E3 Lithium and Pure Lithium Build Lithium Metal Batteries Produced from Alberta Brines
This initial work has focussed on integrating E3 Lithium’s concentrate production flow sheet with Pure Lithium’s proprietary Brine to Battery™ technology to produce high quality lithium metal batteries. Various versions of lithium chloride concentrate that reflect locations along the E3 Lithium process flow sheet have been electrodeposited into lithium metal and evaluated for consistency and purity. From there, batteries were produced to test how the metal performed when assembled into a battery. From this work, an optimized lithium chloride concentrate, in terms of lithium concentration and impurity profile, has been defined. E3 Lithium and Pure Lithium have successfully manufactured more than 80 lithium metal battery cells using lithium concentrate produced by E3.
Pure Lithium has proceeded with rigorous testing of the batteries for cell performance using industry standard metrics. An outline of the results from this work will be released once all the battery testing and analysis is complete.
“The production of lithium metal batteries from E3’s
“The expertise of E3 Lithium’s team, along with their extensive brine resources, has been crucial in advancing our Brine to Battery™ technology for the production of lithium metal anodes,” said Emilie Bodoin, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Pure Lithium. "We are confident in our strong partnership with E3 and our shared ability to achieve large-scale lithium metal anode production at a fraction of current commercial costs."
The testing program is expected to be completed in Q2 2025.
Equity Awards Grant
In relation to the Equity Awards Grant and Repricing of Options disclosed in the Company’s news release date March 7, 2025, the Board of Directors had also approved the issuance of an additional 300,000 restricted share units (“RSUs”) to the Company’s CEO, which RSUs will vest as to one third on each anniversary of the date of grant.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chris Doornbos, President & CEO
E3 Lithium Ltd.
About E3 Lithium
E3 Lithium is a development company with a total of 16.2 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) Measured and Indicated 1 as well as 0.9 million tonnes LCE Inferred mineral resources2 in
1: The Clearwater Project NI 43-101 Pre-Feasibility Study, effective June 20, 2024, is available on the E3 Lithium’s website (https://e3lithium.ca/our-assets/technical-reports/) and SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca).
2: The mineral resource NI 43-101 Technical Report for the North Rocky Property, effective October 27, 2017, identified 0.9 Mt LCE (inferred) and is available on the E3 Lithium’s website (e3lithium.ca/technical-reports) and SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca).
3: The mineral resource NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Estevan Lithium District, effective May 23, 2024, identified 2.5 Mt LCE (inferred) and is available on the E3 Lithium’s website (e3lithium.ca/technical-reports) and SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca).
Unless otherwise indicated, Kevin Carroll, P. Eng., Chief Development Officer and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and is responsible for the technical information contained on this news release.
About Pure Lithium
Pure Lithium is a disruptive
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This news release includes certain forward-looking statements as well as management’s objectives, strategies, beliefs and intentions or forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements are frequently identified by such words as “believe”, “may”, “will”, “plan”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “intend”, “project”, “potential”, “possible” and similar words referring to future events and results. Forward-looking statements are based on the current opinions, expectations, estimates and assumptions of management in light of its experience, perception of historical trends, and results of the PFS, but such statements are not guarantees of future performance. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking information relating to: the potential for delivery of lithium to market; expected timing for releasing battery cell performance results; expectations regarding results of the upcoming performance tests; timing for completion of the testing program; and the anticipated benefits of the foregoing. In preparing the forward-looking information in this news release, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including, but not limited to, that any additional financing needed will be available on reasonable terms; the exchange rates for the
All forward-looking information (including future-orientated financial information) is inherently uncertain and subject to a variety of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, fluctuating commodity prices, the effectiveness and feasibility of emerging lithium extraction technologies which have not yet been tested or proven on a commercial scale or on the Company’s brine, risks related to the availability of financing on commercially reasonable terms and the expected use of proceeds; operations and contractual obligations; changes in estimated mineral reserves or mineral resources; future prices of lithium and other metals; availability of third party contractors; availability of equipment; failure of equipment to operate as anticipated; accidents, effects of weather and other natural phenomena and other risks associated with the mineral exploration industry; the Company’s lack of operating revenues; currency fluctuations; risks related to dependence on key personnel; estimates used in financial statements proving to be incorrect; risks related to the results of the testing program not being in delivered in a timely manner and/or not being in line with management’s expectations; competitive risks and the availability of financing, as described in more detail in our recent securities filings available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements and we caution against placing undue reliance thereon. We assume no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.
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