Pilbara Minerals Ltd

Diversified minerals explorer and developer Ardiden Limited (ASX:ADV) is pleased to advise that it has established a pathway for the potential near-term development and commercialisation of its majority-owned Seymour Lake Lithium Project in Ontario, Canada.

Lithium Power International Ltd (ASX:LPI) (OTCMKTS:LTHHF) is pleased to advise the initial Pilgangoora drilling program commenced on 11 May 2017, with up to 3,000m of reverse circulation (RC) drilling planned to test the new targets generated by company geophysical and geochemical surveys.

Lithium Australia NL (ASX:LIT) has announced the commencement of piloting for continuous production of lithium carbonate under the second stage of their new test program at the Sileach(TM) pilot plant operated by ANSTO Minerals. The second stage of pilot testing will recover lithium carbonate and potassium salts from solutions generated during the previous pilot plant test.

Venus Metals Corporation Limited (ASX:VMC) are pleased to provide the Company's latest Investor Presentation titled 'Powering up with Lithium'.

Lithium Australia (ASX:LIT) has continued to advance their Sileach(TM) technology as they announced that pilot testing at ANSTO Minerals had commenced. The first test consisted of a 1 day commissioning run of the Sileach(TM) circuit, after which process solutions and residual solids are being analysed prior to commencing continuous operations in about two weeks' time.

Altura Mining Limited (ASX:AJM) (OTCMKTS:ALTAF) is pleased to advise that it has executed both a mutual Access Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate at tenement boundaries with adjoining Pilgangoora lithium project developer Pilbara Minerals Limited (ASX:PLS).

The Directors of Venus Metals Corporation Limited (ASX:VMC) are pleased to announce that the reconnaissance sampling on its Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project area in Western Australia demonstrates the presence of significant lithium mineralisation associated with previously unrecognised pegmatitic stratigraphy.

Lithium Australia NL (ASX:LIT) is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with Pilbara Minerals Limited (ASX:PLS) to jointly progress the development of LIT's 100%-owned Sileach(TM) process, which has been developed to recover lithium from spodumene concentrates.

Mining Plus have recently completed the Mining Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for Pilbara Minerals Limited's (ASX:PLS) Pilgangoora Lithium-Tantalum project, which is located approximately 120km south of Port Hedland in Western Australia's Pilbara region.