LiCo Energy Metals Inc. - Announces its Proposed Exploration Programs for the Teledyne & Glencore Bucke Cobalt Properties

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PRESS RELEASE

LiCo Energy Metals Inc. - Announces its Proposed Exploration Programs for the Teledyne &

Glencore Bucke Cobalt Properties

April 4th, 2018: Vancouver, British Columbia; - LiCo Energy Metals Inc. (“the Company” or LiCo”) TSX-V:

LIC, OTCQB: WCTXF announces its proposed Exploration Programs for both its Teledyne & Glencore

Bucke Cobalt Properties located in Ontario Canada situated in Bucke & Lorraine Townships, 6 km east-

northeast of Cobalt, Ontario.

Glencore Bucke Cobalt Property

A surface exploration work program including geological mapping and prospecting is recommended to

further evaluate the geological potential of the Property. Management believes that potential remains

on the Property for the discovery of parallel mineralized zones to that of the Northwest and Main zones.

A two-phase drilling program of up to 4,000 m of diamond drilling program has been planned by LiCo to

continue to test the mineralization along strike of the Northwest and Main zones along strike to the

south, with the intent of completing a 43-101 compliant resource estimate upon its completion, as well

as testing any other targets that may be generated from the surface mapping and prospecting programs.

In 1981, Teledyne Canada Ltd., completed 36 diamond drill holes totaling 10,903 ft (3323.3 m) on the

Property, and delineated two mineralized zones, named the Main Zone and Northwest Zone, measuring

500 ft (152.4 m) and 200 ft (70.0 m) in length respectively (Bresee, 1982). B ased on the surface drill

program completed by Teledyne, historical reserves of 60,000 tons in the geologically inferred category,

and 15,000 tons in the probable category, at an aver age grade of 0.45% Co, 3.0 oz/t Ag was estimated

(Linn, 1983). The reserve estimate is a historical estimate as defined by National Instrument 43 -101. The

historical reserve estimate contains categories that are not consistent with current CIM definitions. A

qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as current mineral

resources or mineral reserves. No attempt was made to reconcile the historical res erve calculations as

reported by Teledyne Tungsten. LiCo is not treating the historical r eserve estimate as a current mineral

resource or mineral reserve.

Teledyne Cobalt Property

A surface exploration work program including geological mapping, prospecting, and mechanized

stripping is recommended for the Property. Planned work will compile and evaluate historical showings

and past exploration work to generate exploration targets on both the unpatented and patented mining

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claims. As at Glencore Bucke, management believes that potential remains the west of the Teledyne

Main Zone for the discovery of parallel mineralized zones.

A two-phase drilling program of up to 1500 m has been planned to extend the known mineralization on

the Main Zone and follow up on targets generated from the Phase 2 surface exploration program.

From 1979 through to 1980, Teledyne Canada Ltd., completed 6 surface diamond drill holes and 22

underground diamond drills for an aggregate of 3,160.8 m on the Teledyne Cobalt Property. Based on

the surface and underground diamond drill programs, historical reserves of 60,000 tons in the

geologically inferred category, and 40,000 tons in the probable category, at an average grade of 0.45%

Co, 0.6 oz/t Ag was estimated (Linn, 1983). The reserve estimate is a historical estimate as defined by

National Instrument 43-101. The historical reserve contains categories that are not consistent with

current CIM definitions. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical

estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves. No attempt was made to reconcile the

historical reserve calculations as reported by Teledyne Tungsten. LiCo is not treating the historical

reserve estimate as a current mineral resource or mineral reserve.

The proposed multi-phase diamond drilling programs follow up the successful completion of the

Company’s Teledyne & Glencore Bucke Phase 1 diamond drilling programs during the fall of 2017. Here,

LiCo completed a combined 32 diamond drill holes totaling over 4,100 m of drilling with results

published by the Company on January 26th, 2018 (Glencore Bucke Phase 1 Summary) and March 8th,

2018 (Teledyne Phase 1 Summary). The proposed diamond drilling programs are intended to satisfy

LiCo’s current flow-through financing obligations for 2018.

Mr. Tim Fernback, President & CEO of LiCo comments “Now that we have all the results tabulated from

our successful Phase 1 exploration programs at Glencore Bucke and Teledyne Cobalt, LiCo has prepared

additional drilling exploration programs on both Properties that assist LiCo in progressing towards

completing a a 43-101 Compliant resource estimation on both Properties. LiCo’s Phase 1 diamond drill

programs were designed to confirm and extend the existing known mineralization along strike and up

and down dip, and LiCo was successful in completing this objective. We are very excited about

commencing our multi-phase phase diamond drilling on both the Teledyne and Glencore Bucke

properties for 2018 and 2019.”

Qualified Person

The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved Joerg Kleinboeck, P.Geo., an

independent consulting geologist and a qualified person as defined in NI 43-101.

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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 purchased 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 (Cobalt, Ontario):

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 the Teledyne property. The Company

completed a total of 11 diamond drill holes totaling 2,200 m in the fall of 2017. The drilling has

confirmed cobalt mineralization present on the Property which is consistent with historical grades as

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reported historically by Cunningham-Dunlop (1979) and Bressee (1981), disclosed in earlier news

releases. These reports are available in the public domain through MNDM’s AFRI database.

NI 43-101 Reports for both the Teledyne and Glencore Bucke Properties, are publicly available on

www.SEDAR.com as well as the Company’s website. LiCo’s recently completed diamond drilling

program (September to December 2017) consisted of both twinning and infill drilling of the historical

drill holes located on both the Teledyne Cobalt and Glencore Bucke Properties.

Purickuta Lithium Project (Chile):

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 and

Chile itself holds 53% of the world’s known lithium reserves (Source: Bloomberg Markets – June 23,

2017, “Lithium Squeeze Looms as Top Miner Front-Loads, Chile Says”). The property is 160 hectares

large and is enveloped by a concession owned by Sociedad Quimica y Minera (“SQM”) and lies within a

few kilometers of a property owned by CORFO (the Chilean Economic Development Agency) where its

leases land to both SQM and Albermarle’s Rockwood Lithium Corp. (“Albermarle”) for lithium

extraction. Together these two companies, SQM and Albermarle, have a combined annual production

of over 62,000 tonnes of LCE (Lithium Carbonate Equivalent) making up 100% of Chile’s current lithium

output. As reported in The Economist (June 15, 2017 – A battle for supremacy in the lithium triangle),

the Salar de Atacama has the largest and highest quality proven reserves of lithium. The combination of

the desert’s hot sun, scarce rainfall, and the mineral-rich brines make Chile’s production costs the

world’s lowest. This together with a favourable investment climate, low levels of corruption, and the

quality of its bureaucracy and courts makes Chile a favourable place to conduct business.

Dixie Valley Lithium Project (Nevada, USA):

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. Some important geological

similarities exist between various lithium brines, notably geothermal activity, a dry climate, a closed

basin, an aquifer, and tectonically driven subsistence exist at Dixie Valley along with Clayton Valley and

various lithium bearing salars in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.

Black Rock Desert Lithium Project (Nevada, USA):

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 technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved Joerg Kleinboeck, P.Geo., an

independent consulting geologist and a qualified person as defined in NI 43-101.

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.

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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.