Advantage Lithium Grants Stock Options

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sept. 16, 2016) - Advantage Lithium Corp. (the "Company" or "Advantage Lithium") (TSX VENTURE:AAL) announces the granting of stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company for the purchase of up to 1,950,000 common shares, at a price of $0.90 per share, for a period of three years.

Further information about the company can be found at www.advantagelithium.com.

About Advantage Lithium Corp.

Advantage Lithium Corp. is a resource company specializing in the strategic acquisition, exploration and development of lithium properties and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Common Shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "AAL". The company is earning an interest from Nevada Sunrise Gold Corp., in a portfolio of five lithium brine projects in the Clayton and Lida Valley regions of Nevada, USA, together with certificated water rights in the Clayton Valley. In addition, the company has entered into an LOI agreement to earn interest from Radius Gold Inc. in four lithium brine projects in the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila, Northwest Mexico. Most recently, Advantage Lithium Corp. has signed an LOI agreement to acquire 100% of the Stella Marys lithium brine project in Argentina's "Lithium Triangle".

ADVANTAGE LITHIUM CORP.

Per: "David Sidoo"

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