Vancouver, British Columbia (FSCwire) – ALIX RESOURCES CORP. (“Alix” or the “Company”) (AIX-TSX:V) (37N–FRANKFURT) and Lithium Australia NL (“LIT”)(LIT-ASX) are pleased to announce significant progress related to the joint exploration and development on the Electra Project, Sonora, Mexico, including:
- Signing of a definitive agreement between AIX and LIT to explore and develop the Electra project whereby LIT will earn a 49% interest in the Electra project through the issuance to AIX of 1,000,000 fully paid ordinary LIT shares. 1,000,0000 partly paid LIT contributing shares paid to 0.001 Australian cent each (24.99 Australian cents unpaid), and expenditures of $400,000. LIT has a further option to increase its interest in the Electra project to 65% through the issuance to AIX of 1,500,000 fully paid ordinary LIT shares, expenditures of $1,500,000 and a cash payment of $250,000;
- An exploration budget for the Electra project has been approved by LIT, securing the financing for the upcoming Phase 1 Electra work program, with work to begin in early May;
- Also included in the definitive agreement is the right for AIX to be granted a 10% interest in any novel lithium extraction technologies (“LET”) used or developed in relation to the Project properties (Tecolote and Tule Concessions) and/or the Sonora Project currently owned by Bacanora Minerals Ltd. and REM, whether patented or not patented.