Century Lithium Achieves High Recovery of Rare Earth and Critical Elements from Primary Leach Solutions
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NEWS RELEASE
CENTURY LITHIUM ACHIEVES HIGH RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH AND CRITICAL
ELEMENTS FROM PRIMARY LEACH SOLUTIONS
December 2, 2025 – Vancouver, Canada – Century Lithium Corp. (TSXV: LCE) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt:
C1Z) (“Century Lithium” or “the Company”) is pleased to report positive results from its ongoing test work
on the recovery of rare earth elements (“REEs”) from primary lithium leach solutions generated from its
100%-owned Angel Island lithium project in Nevada, USA. The initial testing indicates that high REE
recoveries can be achieved without impacting lithium recovery in Century Lithium’s extraction process.
“The REE recovery results validate our belief that Century Lithium’s leach solutions offer meaningful
secondary-value opportunities,” said Todd Fayram, Century Lithium’s Senior Vice President, Metallurgy.
“Producing a secondary REE-rich product has the potential to strengthen Angel Island’s economics and
align the Company with broader government and industry initiatives supporting secure North American
critical-minerals supply chains.”
Century Lithium previously confirmed that the leach solutions produced from Angel Island claystone
contain notable concentrations of REEs, including dysprosium, gadolinium, neodymium, and
praseodymium, as well as higher concentrations of the critical metals scandium, lanthanum, and cerium.
Cesium is also present.
Ion-exchange test work achieved greater than 97% recovery of the identified REEs and critical metals,
excluding cesium, while maintaining complete selectivity against lithium. This selectivity is essential for
downstream lithium recovery through the Company’s process flowsheet, which includes ultrafiltration,
direct lithium extraction (“DLE”) and subsequent steps to produce high-purity lithium carbonate.
The Company’s metallurgical program at Angel Island continues to focus on the following:
• Optimizing ion-exchange performance and selectivity
• Advancing downstream processing flowsheets for REE concentration and refinement
• Evaluating market pathways for a commercial REE by-product
• Assessing the economic contribution of REEs to primary lithium production
These results represent a significant technical milestone, demonstrating that REE extraction and recovery
can be implemented without affecting the Company’s core lithium recovery process. Century Lithium
believes these advancements position the Company to potentially supply both lithium and REEs to North
American critical minerals markets, supporting supply-chain resilience and enhancing long-term project
value for Angel Island.
Qualified Person
Todd Fayram, MMSA-QP and Senior Vice President, Metallurgy of Century Lithium is the qualified person
as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has approved the technical information in this release.
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ABOUT CENTURY LITHIUM CORP.
Century Lithium Corp. is an advanced-stage lithium company, focused on developing its 100%-owned
lithium project Angel Island in Esmeralda County, Nevada, which hosts one of the largest sedimentary
lithium deposits in the United States. The Company has utilized its patent-pending process for chloride
leaching combined with direct lithium extraction to make battery-grade lithium carbonate product
samples from Angel Island’s lithium-bearing claystone at its Demonstration Plant in Amargosa Valley,
Nevada.
Angel Island is one of the few advanced lithium projects in development in the United States to provide an
end-to-end process to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate for the growing electric vehicle and
battery storage market. Angel Island is currently in the permitting stage for a three-phase feasibility-level
production plan, expected to yield an estimated life-of-mine average of 34,000 tonnes per year of lithium
carbonate over a 40-year mine-life.
Century Lithium trades on both the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “LCE” and the OTCQX under
the symbol “CYDVF”, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “C1Z”.
To learn more, please visit centurylithium.com.
ON BEHALF OF CENTURY LITHIUM CORP.
WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, PhD., PE
President & Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact:
Spiros Cacos | Vice President, Investor Relations
Direct: +1 604 764 1851
Toll Free: 1 800 567 8181
centurylithium.com
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