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International Lithium Receives Encouraging Pump Test Results on Mariana Lithium Brine Project, Argentina
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 6, 2017) - International Lithium Corp....
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[{"type":"text","content":"International Lithium Receives Encouraging Pump Test Results on Mariana Lithium Brine Project, ArgentinaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 6, 2017) - International Lithium Corp. (the \"Company\" or \"ILC\") (TSXV: ILC) is pleased to announce that it has received a report prepared by Geos Mining Minerals Consultants of Australia (\"Geos\") through ILC's joint venture partner, Mariana Lithium Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. The report summarizes results from trial pump tests conducted in September 2017 at Salar de Llullaillaico, location of the Mariana lithium brine joint venture project (\"Mariana\") in Salta, Argentina. The trial tests are part of ongoing pump tests to be completed at three locations on the project. A conclusion from the trial pump test report states, \"A step-drawdown test pumped at three (3) rates of between 10 and 30 litres per second (\"L/s\") indicated a high transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity and storativity.\" The ultimate goal for these ongoing tests is to carry out long term pumping at a constant rate of 60 L/s at three sites within the resource area. The Company will provide further updates on the progress of these tests.The study results from the Geos report are summarized below:Litio Minera Argentina SA conducted trial pump tests on bore MA17-20PW, located in the Mariana Project western Salar de Llullaillaco resource area during September 2017. An exploratory aquifer test with observation bores was conducted to provide: training and understanding to staff, preliminary aquifer drawdown and response assessment, plus a step-drawdown test to provide information on well efficiency.Initially a constant rate test utilising five observation bores was conducted for a five hour period pumping at 30.4 L/s. Minor drawdown was observed in observation bores monitoring both higher and lower parts of the aquifer system. No drawdown was observed in more distal observation bores. The lack of drawdown in shallower observation bores, plus the one deeper observation bore MA17-20A, indicates that the pumped aquifer at the level of MA17-20B is acting in a nearly confined manner, and there was minimal interaction over the short pumped time period with overlying or underlying aquifers. A step-drawdown test pumped at 3 rates of between 10 and 30 L/s indicated a high transm...