Vancouver, British Columbia, December 5, 2023 – EMP Metals Corp. (CSE: EMPS) (OTCQB: EMPPF) (“EMP Metals” or the “Company”) is pleased to report significant advancements and milestones of its lithium project: (i) successful results from a direct lithium extraction (“DLE”) pilot project, (ii) successful production of pure battery grade lithium carbonate, (iii) expected timing of direct lithium extraction field pilot, (iv) increased acreage in core operating area, and (v) update on the delivery of the Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”).

Direct Lithium Extraction: Pilot Test Results

Hub City Lithium Corp. (“HCL”), a subsidiary company to EMP, has successfully completed a large-scale pilot using the ILiAD DLE Platform developed by Energy Source Minerals (“ESM”), a privately held process technology company focusing on Direct Lithium Extraction in North America. The pilot, which processed 87,000 litres of brine from the Viewfield project area, successfully recovered 8,300 litres of concentrated eluent with an average lithium concentration of 1,430 mg/L (representing a 7.5x concentration from the feed brine provided). An average lithium recovery of >90% and an impurity rejection rate of 99.62% were also verified by ESM. HCL plans to ship the highly concentrated eluent to a 3rd party for refinement into battery grade Lithium Carbonate.

Production of Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate

HCL has confirmed successful production of 99.95% pure battery grade lithium carbonate (Li2CO3), the Company’s first brine-to-battery-grade lithium carbonate production.

Saltworks Technologies Inc. (“Saltworks”), a global leader in designing and delivering industrial wastewater treatment and lithium refinement solutions, saw brine sourced from wells in HCL’s Viewfield project area refined into battery grade lithium carbonate. The Viewfield lithium-containing brine represents the highest concentrations of lithium discovered in Canada to date with minimal pretreatment requirements. see & read more on
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