Bacanora Lithium plc (AIM: BCN), a lithium development company, provides an update on the litigation with the Estate of Colin Orr-Ewing (the “Estate”) in regard to its challenge to the validity of the lithium royalty over the Sonora Lithium Project (“Sonora”).  As previously reported, in the Company’s recent Annual Financial Statement to 31st December 2020, the Alberta Court held a hearing on 9 March 2021 to hear the Estate’s application for Summary Trial on the grounds that the Company’s action was time limitation barred.  The Court has now issued its judgement that found in favour of the Estate.  The Company intends to appeal this judgement on a point of law and will provide further updates as required.  The Company maintains that the Royalty is invalid on the grounds of misrepresentation and a lack of consideration and intends to exhaust all legal avenues on behalf of all its shareholders to ensure that the Alberta Courts adjudicate fully on the merits of the case, rather than restricting their review to a technical time limitation defence.  The Company has at all times taken a conservative approach to the treatment of the purported royalty and included it fully in the financial model for the Sonora Feasibility Study published in 2018, as well as all financial projections to investors and debt funding partners.