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Lithium Chile Commences Phase 2 Development Program on its Salar De Arizaro Property, Salta Province, Argentina
(TheNewswire) CALGARY, ALBERTA, June 9, 2022 – Lithium Chile Inc. ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Lithium Chile Commences Phase 2 Development Program on its Salar De Arizaro Property, Salta Province, Argentina\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CALGARY, ALBERTA, June 9, 2022\n \n \n – Lithium Chile Inc. (“\n \n \n Lithium Chile\n \n \n ” or the “\n \n \n Company\n \n \n ”)\n \n \n (TSX:LITH) (OTC:LTMCF)\n \n \n is\npleased to announce that its previously announced drill program,\ndesigned to increase the Salar de Arizaro initial resource estimate,\nis now underway.  The program will be comprised of up to four (4)\nadditional exploration holes and three (3) new production test wells.\nOne diamond drill rig, as well as a larger rig capable of drilling a\nproduction well, have been secured with the first diamond drill\nexploration rig already on location. Site preparation is nearing\ncompletion such that drilling of the first exploration hole is\nanticipated to begin during the week of June 13th.\n \n \n \n \n Work progress to date includes: i) a 1,200 metre main\nroad has been re-conditioned; ii) roads into new drill platforms 1 and\n2 have been completed; and iii) drill pads for holes 1 and 2 have been\ncompleted.  In preparation for moving to the next drilling locations,\na new road into drill pad 3 has been started as has construction on\nthe drill pad for hole 3.\n \n \n \n \n Site preparation for the mobile camp that will house\nthe drilling crews for the duration of the development program has\nbeen completed such that the camp will be mobilized shortly. In the\nmeantime, the drilling crew is being housed in the nearby community of\nTolar Grande.\n \n \n \n \n Lithium Chile has also begun work on setting up and\ninstalling its own full time pumping system on the first production\ntest well which was completed in December of 2021. The pumping system\nwill be comprised of an on-site generator and a 30 hp submersible pump\ndesigned to allow for continuous production of brine from this first\nwell. This will not only facilitate ongoing metallurgical studies and\nprepare battery grade lithium carbonate tests, but it will also\nprovide the platform for a future production well.\n \n \n \n \n A special agreement was achieved with an advanced\ntitanium oxide resin for testing; the complete metallurgical set for\ndifferent scenarios has begun in collaboration between Miner...