediciones del CCC Centro Cultural de la Cooperación
Floreal Gorini ; Quilmes : Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. pp.
73–103 – via ResearchGate.
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