REG - CleanTech Lithium - Laguna Verde New CEOL Streamlined Process Opened

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19/12/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 2060M  CleanTech Lithium PLC  19 December 2025

 

19 December 2025

CleanTech Lithium PLC ("CTL", CleanTech Lithium" or the "Company")

New CEOL Streamlined Process Opens For Laguna Verde

 

CleanTech Lithium PLC ("CleanTech Lithium" or "CleanTech" or the "Company")
(AIM: CTL, Frankfurt:T2N), an exploration and development company advancing
sustainable lithium projects in Chile, is pleased to announce the new
streamlined process to be awarded a Special Lithium Operating Contract
("CEOL") for Laguna Verde is now officially open for applications.

Referring to the resolution published by the Ministry of Mining on Thursday
18(th) December, applications can be made by 30(th) January 2026. Once an
application has been accepted, the Ministry of Mining department in charge of
reviewing CEOL applications should respond within 30 days. CleanTech intends
to make its application for the CEOL in the near future.

Ignacio Mehech, Chief Executive Officer of CleanTech Lithium, commented:
"Following the successful indigenous consultations for Laguna Verde, the new
streamlined process to be granted a CEOL has now officially been confirmed
open. We will be making our application and, if successful, we will begin
negociations with the Government early next year. We will provide a further
update once we have applied."

 For further information contact:
 CleanTech Lithium PLC
 Ignacio Mehech/Gordon Stein/Nick Baxter       Office: +44 (0) 1534 668 321

                                               Mobile: +44 (0) 7494 630 360

                                               Chile office: +562-32239222
 Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)  +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

 Roland Cornish/Asia Szusciak
 Fox-Davies Capital Limited (Joint Broker)     +44 (0) 20 3884 8450

 Daniel Fox-Davies                             daniel@fox-davies.com (mailto:daniel@fox-davies.com)
 Canaccord Genuity (Joint Broker)              +44 (0) 20 7523 4680

 James Asensio

 

Beaumont Cornish Limited ("Beaumont Cornish") is the Company's Nominated
Adviser and is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Beaumont Cornish's
responsibilities as the Company's Nominated Adviser, including a
responsibility to advise and guide the Company on its responsibilities under
the AIM Rules for Companies and AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, are owed
solely to the London Stock Exchange. Beaumont Cornish is not acting for and
will not be responsible to any other persons for providing protections
afforded to customers of Beaumont Cornish nor for advising them in relation to
the proposed arrangements described in this announcement or any matter
referred to in it.

 

Notes

CleanTech Lithium (AIM:CTL, Frankfurt:T2N) is an exploration and development
company advancing lithium projects in Chile for the clean energy transition.
CleanTech Lithium has two key lithium projects in Chile, Laguna Verde and
Viento Andino, and exploration stage project in Arenas Blancas (Salar de
Atacama), located in the lithium triangle, a leading centre for battery grade
lithium production.

 

CleanTech Lithium is committed to utilising Direct Lithium Extraction ("DLE")
with reinjection of spent brine resulting in no aquifer depletion. Direct
Lithium Extraction is a transformative technology which removes lithium from
brine with higher recoveries, short development lead times and no extensive
evaporation pond construction. For more information, please visit:
www.ctlithium.com (http://www.ctlithium.com)

 

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