CleanTech Lithium PLC (AIM:CTL) said all of the exploration licences applied for at the Llamara project in Chile have been granted, giving it a prospective total area of 344 square kilometres.
Exploration drilling is now expected to get underway in the coming weeks, CleanTech said in a statement.
Llamara is located within the ‘Lithium Triangle’ in northern Chile, 600km north of the company´s two flagship projects, Laguna Verde and Francisco Basin.
Aldo Boitano, chief executive, said: “This is a large licence area covering 344 km2 within which a historical geophysics survey interprets a thick subsurface brine aquifer.
“The planned drilling will aim to establish if the brine aquifer is enriched in lithium. We will also carry out a field and desk-top study on the potential for a surface evaporite lithium deposit in the project area.
"Drilling programmes to expand existing resource estimates at our Laguna Verde and Francisco Basin projects are ongoing with Llamara providing additional exploration potential.
“We are not aware of any exploration company in the lithium sector that has progressed resource drill programmes at three projects concurrently.”