Western Lithium Grants 100.000 Stock Options to an officer and employees

Vancouver, Canada:  Western Lithium USA Corporation ( Western Lithium  or the  Company , TSX-V: WLC; PK: WLCDF) has granted incentive stock options to an officer and employees of the company for the purchase of up to 100,000 common shares of the Company, at a price of $1.11 per share, for a five year period.

Western Lithium is developing the Kings Valley, Nevada lithium deposit into potentially one of the world s largest⁽¹⁾ strategic, scalable and reliable sources of high quality lithium carbonate.  The Company is positioning itself as a major U.S.-based supplier to support the rising global demand for lithium carbonate that is expected from the increased use of hybrid/electric vehicles.

For further information contact:

Western Lithium USA Corporation

Cindy Burnett, Investor Relations

Telephone: 604-331-9842

Email:    info@westernlithium.com
Website: www.westernlithium.com

(1)    Western Lithium has completed National Instrument 43-101 resource estimates on two portions of the property, one of which is envisioned for the initial stage of mine development.  These resources cover part of the mineralization from a historical estimate of 11 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) prepared by Chevron Resources Corp. in the 1980s that encompasses all of the King s Valley lithium lens deposits identified to date, and ranks in size behind deposits in Bolivia (47 million tonnes LCE), Chile (37 million tonnes LCE), North Carolina (14 million tonnes LCE) and the DRC (12 million tonnes LCE).  Source:  R. Keith Evans, 2010; Roskill Information Services Ltd., 2009; and company disclosures.  A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as current mineral resources under National Instrument 43-101, the Company is not treating the historical estimate as current mineral resources and the historical estimate should not be relied upon. 

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