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International Lithium Files Lithium and Rubidium Mineral Resource Estimates for the Raleigh Lake Lithium Project, Ontario, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 13, 2023) - International Lithium Corp. (TSX...
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[{"type":"text","content":"International Lithium Files Lithium and Rubidium Mineral Resource Estimates for the Raleigh Lake Lithium Project, Ontario, CanadaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 13, 2023) - International Lithium Corp. (TSXV: ILC) (OTCQB: ILHMF) (FSE: IAH) (the \"Company\" or \"ILC\") is pleased to announce the filing of a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (\"MRE\") for the Raleigh Lake Lithium Project (\"Raleigh Lake\", \"The Property\", the \"Project\"), located approximately 25 km west of Ignace, Ontario, Canada.The Project includes MREs for both lithium and rubidium, both of which are on the U.S. critical minerals list, and conceptualizes both open pit and underground mining scenarios for each metal. The two MREs are closely related due to their spatial relationships, but their respective resource estimates are considered separate and unique.The Report, \"NI 43-101 TECHNICAL REPORT AND MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE RALEIGH LAKE LITHIUM PROJECT, IGNACE, ONTARIO\" is available on SEDAR.The results of the technical report indicate that the Project has technical merit based on results of the MRE. The Company plans on progressing its drill programs to build off results from its recently completed drill programs with goals to further delineate economic resources downdip and along strike of the current MRE and upgrade inferred resources to indicated. In addition, the Company seeks to further define the value that could be realized from the rubidium resource through market studies.Executive CommentJohn Wisbey, Chairman and CEO of ILC commented: \"We are pleased with this maiden resource estimate, coming as it does after less than 14,000 metres of drilling and on only 600 hectares of our 48,500 hectares at Raleigh Lake. We are also very pleased that we have been able to declare a separate resource estimate for rubidium as well as lithium. This is significant because rubidium is (like lithium) on the U.S. critical minerals list, and moreover has a market price per kg as at today of around 50x that of lithium. The rubidium market, like that for caesium, is a relatively opaque one. We and our consultants will be doing a study over the next few months of the real market potential of rubidium products.\" Anthony Kovacs, COO of ILC commented: \"With the maiden MRE in hand we can begin to investigate the viability of an economic minin...