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International Lithium and Ganfeng Lithium Begin Drill Program at the Mariana Lithium Brine Project in Salta, Argentina
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 11, 2016 / International Lithium Corp. (TSXV: ILC) (the "C...
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[{"type":"text","content":"International Lithium and Ganfeng Lithium Begin Drill Program at the Mariana Lithium Brine Project in Salta, ArgentinaVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / 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.\nAs 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:\n1) Evaporation process path testing \n2) Geophysical surveying for aquifer and basin characterization consisting of:\n\n Gravity surveys \n Seismic surveys \n Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) sounding surveys\n\n3) Drilling for resource estimation \n \nImage: https://www.accesswire.com/uploads/20533_ilc.ht1.jpg \nTo see an enhanced version of Figure 1, please visit:\nhttp://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/3232/20533_ilc.ht2.jpg\nThe first phase of this programme includes bench scale evaporation tests on raw and treated brine, which are currently being conducted at the Universidad Técnica 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.\nGeophysical 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.\nShallow 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.\nData from all three geophysical surveys are being analyzed in conjunction with previous drill results to help define stratigraphy and map brackish waters throughout the salar with the results guiding the placement of drill holes ...