Century Lithium CEO Bill Willoughby joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the successful completion of recent testing at the company’s Demonstration Plant, conducted in collaboration with Amalgamated Research. The tests focused on advancements within the Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) segment of Century Lithium’s proprietary processing method—yielding impressive results that could significantly reduce capital and operating costs at the company’s flagship Angel Island project. The testing produced a lithium feed concentration of 328 milligrams per liter, with an outstanding lithium recovery rate of 91.6% in the primary DLE step. These results, according to the company, could meaningfully enhance the efficiency and economic viability of lithium production at Angel Island. Further downstream, Century Lithium successfully concentrated lithium in the eluate to between 12 and 14 grams per liter using advanced specialty membranes—demonstrating significant gains in the concentration steps following DLE. This allowed for continuous operation of the lithium carbonate circuit, which ultimately produced lithium carbonate (Li₂CO₃) samples with a remarkable purity of 99.87%. The company’s next step will be to submit these high-purity lithium carbonate samples to an independent third party for evaluation in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery production. These batteries are increasingly in demand for use in solar power systems, grid-scale energy storage, and long-range electric vehicles (EVs)—sectors poised for rapid growth amid the global energy transition. #proactiveinvestors #centurylithiumcorp #tsxv #lce #otcqx #cydvf #mining #oricaspecialtymining #LithiumExtraction #BatteryMaterials #DLETechnology #LithiumCarbonate #CleanEnergy #EVbatteries #MiningInnovation #ProactiveInvestors #BatteryGradeLithium