Alpha Lithium Expands Second Geophysics Program to Southern Region at Tolillar Project, Argentina
August 26 2020 - 9:00AM
Alpha Lithium Corporation (TSX.V: ALLI) (OTC:
ALLIF) (“
Alpha” or the
“
Company”) is very pleased to announce that it has
commenced high-altitude operations on its second geophysics program
at the Tolillar Salar in Northern Argentina. The program is a
southern extension of a previously sounded, extraordinarily
successful program in the northern portion of the salar.
The second program was predicated on the success
of the previous study, and conceived to further leverage the
technology that delivered exceptional results using high-powered
Vertical Electrical Sounding (“VES”) geophysics methodologies (see
press releases July 16 and August 5, 2020). Based on the
results of the previous round, the Company decided to expand its
area of investigation and survey additional acreage deeper into the
southern portion of the Tolillar Salar lands.
The Company is enthusiastic about the
possibility of extending the thick, highly conductive zones
identified previously (where the presence of both brine and lithium
have been confirmed), in what may prove to be a sizeable extension
of the salar’s overall potential.
The new southern geophysics program will employ
the same high-powered VES technologies provided and operated by the
same team of regional experts from Conhidro SRL (“Conhidro”) to
characterize the underground lithology and identifying units that
may be directly or indirectly related to the presence of brine.
Utilizing the Conhidro team ensures operational consistency
and familiarity of the salar, equipment, terrain and techniques.
Conhidro’s geo-electric study intends to induce up to 800 volts of
continuous current using a tetra-probe that measures electric
current and resistivity. The team of five is expected to
record thirty-one data points over a two-week period, across 8500
Hectares of Alpha’s properties.
The southern portion of the Tolillar Salar is
characterized by basaltic flows on the western edge, similar to
what is seen in the Hombre Muerto Salar located 10km directly east
of the Tolillar property. It was previously unknown if the
700-meter-thick upper layer of sedimentary rock in the southern
portion was brine bearing, or if it was linked to a lithium
source. What is truly exciting for the Company is the
increasing probability that the highly conductive, presumably
brine-bearing zones in the north appear to extend south, beyond the
previously captured geophysical data. It also appears that
these conductive zones extend from surface to depths of 400-450
meters below surface.
The southern area is previously unexplored, and
the Company now believes it may hold significant potential.
Alpha Lithium anticipates that exploration of
the new southern acreage will identify additional high-conductivity
horizons and yield significant drilling targets and similar results
improving and extending the data found during the initial VES
survey.
Brad Nichol, President and CEO, commented, “Our
operational team, led by David Guererro, is already back in action
on the salar. Hot on the heels of an exceptionally
successful, high-powered geophysics program, David and his team are
eager to follow the obvious trend south and hope to unfold what may
be a new and an exciting portion of this lithium-rich region.
We continue the technical work to refine our drilling targets
from the first survey and look forward to adding more drilling
locations to the mix when we get the results of this latest VES
survey.”
Qualified Person
Mr. Pablo Gomez MSc (Hydrogeol) MAIG, is the
Principal Hydrogeologist of Tuareg Geological Services. Mr. Gomez
is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), a
practicing hydrogeologist with extensive experience exploring
lithium salt lakes. Mr. Gomez is a professor at the University of
Salta in Argentina and has worked on several advanced lithium brine
projects. He is an independent consultant of Alpha. Mr. Gomez is a
Competent Person as defined in the JORC Code (2012) and in 43-101
who has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical content
in this release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
OF ALPHA LITHIUM CORPORATION
“Brad Nichol”
Brad NicholPresident, CEO and Director
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About Alpha Lithium (TSX.V: ALLI) (OTC:
ALLIF)
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 and POSCO at salar Hombre de Muerto; Livent
at salar Hombre de Muerto; Orocobre on salar Olaroz; Eramine
SudAmerica S.A. on salar Centenario; Gangfeng and Lithium Americas
on salar Cauchari;
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