Enertopia Provides Positive Testing Results
Enertopia
Provides Positive Testing Report Update 5
Kelowna, BC -- June 6,
2019 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Enertopia Corporation (ENRT)
on the OTCQB and (TOP)
on the CSE (the
"Company" or "Enertopia") is pleased to announce the following
lithium project testing update.
The Company has been and continues to run the
following series of tests, grain sizing and lithium grades per
grain sizing, pre-strip reagent testing on impurity levels in the
Upper Oxide and Reduced drilled horizons from our Clayton Valley,
Nevada project.
The goal of these latest tests is to determine
how the various pH levels with different reagents impacted the
impurities in each zone to see if pre-stripping the impurities
could be a viable option going forward before creating our
synthetic lithium brine. This appears to be the case as the
potential loss of lithium was below detection limits in all
pre-stripping tests.
The solution testing was broken into three main
zones. Zone 1 consisted of material from the upper oxide horizon.
Zone 2 and Zone 3 from the reduced zones. The sample size for each
test was from 10g to 20g solids with the ratio being 10% solids in
the solution. Due to the success in lower impurities, we believe we
should be able to increase the solids ratio thus increasing the
lithium in the solution for our final solution tests going
forward.
Industrywide brine impurity examples for
producing, development, and lithium resource projects are shown in
Table 1 for comparison. Table 2 shows Enertopia 10% lithium brine
solution results, not including the pre-strip test results shown in
Table 3. Summary of outcomes and next steps are after the tables
presented below.
Table 1
Lithium
Projects |
B mg/l |
Ca
mg/l |
K mg/l |
Mg mg/l |
Na mg/l |
Hombre Muerto, Argentina
(P) |
696 |
625 |
1,170 |
1,908 |
111,000 |
Silver Peak, USA (P) |
85 |
213 |
2,400 |
352 |
33,000 |
Tres Quebradas, Argentina
(D) |
1,330 |
43,246 |
8,580 |
1,718 |
73,896 |
Smackover, USA (RP) |
309 |
33,625 |
5,936 |
2,481 |
65,962 |
Note: (P) = producing Li salar, (D) =
development Li salar, (RP) = Li resource
project
Table 2
Enertopia 10% Li Brine
solution |
B mg/l |
Ca mg/l |
K mg/l |
Mg mg/l |
Na mg/l |
Zone 1 |
49 |
300 |
1,800 |
931 |
500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone 2&3 |
27 |
170 |
1,600 |
972 |
550 |
NOTE: Above testing to show synthetic brine
impurities before pre-stripping
Table 3
Enertopia 10% Li
Brine |
B mg/l |
Ca mg/l |
K mg/l |
Mg mg/l |
Na mg/l |
Zone 1 |
<5 |
277 |
160 |
78 |
299 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zone 2&3 |
<5 |
184 |
199 |
44 |
342 |
NOTE: Above testing shows impurities under
pre-strip scenario
Summary of Results:
With the above success in the pre-strip tests
and sorting results from our last press release, we have decided to
extend our pre-sorting testing due to the learned knowledge in
making our world-leading low impurity Lithium brine even better. As
such we have ordered sorting test equipment that will take our dry
and wet grain size sorting down to 5um and 1um
respectively.
The testing equipment is expected to arrive
around mid-June. After which time dry and wet sorting tests will be
conducted followed by pre-stripping and finally updated Li solution
testing. We are also happy to report that due to the low
contaminant levels a 3rd party patented off the shelf
option for the direct concentration of Lithium in solution to LiCl
now looks possible. If we can further reduce contaminate levels an
intermediate polishing phase might not be required, and this could
allow for the LiCl to be mixed with Na2 CO3
to create battery grade Li2
CO3.
We continue to believe that the Lithium hosted
claystone deposits in Nevada could become major sources of Lithium
production in the 2020s and offer the USA a secure domestic supply
of battery grade Lithium products.
Our pre-pH adjustments have demonstrated
positive outcomes as contaminant minerals are greatly reduced
allowing for a synthetic lithium brine that has the fewest
contaminants to be processed compared to any other Lithium project
today.
The company's
technical advisors believe the positive testing to date may warrant
patent protection and thus the Company is keeping all internal data
strictly confidential at this time. The Company has signed several
NDA’s with industry partners as it works to reach its goal of a low
capex solution to battery grade lithium
production.
“Our ongoing solution testing of the drilled lithium
horizons continues to provide great insights and novel ways to
strive for a low-cost mining and processing solution to unlock the
potential value of the Lithium enriched claystone.” Stated CEO
Robert McAllister
The Qualified
person:
The technical data in this news release have been reviewed
by Douglas Wood, P.Geol a qualified person under the terms of NI
43-101.
All assay results from the in-house synthetic
lithium brine program were from ALS Labs from Vancouver, BC with
ME-ICP14 and ME-ICP15 tests being run. Note zones 2 and 3 as
reported in Table 2 and Table 3 are reported as one composite zone
as both reduced zones returned the same or similar assay
values.
About
Enertopia:
A Company focused on using modern technology to build
shareholder value. Enertopia is working to establish a
lithium resource and at the same time working on extracting Lithium
from its synthetic brine solutions by using industry leading proven
technology.
Enertopia shares are quoted in Canada with symbol TOP and
in the United States with symbol ENRT. For additional information,
please visit www.enertopia.com
or call Robert McAllister, the President at
1.250.870.2219
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Clayton Valley, NV project or the testing for the brine recovery
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