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Cornish Lithium mulls further fundraise

Cornish Lithium Ltd said it was considering another fundraise for its lithium exploration and development projects in the county. PROJECTS The company’s last fundraise in September 2020 via crowdfunding raised more than £5 million. Construction has started of a government-funded lithium extraction pilot plant for Trelavour and Cornish Lithium has acquired a lithium extraction technology […]

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Cornish Lithium starts Trelavour second drill campaign

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. […]

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Cornwall one of UK’s first to produce near battery-grade lithium carbonate

The first lithium carbonate has been produced from UK sources at Cornish Lithium’s Trelavour project in Cornwall and another from an undisclosed area in Scotland. DOMESTIC SUPPLY PROJECT The 18-month Li4UK (securing a domestic lithium supply chain for the UK) project involved a scoping study covering sites hosting potentially suitable lithium mineralisation in hard rock […]