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Leading Edge Materials Reports on Mineral Characterization from Bergby Lithium Project, Sweden
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nLeading Edge Materials Reports on Mineral Characterization from Bergby Lithium Project, Sweden\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 25, 2020\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 25, 2020 /CNW/ - Leading Edge Materials Corp. (\"Leading Edge Materials\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV: LEM) (OTCQB: LEMIF) (Nasdaq First North: LEMSE) is pleased to announce completion of a comprehensive mineralogical and mineral liberation study on lithium-tantalum mineralized drill core from the 100% owned Bergby lithium project in central Sweden.  The work was undertaken by Outotec Oyj at their Pori Research Centre in Finland and funded by EIT Raw Materials under the LiRef project.\n\n \n \n\n \nHighlights\nRepresentative 180kg bulk sample from Bergby used for mineralogy and liberation test work; Bulk sample grade of 1.21% Li2O, 115 ppm Ta2O5 closely represents drilled grades; 90% of lithium is contained within spodumene or petalite that are used for lithium chemical production; Grind size recommended for high lithium recovery is a P80 of 150µm;Mark Saxon, Interim President and CEO, stated \"This recent mineralogy and liberation study, funded by EIT Raw Materials, has highlighted that lithium at Bergby is hosted in lithium minerals that are currently used for lithium chemical production.  This is a promising result for future processing.  Bergby was first discovered by Leading Edge Materials in 2017, and both the project and the region have high potential for additional lithium discovery.\nThe EIT Raw Materials funded LiRef project is focused on improving European access to sustainable and locally sourced lithium for batteries, and we are very pleased to have Bergby identified as a potential future supplier to the rapidly growing lithium ion battery industry.\nWe look forward to meeting shareholders and other industry participants at the upcoming PDAC conference in Toronto to discuss all Leading Edge Materials activities in the European critical raw materials sector.\"  \nLeading Edge Materials...