Wedoany.com Report-Oct. 27, Century Lithium Corp. (TSXV: LCE) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt: C1Z) announced that its Lithium Extraction Facility in Amargosa Valley, Nevada, has successfully produced lithium hydroxide for the first time. The product was derived from lithium carbonate obtained from the company’s wholly owned Angel Island lithium project near Silver Peak, Nevada.

Bill Willoughby, President and CEO of Century Lithium, said: “The lithium hydroxide samples produced by our team represent another important milestone for the Company. Up until this point, Century's efforts have focused on making lithium carbonate as the end product for Angel Island. By producing high-purity lithium hydroxide, we show that Angel Island can supply another major lithium product for the domestic market.”

The samples were generated from lithium carbonate extracted from Angel Island’s lithium claystone deposit. The process used the company’s patent-pending alkaline leach and Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technologies. Production took place on-site through a batch process using standard liming conversion with calcium hydroxide, achieving a purity of over 99.5%.

Century Lithium is also developing a Direct Lithium Conversion (DLC) process to produce lithium hydroxide directly from lithium chloride solution. This approach would eliminate lithium carbonate as an intermediate stage, streamline production, and reduce both energy use and operating costs.

As demand for mobile and stationary energy storage continues to expand, the Angel Island project is positioned to support the United States’ efforts to establish reliable domestic sources of critical materials. Lithium carbonate is vital for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, while lithium hydroxide is used in high-energy-density nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) and nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA) batteries. By demonstrating the potential to produce both materials, Angel Island could contribute significantly to the development of a more resilient domestic battery supply chain.

Todd Fayram, MMSA-QP and Senior Vice President of Metallurgy at Century Lithium, has verified the technical content of this announcement as the qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.

Century Lithium Corp. is an advanced-stage lithium developer focused on its fully owned Angel Island project in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The project hosts one of the largest sedimentary lithium deposits in the United States. The company’s demonstration plant has been producing battery-grade lithium carbonate using its proprietary chloride leaching and DLE processes.

Currently in the permitting stage, Angel Island’s three-phase feasibility plan aims to produce an average of 34,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate per year over a projected 40-year mine life. Century Lithium trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “LCE,” the OTCQX as “CYDVF,” and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as “C1Z.”