VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Alpha Lithium Corporation (TSX.V: ALLI) (OTC: ALLIF) (Frankfurt: 2P62) (“Alpha” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Voltaic Minerals (USA), Inc. (“Voltaic”) and Beta Energy Corp. (“Beta”) to undertake a spin-out transaction that would reorganize the business and capital structure of the Company to spinout its Green Energy Project located in Grand County, Utah (the “Green Energy Project”).
The proposed spin-out transaction will be completed by way of a Plan of Arrangement to be completed under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “Proposed Arrangement”).
Pursuant to the Proposed Arrangement, Alpha will transfer to Beta, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alpha incorporated for the purposes of the Spin-out Transaction: (i) all of the Company’s legal and beneficial interests in the Green Energy Project, including all of the shares of Voltaic; and (ii) $5.0 million, in exchange for common shares of Beta (“Beta Shares”).
It is intended that, as part of the reorganization, the Company’s current shareholders will receive shares of Beta in proportion to their shareholdings in Alpha on the basis of 0.1 of a Beta Share for each common share of Alpha held.
The Proposed Arrangement remains conditional on the approval of the shareholders of Alpha and the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and Supreme Court of British Columbia, among other things.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF ALPHA LITHIUM CORPORATION
“Brad Nichol”
Brad Nichol,
President, CEO and Director
For more information:
Alpha Lithium Investor Relations
Tel: +1 844 592 6337
info@alphalithium.com
About Alpha Lithium (TSX.V: ALLI) (OTC: ALLIF) (Frankfurt: 2P62)
Alpha Lithium is a growing team of industry professionals and experienced stakeholders focused on the development of the Tolillar and Hombre Muerto Salars. In Tolillar, we have assembled 100% ownership of what may be one of Argentina’s last undeveloped lithium salars, encompassing 27,500 hectares (67,954 acres), neighboring multi-billion-dollar lithium players in the heart of the renowned “Lithium Triangle”. In Hombre Muerto, we are expanding our foothold in one of the world’s highest quality, longest producing lithium salars. Other companies in the area exploring for lithium brines or currently in production include Orocobre Limited, Galaxy Lithium, Livent Corporation, and POSCO in Salar del Hombre Muerto; Orocobre in Salar Olaroz; Eramine SudAmerica S.A. in Salar de Centenario; and Gangfeng and Lithium Americas in Salar de Cauchari. Find out more at: https://alphalithium.com/.
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