Leading Edge Materials Commences Drilling on the Bergby
NEWS RELEASE March 6, 2017
LEADING EDGE MATERIALS CORP.
1305 – 1090 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3V7
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TSX.V : LEM OTCQB : LEMIF
emerging materials, expanding markets
Leading Edge Materials Commences Drilling on the Bergby
Lithium Project
Vancouver, Canada – Leading Edge Materials Corp . (“Leading Edge Materials”) or (the “Company”)
(TSXV: LEM) (OTCQB: LEMIF) is pleased to announce granting of a drilling permit for the Company’s
100% owned Bergby lithium project by Swedish author ities. Drilling equipment has been mobilized to
site, and drilling is planned to commence within days.
Bergby lies in central Sweden, 25km north of the town of Gavle, and is secured by three exploration
licenses that cover a total of 1,903 Ha. The site is close to infrastructure, with major roads, rail and
power supply passing immediately adjacent to the claim boundaries. The village of Norrsundet lies 5km
east of the Bergby project, a deep-water port wh ere until recently a major wood chip and pulp mill
operated.
This drilling program is the first ever to be undertaken at Bergby, with up to 25 diamond holes planned,
comprised of a combination of short holes to prospect beneath glacial soil cover and deeper holes to test
the extent of the lithium mineralized pegmatite.
Bergby is characterized by an extensive boulder field and outcrop of high grade lithium mineralization.
Fifteen samples taken from three outcrop areas returned Li2O (lithium oxide) averaging 1.71% and
ranging from 0.01% to 4.65%; and Ta2O5 (tantalum pentoxide) averaging 133 ppm and ranging
f r o m 1 6 p p m t o 8 0 3 p p m . S a m p l e s i n c l u d e d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e c h i p s a m p l e s , c o m p o s i t e s a m p l e s a n d
selective grab samples depending on outcrop quality, and were taken from three sites across an area of
approximately 350m x 750m.
Blair Way, President and CEO, stated “Our exploration at the Bergby lithium project is moving quickly,
with drilling commencing this week. Very little hist oric exploration for lithium has been completed in
Sweden, and we see Bergby as Leading Edge Materials’ first step in testing high quality lithium projects.
I look forward to providing updates and data as the drill program progresses over the coming weeks.”
Europe is playing a leading role in the transition to low-carbon energy generation from renewable sources,
and the efficient storage of that energy. Electric mo bility (EV’s, HEV, PHEV’s) and stationary electricity
storage are dependent on high purity graphite, lithium and cobalt, where Leading Edge Materials is an
active European player. Lithium has a strong and expanding market, due to the essential role it plays in
lithium-based batteries for the automotive, consumer product and stationary electrify storage industries.
The high electrochemical potential of lithium results in the high power to weight ratio that is essential for
efficient mobile batteries.
Come meet the LEM team at PDAC, booth 2939, from Sunday March 5 th to Wednesday March 8th. LEM
is presenting at the Electric / REE session in room 801B at 4:20pm Tuesday March 7th.
On behalf of the Board,
"Blair Way"
Blair Way, President & CEO
About Leading Edge Materials:
Leading Edge Materials is a Canadian public company wi th principal assets in Scandinavia, a region well
recognised for its promotion and investment in innova tion. LEM’s flagship asset is the Woxna Graphite
production facility located in central Sweden targeting the supply of specialty materials for lithium ion
battery production. LEM’s core investments are matched to high growth markets, linked to the global shift
to low-carbon energy generation and energy storage.
The qualified person for the Company's exploration projects, Mark Saxon, Director of Leading Edge
Materials and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, has reviewed and verified
the contents of this release.
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on current expectations. These statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. Such
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainti es and other factors that may cause actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those implied by such statements. Such statements
include but are not limited to timing of commencement of planned drill programs, successful completion of drill
programs, the Company’s preliminary economic assessment on Woxna is no longer current or valid as a result of the
filing of a new NI 43-101 Technical Report effective Marc h 24, 2015, and the Company has no plans to complete a
new preliminary economic assessment, a pre-feasibility or feasibility study on the project, as such there is an
increased risk of technical and economic failure for the Woxna graphite project; unexp ected geological conditions;
delays in obtaining or failure to obtain necessary permits and approvals from government authorities. Although such
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