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Saturday, April 25, 2020 Unconventional Lithium Eschewing Hard Rock and Salares + Unconventional Lithium sources have gained space as disappointment with the financial woes of spodumene projects and long-lead time of salares projects have cast a pall over those modes of production + Resources, particularly oilfield brines, are potentially enormous + Most mooted projects are in top-grade jurisdictions + Technology can overcome low-grade and advance a project over those with higher-grade but in more challenging locations + Unconventional Lithium projects appear to be more scalable Almost universally the grade of Lithium in the unconventional sources is lower than from the more commonly exploited hard rock and salar projects Technologies for extraction of the Lithium are still in evolutionary stages Establishing a resource from the unconventional sources is difficult and that then presents challenges with estimating project economics Mine water sources can be limited in their amount of resource even with replenishment The Lithium price is currently blighted by perceived over-supply and weak EV demand and this is constraining financing of projects of any “style” of mineralisation Going Unconventional The bulk of the world’s lithium supply currently originates from two main resources: hard rock and brine deposits form salares. Attempts at promoting other non-brine options such as micas/clays have not proven efficient or cost-effective. However in the brine space there are options beyond the tried & true salares model as pursued in Argentina, Chile and Nevada. The unconventional lithium sources we shall look at here are being touted by a small group of players and consist of brines from mine waters, geothermal brines and brines from oil & gas fields. In this report we shall look at these potential sources and mention in passing the companies that are endeavouring to extract lithium from these “resources”. Lithium Outlook Until the latest “virus crisis” we would have posited that there was a good prospect for the recovery in EV demand and thus for Lithium prices. EVs essentially disappointed the much vaunted projections in 2019 due to Chinese demand being flaccid due to the removal of subsidies, disinterest in broader EV Hallgarten & Company +44 795 08 53 621 Page 1PDF Image | Unconventional Lithium from Brine
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