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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported) February 18,
2010
Li3 Energy,
Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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33-127703
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20-3061907
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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Av. Pardo
y Aliaga 699 Of. 802
San
Isidro, Lima, Peru
+ (51)
1-212-1880
(Address
and telephone number of principal executive offices)
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(a)(1) On
February 18, 2008, Douglas A. Perkins resigned as a director effective
immediately. Mr. Perkins did not have any disagreement with us on any
matter relating to our operations, policies or practices.
(d)(1) On
February 18, 2008, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) voted to appoint David
G. Wahl and Antonio Ortúzar to its Board of Directors, effective
immediately.
David G.
Wahl
Since 2005 to the present, Mr. Wahl has
been the President and CEO of Southampton Associates - Consulting Engineers
& Geoscientist, a private consulting concern specializing in mining and
technical issues for corporate clients, financial institutions and
governments. From May, 2002 to the present, Mr. Wahl has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Temex Resources
Corp. (TSX Venture:
TME, Frankfurt: TQ1), a precious
metals and minerals company. From July, 2006 to the present, Mr. Wahl has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Dumont Nickel, Inc., (TSX Venture: DNI, Frankfurt:
DG7), a holding company for mining
properties in certain Canadian provinces. From August, 2006 to the present, Mr. Wahl has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Latin American Mineral
s Inc.(TSX Venture : LAT) , a mineral
exploration.
Mr.
Wahl also currently serves in a technical advisory capacity to certain financial institutions, government
agencies, and national legal and accounting firms.
Mr. Wahl
is a graduate of the Colorado
School of Mines and received a degree as an Engineer of Mines in 1968.
Antonio
Ortúzar Vicuña
From
October, 2000 to the present, Mr. Ortúzar has been a law partner at Cruzat
Ortúzar y Mackenna Ltda., the Chilean branch of Baker & Mackenzie, where Mr.
Ortúzar heads the mining practice group. Mr. Ortúzar other areas of practice include project finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, telecommunications, capital
markets, and mining law. Mr. Ortuzar has also
participated as a business partner in a number of ventures in the mining sector
in South America.
Mr. Ortúzar graduated from the Universidad Gabriela
Mistral, Santiago, Chile where he obtained his license to practice law on
January 25, 1989. He is a Licensee in Juridical and Social Sciences,
L.L.B. He was admitted to the Chilean bar association on January 24,
1989. He also attended an academic course on American and
International Law in 1992 at the Southwestern Legal Foundation in Dallas,
Texas.
The Company issued a press release on
February 19, 2010 announcing the appointments of David G. Wahl and Antonio Ortúzar Vicuña to its
Board, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
Release dated February 19, 2010
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
| Li3 Energy, Inc. | |||
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Date: March
1, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Luis Saenz | |
| Luis Saenz, Chief Executive Officer | |||