Orocobre provides Olaroz Lithium Project Construction Update


BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - April 14, 2013) - OROCOBRE LIMITED (ASX:ORE)(TSX:ORL) has released a webcast with the following details:

Richard Seville discusses highlights for Q1 2013 and construction progress at the Olaroz Lithium Project.

Speaker: Richard Seville Managing Director and CEO

Live Date: Monday, 15 April 2013, 10:35 am AEST

Access this webcast at: http://www.brrmedia.com/event/111179

Access other ORE webcasts at: http://www.brrmedia.com/asx/ORE

About Orocobre Limited

Orocobre Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:ORL)(ASX:ORE) and is building a substantial Argentinian-based industrial minerals company through the construction and operation of its portfolio of lithium, potash and boron projects and facilities in the Puna region of northern Argentina. The Company is building in partnership with Toyota Tsusho Corporation the first large-scale, "greenfield" brine based lithium project in 20 years at its flagship Salar de Olaroz resource, with projected production of 17,500 tonnes per annum of low-cost battery grade lithium carbonate scheduled to commence in Q2 2014. The Company also wholly-owns Borax Argentina, an important regional borate producer. Orocobre has recently been included in the S&P/ASX 300 Index and was named 2012 Mining Company of the Year by Argentine mining magazine Panorama Minero and the Fundacion para el desarrollo de le Mineria Argentina ("Fundamin" or Foundation for Development of Argentina Mining). For further information, please visit www.orocobre.com.

ABN 31 112 589 910

Contact Information:

Orocobre Limited - Australia and Asia
David Hall
Business Development Manager
+61 7 3871 3985
dhall@orocobre.com

Orocobre Limited - North America
James Calaway
Chairman
+1 (713) 818 1457
jcalaway@orocobre.com
www.orocobre.com