Galan Lithium Limited announced that following the recent receipt of drilling permits from the Secretaria de Estado de Minería - Gobierno de Catamarca (the authority that approves drilling permits in Catamarca, Argentina), the company will commence its maiden drill programme over its Western Basin projects located on the Hombre Muerto salar in Argentina later this week. Preparatory works to access sites for drilling have now been completed within the Pata Pila and Rana del Sal project areas. The drilling will target highly conductive anomalies recorded from CSAMT (Controlled Source Audio-frequency Magnetotellurics) surveys previously completed in September last year. Pata Pila covers a large alluvial fan along the western margin of the salar with the geophysical profile showing an upper, horizontal conductive layer over 2km being compatible with geological units interpreted to contain brines. The south-west extreme of the line shows the limit of the conductive materials which is more transitional and may be due to mixing of fresh/salty water content with brines in the area between stations 10400E and 10800E. To the west, the resistive materials are interpreted as metamorphic basement. The Rana de Sal profile covers an alluvial fan area interpreted to overlie the salar. The geophysical profile shows a highly conductive response over 1.5km that are compatible with units interpreted to contain brines. The eastern end shows the conductive anomaly remaining open, as expected, as the line enters the salar in the area where Livent Corporation has its operations. Towards the west a more resistive unit is interpreted as basement. Between stations 10700E and 11900E, the overlying materials are interpreted as alluvial fan sediments saturated with fresh or salty water. The company has been granted permits to drill a total of 14 drill holes plus 5 water bores within 18 months over the Western tenements. This work follows the completion of its initial resource drilling over the Candelas project located in the south-east region of Hombre Muerto. A maiden resource is currently being estimated for Candelas by the company's consultants SRK (Australia) and is on track for completion during the current quarter.