Mining Project
Kachi
General Information
- Investment Company: LAKE RESOURCES
- Operating Company: MORENA DEL VALLE MINERALS S.A.
- Source of Capital: Australia
- Address: Level 5, 126 Phillip Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia
- Phone: 61 2 9299 9690
Project Details
– Location
Catamarca Province
– Description
– Minerals
Lithium
– Stage
Feasibility
– Capital Cost
$1,380,000,000.00
– Average Annual Production
25,000 tpa of LCE
– Remaining Life
25 Years
– Resources & Reserves
Total Mineral Resource: 10.6 MT LCE
Additional Comments
- The process design for Kachi has been developed in partnership with Lilac Solutions and is supported by a rigorous field-testing program.
- Submission of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (“EIA”) in early 2024, in support of the Catamarca Province development permit application
- Demonstration plant campaigns from Oct 2022 to Nov 2023, processed 5.2 million of litres of brine and produced over 200,000 litres of lithium chloride
- Project has produced in excess of 1,300kg of >99.5% purity lithium carbonate
- Final Investment Decision is targeted for Q1 2025.
- Opportunities for increasing Capex and Opex efficiencies between now and start of production, targeted for 2027