Cornish Lithium Ltd said it had started the second drill campaign at its Trelavour hard rock lithium project near St Austell, Cornwall.
MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE
The eight to 10-week drill campaign will use two drill rigs and comprise 1,500m diamond drilling and 2,500m reverse circulation drilling, with results contributing to the inaugural mineral resource estimate.
“In December, we announced that we would be accelerating the development of our Trelavour hard rock lithium project following the successful production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide from lithium mica samples obtained during our first drilling programme at the project earlier in 2020,” said founder and chief executive Jeremy Wrathall.
“We are now looking forward to this second drilling campaign and producing our maiden mineral resource from Trelavour.”
The company is using its technology licence, purchased from Australian company Lepidico for its proprietary L-Max and LOH-Max technologies, for bulk metallurgical testing and the construction of a pilot plant.
NEW PROSPECTS
Also advancing is the project to extract lithium from geothermal waters at the United Downs deep geothermal project.
Cornish Lithium recently started work on the pilot lithium extraction plant, which would allow trials of direct lithium extraction technologies.
“In addition, we are actively identifying new prospects and potential drill sites, allowing us to significantly increase our understanding of this resource,” added Mr Wrathall.