Okapi Resources Ltd. is pleased to advise that a soil sampling programme has been conducted on the newly granted tenement E63/2039. Tenement E63/2039 is located approximately 450 km east of Perth, Western Australia and lies adjacent to Okapi's Mount Day Project joint venture with Lithium Australia NL in the Lake Johnston Greenstone Belt. Okapi [...]
Okapi Resources Ltd. is pleased to advise that tenement E63/2039 at Maggie Hays Hill has been granted. Tenement E63/2039 is located approximately 450km east of Perth, Western Australia and lies immediately adjacent to Okapi's Mount Day Project joint venture from Lithium Australia NL in the Lake Johnston Greenstone Belt. Based on a review of open [...]
Ground breaking research recently completed by a leading German battery technology institute has identified a previously unrecognised contamination and safety risk for lithium-ion batteries - the use of lower purity alumina in battery cell manufacture. The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden Germany, recently [...]
Lithium Australia is perhaps best known for its SiLeach hydrometallurgical technology. SiLeach is an alternative to the more common method of converting lithium concentrate to a lithium carbonate via processes that involve energy-intensive roasting. While SiLeach remains the cornerstone of Lithium Australia's business strategy , the company [...]
Tin International AG, 61.5% owned by Deutsche Rohstoff, announced today that it has signed the Joint Venture Agreement with Lithium Australia. The company is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: LIT) and develops a processing technology that allows the economic extraction of lithium from lithium-bearing mica ore (so-called Sileach(TM [...]
Lithium Australia has announced plans to launch a takeover offer for Lepidico Limited. We interviewed LIT's Managing Director, Adrian Griffin to discuss this as well as other recent corporate activities at the company. This included the settlement of litigation with Lepidico, the reasons for the take-over offer for Lepidico as well as a joint [...]
Lithium Australia Managing Director Adrian Griffin sits down with The Sophisticated Investor in an interview to discuss an update on the recent Sileach test results. Questions include: - The halogen digestion process is a radical departure from conventional processing. Can you tell us how it works, and how the concept evolved? - Can you please [...]
Alix Resources is pleased to report the completion l of a Phase 2 budget with their Joint Venture partner, Lithium Australia, NL to initiate a drill program at its newly discovered Agua Fria site containing lithium-rich clay formations that constitute part of the Electra project, Sonora, Mexico. Highlights of the Agua Fria discovery include [...]
Lithium Australia has announced the commencement of piloting for continuous production of lithium carbonate under the second stage of their new test program at the Sileach(TM) pilot plant operated by ANSTO Minerals (a division of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation). The second stage of pilot testing will recover lithium [...]
Lithium Australia has continued to advance their Sileach(TM) technology as they announced that pilot testing at ANSTO Minerals (a division of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) had commenced. The first test consisted of a 1 day commissioning run of the Sileach(TM) circuit, after which process solutions and residual solids [...]
Lithium Australia is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with Pilbara Minerals to jointly progress the development of LIT's 100%-owned Sileach(TM) process, which has been developed to recover lithium from spodumene concentrates. Highlights: - Lithium Australia and Pilbara Minerals agree to work together to investigate the [...]
Lithium Australia was one of the first groups to identify the growing demand for lithium on the ASX. However, unlike the majority of other lithium focused companies that have ambitions to discover and eventually produce lithium concentrate, Lithium Australia has plan to become a vertically integrated producer of lithium chemicals through the [...]