Century Lithium Corp. (TSXV: LCE) has released a technical update on its 100%-owned Angel Island lithium project in Esmeralda County, Nevada, highlighting successful testing and key process improvements that support long-term project economics.
The company’s Demonstration Plant in Amargosa Valley achieved a 91.6% lithium recovery rate and produced eluate grades of 575mg/L with a low sodium-to-lithium ratio of 0.6:1. These results indicate promising potential to reduce both capital and operating costs.
“We are very encouraged by the continued improvements in lithium recovery and purity, which are critical to ensuring Angel Island is a competitive, low-cost operation,” said Bill Willoughby, president and CEO of Century Lithium. “The results support the scalability of our process and our confidence in the project’s commercial viability.”
Additional milestones include achieving lithium carbonate purity of 99.87%, increasing eluate concentration to 12–14g/L using specialty membranes, and launching third-party evaluations for use in LFP battery production. Testing is also underway on thermal pretreatment to lower hydrochloric acid consumption during processing.
Angel Island remains in the permitting stage for a three-phase feasibility-level development plan. The project is expected to produce an average of 34,000t of lithium carbonate per year over a 40-year mine life.
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