Savannah Resources PLC: Cooperation Agreement signed with University of Porto andLaboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Mina do Barroso Lithium Project, Portugal

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*Savannah Resources Plc* 
 
*Cooperation Agreement signed with University of Porto and**Laboratorio 
Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Mina do Barroso Lithium Project, Portugal * 
 
*Highlights:* 
 
  · Savannah has agreed "The Protocol of Cooperation" (Protoclo de 
  Cooperação) with the Partners ('the Agreement') which formalises the 
  working relationship and builds upon the fieldwork which has been carried 
  out to date 
 
  · LNEG is a Governmental Research and Development ('R&D') institution 
  geared towards meeting the needs of society and companies and has 
  significant experience in the lithium processing technologies 
 
  · The Faculty of Sciences of the University of Portowas established in 
  1911 and has maintained its unique position in providing quality training 
  in Exact Sciences, Natural Sciences and Mathematics 
 
  · This co-operation is illustrative of the high calibre lithium technical 
  grouping Savannah is establishing in Portugal 
 
Savannah Resources plc (AIM: SAV, FWB: SAV and SWB: SAV) ('Savannah') or the 
'Company'), the AIM quoted resource development company, which is focused on 
becoming Europe's most significant producer of lithium spodumene 
concentrates from its Portuguese Mina do Barroso Project ('Mina do Barroso' 
'MdB' or 'the Project'), is pleased to announce it is working with the 
Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia ('LNEG') and Faculty of Sciences 
from the University of Porto ('the Partners') and to date has concluded a 
preliminary mineralogy study and a first draft processing flowsheet for the 
treatment, recovery and concentration of spodumene from samples of Grandao 
and NOA deposits at MdB. 
 
*Savannah's Technical Director, Dale Ferguson said: *"We were delighted to 
enter into this Agreement with these two prestigious organisations within 
Portugal. Both have strong track records, including that Professor Noronha 
of the University of Porto discovered the presence of lithium in Portugal at 
the Grandao location around thirty years ago. This Agreement formalises the 
work that has been undertaken to date and we believe notable benefits so far 
have been achieved for the Project such as the noteworthy metallurgical 
outcomes that have been attained. 
 
"ThePortuguese Government supports the development of the lithium industry 
in Portugal as evidenced by the recent Government approval in the Council of 
Ministers of the 'strategic guidelines for the valorisation of the potential 
of lithium minerals in Portugal'". 
 
Please click on the following link to the complete press release: 
http://www.savannahresources.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Cooperation- 
Agreement-signed-with-University-of-Porto-in-the-advancement-of-the-Mina-do- 
Barroso-Lithium-Project-.pdf [1] 
 
For further information please visit www.savannahresources.com [2]or 
contact: 
 
David Archer (CEO)       Savannah Resources    Tel: [phone] 
                         plc                   2489 
David Hignell / Dugald   Northland Capital     Tel: [phone] 
J. Carlean (Nominated    Partners Ltd          6625 
Adviser) 
Christopher Raggett /    finnCap Ltd           Tel: [phone] 
Camille Gochez (Broker)                        0500 
Grant Barker (Equity     Whitman Howard        Tel: +44 020 
Adviser)                                       7659 1225 
Charlotte Page / Lottie  St Brides Partners    Tel: [phone] 
Wadham (Financial PR)    Ltd                   1177 
*About Savannah* 
Savannah is a diversified resources group (AIM: SAV) with a portfolio of 
energy metals projects - lithium in Portugal and copper in Oman - together 
with the world-class Mutamba Heavy Mineral Sands Project in Mozambique, 
which is being developed in a consortium with the global major Rio Tinto. 
The Board is committed to serving the interests of its shareholders and to 
delivering outcomes that will improve the lives of our staff and the 
communities we work with. 
 
The Company is listed and regulated on AIM and the Company's ordinary shares 
are also available on the Quotation Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
(FWB) under the symbol FWB: SAV, and the Börse Stuttgart (SWB) under the 
ticker "SAV". 
 
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