Lithium Power International Completes sale of Centenario lithium assets
- Lithium Power International (LPI) completes a share purchase agreement with Canadian-based company Vertex Lithium
- As part of this agreement, Vertex has acquired 70 per cent of LPI’s lithium exploration properties on the Centenario Salar in Argentina
- LPI has held Centenario since its IPO in 2016 but agreed to the sale as its focus has primarily been on developing its flagship Maricunga lithium brine project in Chile
- The agreement consisted of a US$700,000 (A$968,957) cash payment for the properties as well as US$40,000 (A$55,369) to cover the transaction costs
- LPI is down 5.1 per cent on the market with shares trading at 46.5 cents
