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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): June 23, 2010
Li3
Energy, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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333-127703
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20-3061907
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
File
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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Number)
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Identification
Number)
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Av.
Pardo y Aliaga 699
Of.
802
San
Isidro, Lima, Peru
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(51)
1-212-1880
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Copy
to:
Adam S.
Gottbetter, Esq.
Gottbetter
& Partners, LLP
488
Madison Avenue, 12th Floor
New York,
NY 10022
Phone: (212)
400-6900
Not
applicable
(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):
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This
report and its exhibit contain “forward-looking statements.” All
statements other than statements of historical facts included in this report and
its exhibit, including without limitation, statements regarding our financial
position, estimated working capital, business strategy, the plans and objectives
of our management for future operations and those statements preceded by,
followed by or that otherwise include the words “believe,” “expects,”
“anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “projects,” “target,” “goal,” “plans,”
“objective,” “should,” or similar expressions or variations on such expressions
are forward-looking statements. We can give no assurances that the assumptions
upon which the forward-looking statements are based will prove to be correct.
Because forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties,
actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. There are a number of risks, uncertainties and other
important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from
the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, our ability to
identify appropriate corporate acquisition and/or joint venture opportunities in
the lithium mining sector and to establish the technical and managerial
infrastructure, and to raise the required capital, to take advantage of, and
successfully participate in such opportunities; future economic conditions;
political stability; and lithium prices. For further information
about the risks we face, see “Risk Factors” in Item 8.01 of our Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14,
2010.
Except
as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we disclaim any
obligations or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statement contained in this Report to reflect any change in our
expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Item
7.01. Regulation
FD Disclosure
On June
23, 2010, Li3 Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release relating to
the completion of a geophysical orientation profile on the Pocitos lithium
mining project in Argentina. Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated by reference herein is a copy of that press release. The
master option agreement pursuant to which the Company would to acquire up to an
aggregate 85% interest in the Pocitos salar property has not yet closed, and
closing thereunder is subject to certain customary conditions. There can be no
assurance that the closing will occur. For more information about the
Company’s project at Pocitos, see “Description of Business—Our
Projects—Argentina—Puna Lithium Transaction” in Item 8.01 of our Current Report
on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2010,
which description is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The
following Exhibit is being furnished with this Report
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated June 23, 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.
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Li3
Energy, Inc.
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Dated: June
23, 2010
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By:
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/s/
Luis Saenz
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Name: Luis
Saenz
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated June 23, 2010
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