Standard Lithium Welcomes Nobel Laureate, Professor Karl Barry Sharpless to Its Scientific Advisory Council
Standard Lithium Welcomes Nobel Laureate, Professor
Karl Barry Sharpless to Its Scientific Advisory Council
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 26, 2018) -
Standard Lithium Ltd.
(TSXV: SLL) (OTCQX: STLHF) (FRA:
S5L) ("Standard Lithium" or the "Company"), is very pleased to announce the appointment of Nobel Laureate, Professor Barry
Sharpless to the Company's Scientific Advisory Council.
Dr. Andy Robinson, President and COO of Standard Lithium commented, "
It is truly a distinct honour
to
welcome Professor
Sharpless
, a chemist of global significance,
to our Scientific Advisory Council.
"
Professor Sharpless is the W. M. Keck professor of chemistry at Scripps Research, where he has been a faculty member since
1990.
He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 for his work on chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions.
Since this
landmark achievement, Prof. Sharpless has continued to be a luminary in the field, creating chemical tools that have been
adopted by nearly every field of modern science. For his numerous contributions, the American Chemical Society (ACS) will
award Professor Sharpless the 2019 Priestley Medal, the highest honor bestowed by ACS.
His national and international
awards include the inaugural Paul Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, the King Faisal International Prize in
Science, the Rhone Poulenc Medal, the Chemical Sciences Award of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Benjamin
Franklin Medal and the Wolf Prize.
Standard Lithium CEO, Robert Mintak commented "
I would like to thank Professor
s
Jason
H
ei
n
and Pierre Kennepohl
of UBC
for introducing Standard Lithium to Professor Sharpless.
Knowing that the innovative and groundbreaking
lithium
processing
work underway by Professor
s
H
ei
n, Kennepohl and our
team
is
such that it piqued the interest of Professor
Sharpless is
extremely rewarding
,
and we are thrilled to welcome Prof
essor
Sharpless to our Scientific Council
".
About Standard Lithium Ltd.
The Company's flagship project is located in southern Arkansas, where it is engaged in the testing and proving of the
commercial viability of lithium extraction from over 150,000 acres of permitted brine operations utilizing the Company's
proprietary selective extraction technology.
The Company is also pursuing the resource development of over 30,000 acres of
separate brine leases located in southern Arkansas and approximately 45,000 acres of mineral leases located in the Mojave
Desert in San Bernardino county, California.
Standard Lithium is listed on the TSX Venture under the trading symbol "SLL"; quoted on the OTCQX under the symbol
"STLHF"; and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol "S5L". Please visit the Company's website at
www.standardlithium.com
.
For further information, contact Anthony Alvaro at (604) 240 4793
On behalf of the Board,
Standard Lithium Ltd.
Robert Mintak, CEO & Director
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