The 9Be(α, p)12B and 11B(d, p)12B reactions have been used to determine excitation energies, total widths and spin-parities for states which could correspond to astrophysically significant resonances in the 8Li(α, n)11B reaction. Six such states are observed at Ex = 10.199, 10.417, 10.564, 10.880, 11.328 and 11.571 MeV. None of these states corresponds to the broad resonance observed in the 11B(n, α)8Li reaction. However, we find no evidence that such a resonance exists. © 1994.