System supports lithium extraction, sample production, and operating-team training while Company prepares first 1,000 tpa commercial-scale plant
DALLAS, July 06, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners Inc. (TSXV: LIB | OTCQB: VLTLF | FSE: I2D) ("LibertyStream" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has commissioned its fully automated Gen 6 extraction system at Freedom Launchpad, the Company's training and customer-sample production platform at its first deployment site.
The Gen 6 system is operating as expected and is now supporting lithium extraction and lithium carbonate production at the site. The system is designed around a 5,000 barrel-per-day processing basis and advances LibertyStream's repeatable template for critical mineral recovery from existing U.S. oil and gas water-handling infrastructure.
Freedom Launchpad is where LibertyStream is producing lithium carbonate, preparing customer samples, training operators, capturing process data, and refining the operating playbook. Freedom 1, located at the same site, is the Company's first 1,000 tonne-per-annum commercial-scale plant, previously referred to as Facility 1.
"Commissioning the fully automated Gen 6 system is an important execution milestone," said Alex Wylie, President & CEO of LibertyStream. "We have moved from field learning, manual operation, and customer sample production into an automated system that reflects the architecture we intend to scale. Our focus remains disciplined: produce, qualify, train, build, and deploy."
Automated Platform, Field-Learned Process
The fully automated Gen 6 system incorporates programmable logic controls and real-time monitoring across key operating variables, including temperature, pressure, flow rates, pH, and conductivity.
The system uses automation to streamline operations, strengthen operating consistency, and capture process data as LibertyStream advances customer samples, product qualification, operating-team training, and Freedom 1 readiness.
This commissioning milestone builds on the Company's prior Gen 6 field work, which incorporated 21 months of operations, more than 400,000 barrels of processed brine, and over 2,500 operating tests. The Gen 6 configuration also reduced cycle time to approximately 20 minutes, compared with approximately 60 minutes under the Gen 5 configuration.
Over the past several months, LibertyStream's operations, engineering, and chemistry teams have operated and refined the Gen 6 process while training at Freedom Launchpad. That hands-on operating period was intentional. It allowed the team to develop process familiarity, troubleshoot in real time, and build operating knowledge across the extraction sequence.