Century Lithium Obtains Provisional Patent
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CENTURY LITHIUM OBTAINS PROVISIONAL PATENT
September 7, 2023 – Vancouver, Canada – Century Lithium Corp. (TSXV: LCE) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt:
C1Z) (Century Lithium or the Company) is pleased to report it has obtained a provisional patent with the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce. The provisional patent is titled System
and Method for Extracting Lithium from Clay and Other Materials in a Chloride Solution Using Individualized
Pretreatments. The patent pending process encompasses the Company’s flowsheet, as developed at its
Lithium Extraction Facility (“Pilot Plant”) in Amargosa Valley, Nevada, USA and protects the Company’s
intellectual property (IP) pertaining to the handling of solutions derived from the treatment of solid
materials including clays from the Company’s Clayton Valley Lithium Project (Project) in Nevada.
“Through the excellent work of Century Lithium’s team, we have developed a system for lithium extraction
which is proprietary to the Company” said Bill Willoughby, President, and CEO of Century Lithium. “Our
system incorporates innovations made during our team’s work at the Pilot Plant. The provisional patent
provides protection of our system and its IP as we move forward with our Feasibility Study.”
The Company’s patent pending system is based on the extraction of lithium from solids using both products
of a chlor-alkali process; hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. Under the provisional patent, the
Company’s protected IP includes the method of treating lithium-bearing solids with chloride solution and
the handling of solutions, precipitates, and residues, exclusive of a lithium recovery stage (Direct Lithium
Extraction) a component process proprietary to Koch Technology Solutions.
Key steps of the provisional patent include:
• Conditioning solids prior to leaching; this step uses recycled process solution and sodium
hydroxide, a by-product of the process, which acts as a dispersant and chemical reactant with clay-
sized particles
• Leaching slurried pulp in a hydrochloric acid solution; this step includes capture of carbon dioxide
which is used for the precipitation of calcium and magnesium later in the process
• Method of treating the post-leach slurry to remove iron and aluminum in a manner that allows
pressure filtration of the solids and minimizes the use of flocculants and counter-current
decantation
• Treatment of post-DLE spent solution to provide feed stock of sodium chloride solution to a chlor-
alkali plant and recycle solution to the conditioning step
Qualified Person
Todd Fayram, MMSA-QP is the qualified persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and have
approved the technical information in this release.
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About Century Lithium Corp.
Century Lithium Corp. (formerly Cypress Development Corp.) is an advanced stage lithium company,
focused on developing its 100%-owned Clayton Valley Lithium Project in west-central Nevada, USA.
Century Lithium is currently in the pilot stage of testing on material from its lithium-bearing claystone
deposit at its Lithium Extraction Facility in Amargosa Valley, Nevada and progressing towards completing
a Feasibility Study and permitting, with the goal of becoming a domestic producer of lithium for the growing
electric vehicle and battery storage market.
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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