Frontier Lithium Inc. announce the commencement of mini-pilot plant operations with XPS Expert Process Solutions ("XPS"), a Glencore Company, at their research and development centre in Falconbridge, ON and at other off-site locations. The goal of the pilot is to directly produce lithium hydroxide from the PAK Lithium Project resource. The PAK project contains Ontario's highest grade and largest lithium resource and is located in an emerging premium lithium mineral district located in the Great Lakes region of northern Ontario. Sample preparation and concentrate production have recently been completed, pyrometallurgical processing has commenced, and final hydrometallurgical circuit construction and commissioning is currently taking place. The mini-pilot is configured to produced high quality lithium-bearing pregnant leach solution ("PLS") that is suitable for continuous crystallization by a reputable off-site third party with the objective of demonstrating the production of high purity battery quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate from a steady state process. This pilot project is being undertaken to alleviate financial and technical risks associated with scaling-up of company innovative patent pending lithium extraction process which is under an International Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) filing. The pilot aims to generate high-purity battery grade lithium hydroxide chemical which will be used as marketing samples of the product and will also provide essential data required for a future Pre-Feasibility Study to be conducted by the company. The final crystallization work is expected to be completed in the spring of 2021.