E3 Metals Corp. News Announcement
DATE
June 19, 2017
TITLE
E3 Metals Corp. News
Announcement
HIGHLIGHTS
Vancouver, British Columbia - (June 19, 2017) – E3 METALS CORP. (TSX.V: ETMC.H) (the “ Company ” or
“E3 Metals ”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a coll aboration agreement with the University of Alberta
(the “ U of A ”) for the purpose of developing lithium extraction process technology. The goal of this collaboration
is to develop a cost-effective technology to extrac t lithium from brines, specifically the lithium-enr iched Petro-
Brines present within the company’s permit areas. E 3 Metals will be working directly with Dr. Daniel A lessi,
Assistant Professor, and Dr. Salman Safari, Postdoctoral Fellow.
Dr. Alessi is an Assistant Professor of geochemistr y in the Faculty of Science at the U of A and is th e Encana
Chair in Water Resources. After completing his PhD at the University of Notre Dame in geochemistry, Dr. Alessi
worked at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in the field of environmental microbiology, and th en joined
the University of Alberta in 2013. The Alessi Labor atory at the U of A investigates several important aspects of
E3 Metals Corp Signs Collaboration Agreement
with the University of Alberta to Develop
Technologies for Lithium Extraction
DIRECTORS
Chris Doornbos
Paul Reinhart
Jeremy Read
Mike O’Hara
Peeyush Varshney
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o E3 Metals Corp (TSX: ETMC) signs collaboration
agreement with the University of Alberta.
o E3 Metals Corp will be working with the University of
Alberta’s Water Resource Sciences Chair, Dr. Daniel
Alessi, and his team.
o The collaboration includes applications for support
from the National Science and Engineering Research
Committee (NSERC).
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applied geochemistry to reduce risk and improve cos ts in environmental remediation and hydraulic fract uring.
Now, through this collaboration, lithium extraction will be added to the impressive list of endeavors at the Alessi
Laboratory.
Dr. Alessi is an expert in surface chemistry and r emediation, having published more than 30-refereed papers in
these research areas. His laboratory is equipped wi th state-of-the-art instrumentation to characterize brine metals
chemistry. In addition to overseeing the project, D r. Alessi will advise the team on developing lithiu m extraction
methods and on the environmental footprint the extraction processes that are investigated.
Dr. Safari completed his PhD in chemical engineering at McGill University in 2015 and following that he worked
for a chemical company as an industrial postdoctoral for almost a year. He joined the Alessi group as a postdoctoral
fellow in October 2016 and since then he has been w orking on waste remediation and water treatment pro jects.
His research interests lie in areas of water treatment, clean technologies, innovative natural products, and colloidal
chemistry, in which he has published 6 journal papers and has made more than 20 conference contributions.
Dr. Safari’s research skills in water treatment, along with his engineering expertise, will be invaluable as Dr. Safari
leads the Alessi team to gain a better understandin g of the petro-brine chemistry and to devise an opt imized,
selective lithium extraction process compatible with E3 Metals’ brine and environment.
The goals of this collaboration involve research a nd development in both pre-treatment and direct lit hium
extraction methods. As such, the U of A aim’s to develop a technology capable of direct lithium extraction without
the requirement of pre-treatment of the brine, or a method that requires only minimal pre-treatment. I n parallel,
they will research and develop methods of pre-treat ing water for the filtration and precipitation of C alcium and
Magnesium. Through these efforts, they aim to devel op a clean lithium extraction technology that impro ves
extraction efficiency, minimizes costs and improves lithium recovery from brines. The Alessi lab has a lready
begun the initial research potion of the work and p lans to initiate the testing with some of the first brine samples
collected from our permit areas.
Applications for funding are being sought with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
E3 Metals looks forward to a productive collaborati on with the University of Alberta, and is grateful to NSERC
for helping to make this collaboration possible.
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