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Bacanora Lithium plc / Index: AIM / Epic: BCN / Sector: Natural Resources

2 July 2018

Bacanora Lithium Plc ("Bacanora" or the "Company")

Update on Financing Strategy for the Sonora Lithium Project

Bacanora Lithium plc, the London listed lithium company, provides an update on its financing strategy to develop the Sonora Lithium Project in Mexico ('the Project'). The Company is in the final stages of talks with a number of financing and offtake partners. As these negotiations continue, the Company will provide updates to shareholders with its plan for the full funding for the construction of Stage 1 of the Project.

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Notes to Editors

Bacanora Lithium is a London listed lithium exploration and development company (AIM: BCN). The Company's primary focus is on the Sonora Lithium Project. The Company's operations are based in Hermosillo in northern Mexico. The Company is led by a team with lithium expertise and a track record in mine development and production.

The Sonora Lithium Project consists of seven mining concession areas covering approximately 100 thousand hectares in the northeast of Sonora State. The Company, through drilling and exploration work to date, has established a Measured plus Indicated Mineral Resource estimate of over 5 Mt (comprising 1.9Mt of Measured Resources and 3.1Mt of Indicated Resources) of LCE2 and an additional Inferred Mineral Resource of 3.7 Mt of LCE. The Company's Feasibility Study (which was announced 12 December 2017) has established Proven Mineral Reserves (in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects) of 1.67 MT and Probable Mineral Reserves of 2.85 Mt LCE and confirmed the economics associated with becoming a 35,000 tpa lithium carbonate and 30,000 tpa SOP producer in Mexico. In addition to the Sonora Lithium Project, the Company also has a 50% interest in the Zinnwald Lithium Project and the Falkenhain Licence in southern Saxony, Germany. Each of the Zinnwald Lithium Project and the Falkenhain Licence are located in a granite hosted Sn/W/Li belt that has been mined historically for tin, tungsten and lithium at different times over the past 300 years. The strategic location of the Zinnwald Lithium Project and the Falkenhain Licence provides close geographical proximity to the German automotive and downstream lithium chemical industries.

1 The Sonora Lithium Project is comprised of the following lithium properties: La Ventana lithium concession, which is 100 percent owned by Bacanora and El Sauz and Fleur concessions, which are held by Mexilit S.A. de C.V. ('Mexilit') which is owned 70 percent by Bacanora and 30 percent by Cadence Minerals Plc. The Project also includes three other lithium concessions, Buenavista, San Gabriel and Megalit, which do not form part of the Feasibility Study, and are held by Megalit S.A. de C.V, which is owned 70 percent by Bacanora and 30 percent by Cadence Minerals Plc.

2 LCE = lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) equivalent; determined by multiplying Li value in percent by 5.324 to get an equivalent Li2CO3 value in per cent. Use of LCE is to provide data comparable with industry reports and assumes complete conversion of lithium in clays with no recovery or process losses.

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