Standard Lithium Appoints Dr Andy Robinson as Chief Operating Officer
STANDARD LITHIUM LTD.
Suite 918, 1030 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6E 2Y3
NEWS RELEASE
STANDARD LITHIUM APPOINTS DR ANDY ROBINSON AS CHIEF OPERATING
OFFICER
April 25, 2017 – Vancouver, BC – Standard Lithium Ltd. ( “Standard Lithium” or the “Company”) (TSXV:
SLL) (FRA: S5L) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Andy Robinson as President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company. Dr. Robinson will take up hi s appointment effective immediately and will
be directly responsible for rapidly accelerating the Company’s resource acquisition, assessment and process
development initiatives.
Dr. Robinson most recently served as Chief Operating Officer and board member for Pure Energy Minerals,
where he was responsible for leading the first Inferred Resource assessment for a lithium brine deposit in North
America, in accordance with 43- 101 guidelines . During his tenure at that company, he was instrumental in
developing innovative exploration, sampling and assessment techniques for lithium brine resources, and was
responsible for developing a world- class lithium brine process engineering team . This team successfully
developed and tested efficient and effective modern brine processing techniques that will help shape the way in
which lithium products are extracted from brine in the future. Prior to joining Pure Energy in 2014, Andy held a
series of senior technical and executive management roles with publicly listed companies in the energy, power
and engineering sectors, and has been responsible for successfully taking projects from inception to production
while developing sustained corporate growth. Andy is an experienced geoscientist with 20+ years of
experience, a PhD in Geochemistry from the University of Bristol, UK, and has worked on a wide range of
projects in the resource, power and energy sectors in Europe, Africa and North and S. America.
“The opportunity for me to join Standard Lithium is very exciting, and I strongly believe in their vision for using
modern techniques to develop and process large-scale domestic lithium brine resources. We have an aggressive
development schedule ahead of us as we look to rapidly move projects towards production, and my focus is to
ensure that we have the best teams in place to execute our corporate strategy."
Mr. Robert Mintak, CEO and Director of Standard Lithium commented: " We are extremely pleased to have
someone of Dr. Robinsons’ caliber join the team. Leveraging innovation is fundamentally important
for us, having previously worked with Andy I know he will be an instant and valuable contributor to
the Company.”
About Standard Lithium
Standard’s value creation strategy encompasses acquiring a diverse and highly prospective portfolio of large -
scale domestic brine resources, led by an innovation & results oriented management team with a strong focus on
technical skills. The Company is currently focused on the immediate exploration and development of its 4,000+
acre Bristol Lake, Brine Project located in the Moj ave region of San Bernardino County, California. The
location has significant infrastructure in -place, with easy road and rail access, abundant electricity and water
sources, and with two major players in the brine salt sector offering decades of operational expertise on
contiguous claims. Standard also recently announced the acquisition of the 40,000+ acre Paradox Basi n Project
located in Grand County, Utah.
On behalf of the Board,
Standard Lithium Ltd.
Robert Mintak, Director & CEO
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Contact:
www.standardlithium.com
For further information, contact Anthony Alvaro at 604.763.5388.