Lion One Metals Limited announced that construction of the new Lion One Geochemical Assay and Metallurgical Laboratory building is nearing completion at the Company's Fijian headquarters 1km from the Nadi International Airport on the island of Viti Levu in the Republic of Fiji. Construction of the laboratory building commenced in early 2018 with local contractors and will service the Company's Tuvatu Gold Project located 17km away in the nearby Sabeto Valley. The Company plans to start the commissioning process in early 2019 as soon as the current installation of the ventilation system is completed. Lion One has hired a highly experienced Laboratory Manager and team of laboratory technicians from Fiji to operate the facility, supporting the creation of five new full time positions. The new laboratory will be equipped for gold analysis by fire assaying with atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) finish, and a large range of elements by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). The facility will also be utilized to conduct flotation testwork and other metallurgical testwork. Fiji does not currently have any commercial laboratory facilities for geochemical and metallurgical analysis, so the Company plans to have the laboratory become internationally certified and be evaluated for commercial operations potential.