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Stria Lithium's Pontax Project Achieves Initial Results of 6.3% Li2O From Spodumene Concentrate With an 85% Overall Recovery After Metallurgical Testing
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 24, 2016) - Stria Lithium Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SRA) ("Stria" or the "Company") is pleased to report metallurgical test results
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[{"type":"text","content":" OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 24, 2016) - Stria Lithium Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SRA) (\"Stria\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to report metallurgical test results from bulk samples extracted from its wholly owned Pontax lithium project in Northern Quebec. Stria President and Chief Operating Officer Iain Todd said the testing produced a surprisingly favourable result supporting the Company's decision to continue its investigation and exploration of the Pontax property. 'These initial test results confirm additional exploration is justified and the spodumene mineralisation at Pontax is a viable feedstock for our proprietary technologies for the recovery of lithium metal and high grade lithium compounds, \" said Dr. Todd. The Company is focused on the phased development of its lithium property while concurrently aiming to generate early revenues from the manufacture of in-demand lithium products intended for next generation Lithium-Ion battery applications. Towards its commercial goals, Stria has positioned itself as a partner in the 2GL Platform business alliance announced on May 18, 2016. (www.2GLPlatform.com). Stria benefits from the integration of battery innovation from four leading critical materials development companies. The Company holds the in-house developed and proprietary technologies that remove upstream obstacles to enable downstream production of lithium metal, lithium carbonate or hydroxide using conventional metallurgical processes. The purpose of the metallurgical testing on 16.5 metric tonnes of spodumene mineralized material from the Pontax property, performed by SGS Canada Ltd. in Lakefield, Ontario, was intended to confirm the feasibility of Pontax' spodumene mineralized material as a potential supply source for Stria's proprietary lithium production process. Metallurgical Results Samples were processed by dense medium separation (DMS) with a feed size of -6.35+0.85mm to concentrate lithium minerals (primarily spodumene) and to reject silicate gangue minerals. Initial dense media separation testing produced an intermediate spodumene concentrate assaying 5.9% Li2O with 47.9% lithium recovery. This intermediate spodumene concentrate was further upgraded to 6.4% Li2O using dry magnetic separation of the concentrate. Material finer than 0.850 mm that could not be processed by dense media separation was combined...