Canada Lithium Announces Key Personnel Appointments and Equipment Purchases For Québec Lithium Project
TORONTO, July 6, 2011 /CNW/ --
TSX: CLQ; U.S. OTC: CLQMF
TORONTO, July 6, 2011 /CNW/ - Canada Lithium Corp. (TSX: CLQ) (OTCQX:
CLQMF) announced today it has filled three senior management positions
and placed key orders for both process plant and mine equipment as the
$202-million Québec Lithium Project near Val d'Or, Qué., enters the
construction phase.
Donald Blanchet, P.Eng., MBA, has been appointed Vice President,
Sustainable Development, in charge of project environmental approval
processes, as well as supervising all aspects of site environmental
works. M. Blanchet has over 25 years of experience in civil
engineering and environmental protection and has considerable
experience in major-project permitting and construction. Before
joining Canada Lithium, he was Director of GENIVAR Inc.'s Amos, Qué.,
office. He also worked previously as a vice president for Pellemon
Inc. and SNC-Lavalin.
Jean Luc Bernier, P.Eng., M.Sc., has been appointed Metallurgical
Superintendent. M. Bernier, a chemical engineer with over 30 years of
metallurgical experience, worked previously with Rio-Tinto-Alcan in the
development of new technologies, overseeing construction of new
facilities and operations management. Among other things, he was
involved in the development of aluminum-lithium alloy technology for
Alcan.
Construction of Canada Lithium's mine and plant will be overseen by
Marco Plourde, the Project's new Construction Superintendent. M.
Plourde has for the past 30 years supervised and managed dam
construction, earthworks and open-pit mine operations in Canada and
around the world, including postings as mining superintendent for Goro
Nickel in New Caledonia, Canadian Royalties in Québec and Essakane in
Burkina Faso. Prior to joining Canada Lithium, M. Plourde was General
Superintendent for Agregat RN, working on the Osisko mining project
near Val d'Or.
'We are delighted to welcome on board Messrs. Blanchet, Bernier and
Plourde,' said Charles Taschereau, Chief Operating Officer. 'We will
now move rapidly into the construction phase of project development,
with site preparation scheduled to commence in mid-August 2011.'
The Company also announced that key orders have been placed with
suppliers for both the processing plant and the mining operation.
Orders for the process plant's long-lead-time items, such as the ball
mill, rod mill and kiln, have now been confirmed with Metso Inc. The
ball and rod mills will be built in Montreal and the kiln will be
sourced in the U.S.
For the mining operation, the initial order for three, 91-tonne
Caterpillar mine-haul trucks has been placed with Hewitt Equipment
Limited in Québec.
About Canada Lithium Corp.
The Company holds a 100% interest in the Québec Lithium Project near Val
d'Or, the geographical heart of the Québec mining industry. The Company
plans to build an open-pit mine and processing plant on-site with
capacity to produce approximately 20,000 tonnes of battery-grade
lithium carbonate. Metallurgical tests have produced battery-grade
lithium carbonate samples. The Company trades under the symbol CLQ on
the TSX and on the U.S. OTCQX under the symbol CLQMF.
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Peter Secker, President and CEO (416) 361-2821
Olav Svela, Director, Investor Relations (416) 361-2821 or (416) 479-4355 or email osvela@canadalithium.com
Christine Stewart, Renmark Financial Communications Inc. (416) 644-2020 or email cstewart@renmarkfinancial.com
Please visit the Canada Lithium website at www.canadalithium.com.
Corporate Office: 401 Bay Street, Suite 2010, P.O. Box 118, Toronto, ON, M5H 2Y4