Noram Announces New Resource Estimate for Zeus Lithium Deposit Preliminary Economic Assessment Underway and in Final Stages
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Noram Announces New Resource Estimate for Zeus Lithium Deposit
Preliminary Economic Assessment Underway and in Final Stages
Vancouver, British Columbia – September 21, 2021 – Noram Lithium Corp. (“Noram” or the “Company”)
(TSX - Venture: NRM / Frankfurt: N7R / OTCQB: NRVTF) announced a new resource estimate, following
the Phase V drill program on the Zeus lithium claystone property located within 2km of Albemarle’s Silver
Peak lithium mine in Clayton Valley, Nevada. At a 400 ppm lithium cut-off, the Zeus deposit now has 363
million tonnes at 923 ppm lithium measured + indicated resources, and 827 million tonnes lithium at 884
ppm lithium inferred resource. A substantial increase in the resource size.
“Today’s announcement marks the single most impactful event in the Company’s lifecycle,” stated Sandy
MacDougall, Noram Lithium’s Chief Executive Officer. This new resource estimate conveys the scale we
have known existed and reports the cutoff of 400 ppm, in-line with peer lithium companies who are highly
valued against that metric.” Mr. M acDougall went on to say, “With t he current lithium carbonate price
moving higher than $24,000 USD per tonne this month and growing demand from the growing global EV
and battery markets, Noram is well positioned from a North American in-situ standpoint to take advantage
of geological and geographical advantages. We look forward to publishing our PEA in the coming weeks.”
Highlights
• Large Resource Size Increases.
70% Increase in Measured + Indicated Resources - In February 2020, Noram reported
an indicated resource of 213 million tonnes at 976 ppm Li (LCE = 1.11 million tonnes)
at a cut-off grade of 300 ppm. The updated 2021 Measured + Indicated Resources is
363 million tonnes at 923 ppm Li at cut -off of 400 ppm (LCE = 1.78 million tonnes).
That is a measured + indicated tonnage increase of 70% and an LCE increase of 60%
at a higher cut-off grade than the one used in 2020. Some of the resources have also
been upgraded from indicated to measured.
369% Increase in Inferred Resources - The 2020 announcement had an Inferred
resource of 194 million tonnes at 807 ppm (LCE = 0.83 million tonnes) at a 300 ppm
cut-off. The 2021 inferred resource is calculated at 827 million tonnes at 884 ppm Li
(LCE = 3.89 million tonnes) at a 400 ppm cut -off. This represents an increase in the
inferred resource tonnage of 326% and a 369% LCE increase, also at the higher cut -
off grade.
• Near Surface = Low Strip Ratio. The majority of the deposit occurs at or near the surface, greatly
reducing mining costs. Preliminary extraction analyses using Rockworks 2021 indicate that the
stripping ratio for the 400-ppm cut-off resource would be less than 0.2:1. The strip ratio is similar
to the adjacent Cypress Development Corp.’s Clayton Valley project, considered to be to be part
of the same mineral deposit as Noram’s. Cypress projected an industry-low mining cash cost of
US$3,387 per tonne LCE , giving the company a US$ 1.03B NPV at an 8% discount rate with a
US$9,500 LCE $/t.
• Open at Depth. There is potential to increase the deposit size through further deeper drilling, as
55 of the total 70 holes used in the deposit model ended in mineralization that assayed above the
400 ppm Li cutoff.
• Environmental Footprint. Preliminary testing for the extraction of the lithium from the mined
material has indicated that the material will be relatively inexpensive to process. The type of
processing envisioned will have a much smaller footprint than lithium brine operations, which
now employ large evaporation ponds, making Nor am’s proposed operation more
environmentally friendly.
• Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA). The results contained in the updated resource estimate
report has enabled the Company to undertake a PEA. The PEA is in its advanced stages and will
be published in the forthcoming weeks.
Figure 1 - Fence diagram looking northeast. Colours represent Li grades as indicated on the left.
Table 1. Zeus lithium deposit resource estimate, 2021-09
Table 2. Zeus Project - Increase in Resource Size Following the Phase V Drilling Program
Li Cutoff Tonnes X Li Grade Contained LCE
(ppm) 1,000,000 (ppm) Li (Tonnes) (Tonnes)
400 66.74 927 61,863 329,299
600 61.34 964 59,128 314,738
800 46.47 1051 48,840 259,975
1000 27.7 1150 31,854 169,558
Li Cutoff Tonnes X Li Grade Contained LCE
(ppm) 1,000,000 (ppm) Li (Tonnes) (Tonnes)
400 296.42 922 272,297 1,454,762
600 279.66 947 264,837 1,409,728
800 221.64 1007 223,193 1,188,059
1000 103.76 1128 117,044 623,023
Li Cutoff Tonnes X Li Grade Contained LCE
(ppm) 1,000,000 (ppm) Li (Tonnes) (Tonnes)
400 363.15 923 335,191 1,784,222
600 241.00 950 232,945 1,724,361
800 268.11 1014 271,865 1,447,135
1000 131.46 1133 148,945 792,836
Li Cutoff Tonnes X Li Grade Contained LCE
(ppm) 1,000,000 (ppm) Li (Tonnes) (Tonnes)
400 827.22 884 731,261 3,892,501
600 715.91 942 674,383 3,589,743
800 546.48 1013 553,588 2,946,750
1000 265.47 1134 301,043 1,602,452
Indicated
Measured + Indicated
Inferred
Measured
Million Li Grade Li Cutoff LCE LCE
Tonnes (MT) (ppm) (ppm) (MT) % Increase
February 2020
Indicated
August 2021
Measured + Indicated
February 2020
Inferred
August 2021
Inferred
976 300 1.11
827 884 400 3.89 369%
194 807 300 0.83
363 923 400 1.78 60%
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Figure 2. The 5 phases of drilling, color-coded by phase.
Table 3. Phase V Drilling Highlights
The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Brad
Peek., M.Sc., CPG, who is a Qualified Person with respect to Noram’s Clayton Valley Lithium Project as
defined under National Instrument 43-101.
Phase V Drilling Program
Drill Hole No. Thickness (m) Li Grade (ppm)
CVZ-61 79.2 1130
CVZ-62 88.4 1113
CVZ-63 36.6 1121
CVZ-64 73.2 1086
CVZ-65 82.3 1124
CVZ-66 67.1 1124
CVZ-67 153 1220
CVZ-68 121 1018
About Noram Lithium Corp.
Noram Lithium Corp (TSX - Venture: NRM / Frankfurt: N7R / OTCQB: NRVTF) is a Canadian -based junior
exploration company, with a goal of developing lithium deposits and becoming a low - cost supplier. The
Company’s primary business is the Zeus Lithium Project (“Zeus”) in Clay ton Valley, Nevada. The Zeus
Project has a current resource estimate of 400 ppm lithium cut-off, the Zeus deposit now has 363 million
tonnes at 923 ppm lithium measured + indicated resources, and 827 million tonnes lithium at 884 ppm
lithium inferred resources (400 ppm Li cut-off).
Noram’s long-term strategy is to build a multi -national lithium minerals company to produce and sell
lithium into the markets of Europe, North America and Asia.
Please visit our web site for further information: www.noramlithiumcorp.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sandy MacDougall
President, CEO and Director
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