Menika MiningLtd. said April 11 that its board approved a change in thecompany's name to American Lithium Corp.

In line with the name change, which is subject to TSX VentureExchange approval, the company intends to apply to change its ticker symbol toLI to better reflect the new name.

Menika recently completed the acquisition of , which holds theright to purchase the FishLake Valley lithium project in Nevada.