Core Lithium signs MOU for new offtake deal and secures $1 million at-market placement
If they proceed, offtake agreements in place will represent around 85% of the Finniss project's proposed annual production of 175,000 tonnes.
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Core Lithium Limited is an Australian lithium company and 100% owner of the Finniss Lithium Operation in the Northern Territory. The company also holds a portfolio of tenements in the Northern Territory and South Australia which are prospective for a variety of commodities, including base metals, rare earth elements, gold and uranium.
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If they proceed, offtake agreements in place will represent around 85% of the Finniss project's proposed annual production of 175,000 tonnes.
The Northern Territory Government Local Jobs Fund has offered to invest $5 million in the Finniss Lithium Project through a low-cost business investment concessional loan.
Core Lithium was recently accepted as a member of the European Battery Alliance, an organisation committed to driving a competitive and sustainable battery industry in Europe by 2025.
These are in addition to the recently recognised Possum and Arum prospects at Adelaide River.
Core recently signed a non-binding offtake term sheet with Geneva-based Transamine Trading for the supply of spodumene concentrate from its Finniss Lithium Project.
A review of historic data has identified several advanced gold prospects at Adelaide River Gold Project in the Northern Territory.
The company will pay Liontown the $1.5 million in cash before July 14 from its cash reserves of $8.5 million.
The NTEPA decided the Grants Lithium Project has been altered in such a manner that it adequately addresses the potentially significant environmental impacts, so a public environmental report or EIS is not required.
The company is progressing towards a final investment decision for the project in late 2020.
The company will add the improved mineral resource estimate to the updated feasibility study for the Northern Territory project.
The company closed the SPP a week early after exceeding its target of $1.5 million.
Funds received will be used to progress the Finniss Lithium Project in the Northern Territory, with the company planning to be construction-ready post COVID-19.
The company and Transamine Trading have agreed to the annual supply of 50,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate from the Finniss Lithium Project over five years.
The company has applied for a new Northern Territory Government initiative aimed at creating more local jobs and accelerating major and significant projects.
The company has applied to a new Northern Territory Government initiative aimed at creating more local jobs and accelerating major and significant projects
Previous exploration datasets and assays focussed on tin-tantalum-lithium regularly excluded gold.
Given its low start-up capital requirements, existing infrastructure and proximity to offshore transport services, Finniss Lithium Project is well placed to meet growing demand for lithium batteries for electric vehicles and other renewable
The results build on previous work and confirm that the project can produce high-quality lithium concentrate at better lithium grades and lower iron content.
This approval is a crucial milestone in the company plans to build Australia’s first lithium mine and production facility outside Western Australia.
The coronavirus pandemic is not expected to impact the company’s non-fieldwork milestones in the near-term.