Nevada Energy Metals Starts Lithium Exploration Survey at San Emidio Desert, Nevada

October 4, 2016 – Vancouver, British Columbia- Nevada Energy Metals (TSXV:BFF) (OTCQB:SSLMF) (Frankfurt:A2AFBV) ) is pleased to announce that a sampling program designed to test for lithium values in surface soils and/or playa evaporates has been initiated at the Company’s 100% owned San Emidio Desert property. Geochemical sample points are being arranged on a grid pattern of eighteen lines spaced 400 meters apart with stations every 200 meters along the lines. It is expected that 172 sample points will be measured. Results should be available in approximately three weeks.
About the San Emidio Lithium Project:
The property now includes 155 claims (approximately 3,100 acres/1255 hectares) in the San Emidio Desert, Washoe County, Nevada, 95 km northeast of Reno. The San Emidio Desert basin is an alkali playa environment underlain by unconsolidated sediments and clays being fed by lithium bearing geothermal fluids (US. Geothermal analyses) reported in bounding faults, and/or faults along the east side of the basin. Since mid-Tertiary time, the rocks on the eastern edge of the San Emidio Desert have undergone extensive hydrothermal alteration. The presence of near-surface thermal fluids suggest that the thermal fluids represent deep circulation of meteoric water (Moore, J.N., 1997). The property adjoins the Empire Geothermal Power Plant “Empire” with production of 4.6 MW of electricity from a 155°C resource thereby providing a substantial heat source for the circulation of meteoric groundwater believed important in the formation of lithium brine deposits as found at Clayton Valley, Nevada, host to North America’s preeminent lithium brine production. US Geothermal has reported anomalous lithium values in the trace element analysis of their geothermal brines at Empire.
Nevada Energy Metals has acquired a 100% interest in the San Emidio Desert property, free of royalty payments.
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