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Lithium Chile Announces Well Casing Completed and Commencement of Phase 2 - the Pump Test and Sampling Program - at Salar De Arizaro in Salta, Argentina
(TheNewswire) CALGARY, ALBERTA - TheNewswire - November 29, 2021 ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Lithium Chile Announces Well Casing Completed and Commencement of Phase 2 - the Pump Test and Sampling Program - at Salar De Arizaro in Salta, Argentina \n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CALGARY, ALBERTA\n \n \n - TheNewswire\n-\n \n \n November 29, 2021\n \n \n -\nLithium Chile Inc. (“\n \n \n Lithium\nChile\n \n \n ” or the “\n \n \n Company\n \n \n ”)\n \n \n (TSXV:LITH) (OTC:LTMCF)\n \n \n announces the arrival and completion of the new casing and filter\ninstallation – which completes the production test well preparation\non its 23,300-hectare Salar de Arizaro Property in Salta, Argentina.\n The Arizaro prospect is a potentially transformational project for\nLithium Chile. The earlier exploration hole, located 100 meters east\nof the production test well, returned average lithium grades of 850\nmg/l over 6 separate samples (see Lithium Chile’s press release May\n17, 2021). The current production test is designed to obtain\nconfirmation of those grades and to establish commerciality of the\nproperty for lithium production.\n \n \n \n \n Lithium Chile now moves into Phase 2 - consisting of\nwell clean-up and commencement of the pump test and sampling\nprogram.\n \n \n \n \n Steve Cochrane, CEO of Lithium Chile, commented “We\nare delighted with the excellent progress being made on our Arizaro\nproperty. The installation of the new casings went extremely smoothly\nand I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our contractors\nand service providers in Argentina for their excellent work. Bringing\nthis stage of the project in on time, on budget and without any safety\nor environmental incidents is a testament to their professionalism and\ncare of the environment.  We now move into Phase 2 - easily the most\nexciting phase of the program.”\n \n \n \n \n ARIZARO PRODUCTION TEST WELL MOVES\nINTO PHASE 2\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The new well casings and filters arrived on schedule at\nthe Arizaro Property on November 17,\n \n \n ,\n \n \n 2021 and work\ncommenced immediately to install them.  This work has now been\ncompleted and the pump test phase has commenced.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Phase 2 of the Arizaro property testing involves\nflushing of the 120-meter clastic zone to remove drilling mud\ncontamination to allow for accurate sampling...