Western Lithium Makes First Shipment of Organoclay Product

Western Lithium USA Corporation (TSX:WLC,OTCQX:WLCDF) announced the shipment of its first order of Hectatone™ drilling additive product on January 2, 2015, from its plant in Fernley, Nevada.

As quoted in the press release,

The montmorillonite based product is an organophilic viscosifier commonly used in the drilling industry as an efficient and economical product for viscosity control, emulsion stability, fluid loss and solids suspension in oil based drilling fluids.  The product was made to specifications requested by Western Lithium’s Houston based distributor Raw Materials Corporation.  Production based samples have now been sent to other potential customers that have expressed an interest in the purchase of this product.

President of Hectatone™  Frank B. Wright stated,

Now that the plant is operational, we plan to manufacture other Hectatone™ products in the weeks and months ahead as potential customers begin to recognize Hectatone™ as a reliable supplier with a state-of-the-art facility, high performance competitive products, and service that is focused on the drilling industry.

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