de la Reza et al. (1997) suggested that all K giants become Li-rich for a short time. During this period the giants are associated with an expanding thin circumstellar shell supposedly triggered by an abrupt internal mixing ...

We report here new results about a search for Li- rich stars among 52 G-K giant stars which are known to have near IR excess. Eleven giants have been found to have loge (Li)≥ 1.0. Five are new Li-rich stars. We suspect ...