LiCo Energy Closes Private Placement
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LiCo Energy Closes Private Placement
PRESS RELEASE
December 1, 2017: Vancouver, British Columbia; ‐ LiCo Energy Metals Inc. (“the Company“ or “LiCo”) TSX‐V:
LIC, OTCQB: WCTXF is pleased to announce that further to its news release dated October 24, 2017, the
Company has closed its non‐brokered private placement offering raising gross proceeds of $960,000. The
Company issued 8,000,000 flow‐through units (“FT Units”) and 4,000,000 non flow‐through units (“Units”)
both at a price of $0.08 per FT Unit and $0.08 per Unit, subject to TSX Venture Exchange (“Exchange”)
approval.
Each FT Unit and Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one share purchase warrant.
Each share purchase warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share of the
Company at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, for a period of two years from closing, subject to TSX
Venture Exchange (“Exchange”) approval.
Finder’s fees totalling $37,520 payable in cash, 1,256,000 finder shares and 488,000 finder warrants were
paid in connection with the financing. All finder warrants are on the same terms as the purchaser warrants.
The finder’s fees paid in connection with the private placement are subject to Exchange approval.
The proceeds from the FT Units will be used to advance the Company’s Teledyne and Glencore Bucke
Properties, in Cobalt Ontario. The proceeds from the Units will be used for advancement and development
of the Company’s other mineral exploration projects and for general working capital purposes.
All securities issued in connection with the private placement are subject to a four month and a day hold
period expiring on April 2, 2018, in accordance with applicable Securities Laws.
About LiCo Energy Metals: https://licoenergymetals.com/
LiCo Energy Metals Inc. is a Canadian based exploration company whose 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.
Glencore Bucke Cobalt Project, Cobalt, Ontario:
The Company has entered into a property purchase agreement to acquire a 100% interest from Glencore
Canada Corporation (subsidiary of Glencore plc) in the Glencore Bucke Property, situated in Bucke Township,
6 km east‐northeast of Cobalt, Ontario, subject to a back‐in provision, production royalty and off‐take
agreement. Strategically, the Glencore Bucke Property consists of 16.2 hectares and sits along the west
boundary of LiCo’s Teledyne Cobalt Project. The Property covers the southern extension of the #3 vein that
was historically mined on the neighbouring Cobalt Contact Property located to the north of the Glencore
Bucke Property. Diamond drilling in 1981 on the Glencore Bucke Property delineated two zones of
mineralization measuring 150 m and 70 m in length.
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
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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.
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.
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 Jan 2, 2017).
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 100%
interest, subject to a 3% NSR, in the Black Rock Desert Lithium Project in southwest Black Rock Desert,
Washoe County, Nevada.
The Company is planning an exploration programs on a number of its properties over the next several
months.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Tim Fernback, President & CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the 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, 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.