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Rio Grande

Address
Salta
Stage
Preliminary Economic Assessment
Minerals
Lithium
Employment
682
Capital Cost
$750,000,000.00
Remaining Life
30 Years
Rio Grande

General Information

Address
Salta

Description

• Claims covering 37,000+ hectares • Evaporation proven process; flexibility for other options • PEA completed and multiple alternatives to be analyzed during Preliminary Feasibility Study (PFS) • PFS and hydrogeological modeling underway • Capital Cost of US$706 Million (20,000 tpa LCE Annual Production Capacity) and US$1.345 Billion (40,000 tpa LCE Annual Production Capacity). • Drilling Program underway

Processing

  • Concentration and primary purification ponds in Rio Grande.
  • Processing of concentrated brine at the Güemes Industrial Park, city of Güemes.

Average Annual Production

20,000 tonnes annually LCE.

Resources & Reserves

4.7 MT of LCE at 525 mg/l

Related companies

Investor

  • NOA LITHIUM BRINES100%

Operator

  • NOA LITHIUM BRINES100%