Empire Metals Corp. announced Empire now has agreements to acquire 100% ownership of the Fox Creek Lithium Project. Empire's Fox Creek Lithium Project covers large portions of oil and gas fields that have and/or are commercially producing oil and gas from the Beaverhill Lake Brine - a saline aquifer in Alberta. Empire has confirmed through exploration the Beaverhill Lake Brine contains elevated and potentially economic concentrations of lithium and other mineral elements. Empire believes lithium enriched brines produced as a byproduct of oil and gas production at Fox Creek constitute an important and significant opportunity for the commercial production of lithium in Alberta. Empire's Fox Creek Lithium Project covers a large property area of more than 275,000 hectares (680,000 acres) in more than 40 metallic and industrial minerals permits with extensive oil and gas production.