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International Lithium and Ganfeng Lithium Begin Drill Program at the Mariana Lithium Brine Project in Salta, Argentina

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International Lithium and Ganfeng Lithium Begin Drill Program at the Mariana
Lithium Brine Project in Salta, Argentina

11.05.2016 / 10:01
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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 11, 2016) -
International Lithium Corp. (TSXV: ILC) (the 'Company' or 'ILC') is pleased
to announce that together with strategic partner Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd.,
('GFL') drilling is about to begin at the Mariana Lithium Brine project in
Salta, Argentina. As previously announced by the Company on December 10,
2015 ILC and GFL have allocated a budget of approximately US $3,190,000 for
exploration and development work on the Mariana Lithium Brine project in
Argentina. The exploration plans for this budget include: 1) Evaporation
process path testing 2) Geophysical surveying for aquifer and basin
characterization consisting of: - Gravity surveys - Seismic surveys
- Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) sounding surveys 3) Drilling for
resource estimation [image:
http://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/3232/20533_ilc.ht1.jpg] To
see an enhanced version of Figure 1, please visit:
http://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/3232/20533_ilc.ht2.jpg The first
phase of this programme includes bench scale evaporation tests on raw and
treated brine, which are currently being conducted at the Universidad
Tecnica de Oruro ('UTO') in Bolivia (Company news release January 19,
2016). Results from these tests are expected toward the end of Q2 and will
be used to design field evaporation tests at the project site. Geophysical
surveys are now completed for this phase of the exploration work. The
surveys were designed to map characteristics of the shallow aquifers at
Salar de Llullaillaco, where two lithium rich aquifers occur within 120
metres of depth from surface. The surveys are oriented on two perpendicular
lines that cross the entire salar in an east-west (10 kilometres) and
north-south (15 kilometres) manner. Shallow seismic refraction tomography
surveys were carried out by GEC-Geophysical Exploration and Consulting S.A.
from Mendoza, Argentina. Gravity and Transient Electromagnetic (TEM)
sounding surveys were carried out by Quantec Geosciences Argentina S.A.
Data from all three geophysical surveys are being analyzed in conjunction
with previous drill results to help define stratigraphy and map brackish