Western Lithium is developing its Nevada lithium resource into potentially one of the world's largest strategic, scalable and reliable sources of battery grade lithium carbonate. The property has an NI 43-101 resource estimate for the initial stage of development and in total hosts a historically estimated 11 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE). Western Lithium intends to start production in 2013, coinciding with the expected increase in production of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid/electric vehicles.