LiCo Energy Announces new President & CEO
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LiCo Energy Announces new President & CEO
PRESS RELEASE
April 30, 2017 – Vancouver, British Columbia – LiCo Energy Metals Inc. “The Company or LiCo”
TSV‐V: LiC OTCQB: WCTXF announces the appointment of Tim Fernback as President, Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of the Company in place of Richard (Rick) Wilson. Mr.
Fernback previously held the position as Chief Operating Officer of the Company since October,
2016.
Mr. Fernback stated that he is excited about his new role with the Company and is looking
forward to advancing the Company with its current projects to increase shareholder value.
Tim has held multiple senior executive positions, including oversight of the Investment Banking
and Corporate Finance Divisions at Wolverton Securities, formerly Western Canada’s oldest
brokerage firm.
Tim Fernback currently serves as a Director for several Canadian mining companies. He holds an
Honours B.Sc. from McMaster University, and is a graduate of the Sauder School of Business at
the University of British Columbia, where he completed a MBA with a concentration in Finance.
Tim Fernback holds a Certified Professional Accounting Designation (CPA, CMA).
The board thanks Mr. Wilson for his contributions to the Company and wishes him success in
his future endeavors.
About LiCo Energy Metals: https://licoenergymetals.com/
LiCo Energy Metals Inc. is a well funded Canadian based exploration company who's primary listing is on
the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company's focus is directed towards exploration for high value metals
integral to the manufacture of lithium ion batteries.
Chile Purickuta Lithium Project:
The Purickuta Project is located within Salar de Atacama, a salt flat encompassing 3,000 km2, being
about 100 km long, 80 km wide and home to approximately 37% of the worlds Lithium production. The
salar possesses a very high grade of both Lithium (1,840mg/l) and Potassium (22,630mg/l and is close to
power, labour, communications, transportation and other infrastructure. The property of 160 hectares
is enveloped by a concession owned by Sociedad Quimica y Minera (“SQM”) and lies, significantly,
within a few kilometers of the property of CORFO (the Chilean Economic Development Agency) where
its leases to both SQM and Albermarle’s Rockwood Lithium Corp Together these two companies have
combined production of over 62,000 tonnes of LCE (Lithium Carbonate Equivalent) annually making up
100% of Chile’s current lithium output. The unique characteristics of Salar de Atacama make finished
lithium carbonate easier and cheaper to produce than any of its peer group globally.
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Purickuta is a smaller exploitation concession rather than a large exploration concession thereby
accelerating the task of taking the project to production once a measured reserve can be established.
Currently, the Chilean government retains ownership of lithium separate from other minerals and thus
production can only proceed upon receipt of a special lithium operation contract know as a “CEOL”. In
the future, it will be necessary for LiCo and partner to negotiate a production contract with CORFO
concurrently with completing any positive feasibility study. “Chile, which has one of the world's most
plentiful supplies of lithium, is pushing ahead with new policies to develop those reserves”. (Reuters
Jan2, 2017).
Ontario Teledyne Cobalt Project:
The Company has an option to earn 100% ownership, subject to a royalty, in the Teledyne Project
located near Cobalt. Ontario. The Property adjoins the south and west boundaries of claims that hosted
the Agaunico Mine. From 1905 through to 1961, the Agaunico Mine produced a total of 4,350,000 lbs.
of cobalt and 980,000 oz. of silver. A significant portion of the cobalt that was produced at the Agaunico
Mine located along structures that extended southward onto property currently under option to LiCo
Energy Metals.
Nevada Dixie Valley Lithium Project:
The Company has an option to acquire a 100% interest, subject to a 3% NSR, on a large lithium
exploration project at the Humboldt Salt Marsh in Dixie Valley, Nevada. The geologic setting and
presence of lithium in active geothermal fluids and surface salts in Dixie Valley match characteristics of
producing lithium brine deposits at Clayton Valley, Nevada and in South America.
Nevada Black Rock Desert Lithium Project:
The Company has entered into an option agreement whereby the Company may earn an undivided 70%
interest, subject to a 3% Net Smelter Return Royalty, in the Black Rock Desert Lithium Project that
consists of 128 placer claims (2,560 acres/ 1,036 hectares) in southwest Black Rock Desert, Washoe
County, Nevada.
The Company is planning an exploration programs for all its properties over the next several months.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Tim Fernback, President & CEO
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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Disclaimer for Forward‐Looking Information:
This news release may contain forward‐looking statements which include, but are not limited to, comments that involve future
events and conditions such as the Company’s ability to exercise the Option, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties.
Except for statements of historical facts, comments that address resource potential, upcoming work programs, geological
interpretations, receipt and security of mineral property titles, availability of funds, and others are forward‐looking. Forward‐
looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may vary materially from those statements.
General business conditions are factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from forward‐looking statements.