LIX is moving ahead
Lithium X appoints Hawkins Clayton chief hydrogeologist
2015-12-09 08:18 ET - News Release
Mr. Paul Matysek reports
LITHIUM X APPOINTS DAVID HAWKINS AS CHIEF HYDROGEOLOGIST
Lithium X Energy Corp. has appointed David Hawkins as chief hydrogeologist for the company's Clayton Valley North project.
Mr. Hawkins has over 30 years of experience practicing mining and environmental hydrogeology throughout the western United States and northern Mexico. His broad experience includes groundwater investigations and modelling, supervision of water-quality-monitoring programs, supervision of large-scale drilling programs for water supply development, and development of water supplies for potable and industrial use. He was principal hydrogeologist for Groundwater Resources Consultants Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., from 1986 to 2000, and has been owner and principal hydrogeologist of Barranca Group LLC since 2001.
Mr. Hawkins has degrees from University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University, and a master's degree in hydrology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He is a licensed professional geologist in Arizona and California, and an AIPG-certified professional geologist.
Lithium X will move the Clayton Valley North project forward through two major scientific evaluation programs: hydrogeology, and lithium extraction and recovery processes. Mr. Hawkins will lead the hydrogeology effort.
Mr. Hawkins is assisting Lithium X with designing the initial drill program for the company's planned maiden resource estimate. The drill program will identify and characterize aquifers on the property, and could help support the full production-stage well network design, including reinjection of brine after the lithium has been extracted.
Tim Oliver, vice-president of project development, said the forward-looking work program fits in with Lithium X's philosophy: "We take a long view. Drilling for the resource definition may not strictly require the type of detailed aquifer characterization we will do in the first phase, but working smart means designing our program to serve multiple needs going forward.
"Mr. Hawkins is a strong addition to the Lithium X team because of his background in both groundwater quality studies and mining."
"Early on we recognized that a lithium brine project has a closer relationship to groundwater contamination studies than it does to traditional mineral exploration or a production type of project," said Mr. Hawkins.