Standard Lithium Provides Pilot Plant and Process Testing Update

V.SLL, Standard Lithium

Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium” or the “Company”) (TSXV:SLL) (OTCQX:STLHF) (FRA:S5L) is pleased to provide an update of the extensive process testing work and pilot plant design being performed by the Company’s Scientific Advisory Team.  The Scientific Advisory Team and other technology vendors have been testing raw lithium brines from Standard Lithium’s Projects in California and Arkansas using a new generation of lithium-selective sorbent technologies.  Data gathered from mini-pilot scale testing has demonstrated highly-effective separation of lithium from other cations in the raw brine, in line with previously published and peer-reviewed studies, and has also demonstrated that the solid sorbent materials can be simply made using standard commercial manufacturing processes.  Work has also been completed to test varying physical methods by which raw brine can be mixed with the lithium-selective material to optimise lithium removal.  Testing is ongoing and will be used in the full-scale pilot design (see below). read more

Bird River Resources and Divestco Announce Cogeneration Joint Venture to Generate Low-Cost Electricity

Bird River Resources Inc. (CSE:BDR) (“Bird River”) and Divestco Inc. (TSXV: DVT) (“Divestco”) today announced a cogeneration joint venture (the “Cogen”) which will convert natural gas to electricity via a boiler-turbine at an industry low cost of 1.4 cents per kilowatt hour (based on current natural gas spot prices). Regulatory approvals are in place for the Cogen system to feed up to 3 megawatts of electricity into the power grid. The Cogen has secured a reliable, long-term gas supply through a privately owned natural gas producer. Construction and implementation of the project is expected to take 4-5 months. read more