RE: 500 hectares10 Jan 2022 23:30
@Evans3020,
just following on from the weekend:
And what attracted our global lithium giant JV partner to Sonora:
High-grade lithium
Low cost – on par with brines
EASILY SCALABLE.
Eastern end of the production site 500 Hectares, that’s just under 300 football pitches
La Ventana is north 875 Hectares (brown area planned cut)
Tailings site is central spanning Fleur, Fleur1 and EL Sauz (orange area)
The plant site is south entirely in Fleur 1 (turquoise area)
https://file.ejatlas.org/img/Conflict/5586/Mapa_Sonora_Lithium.jpeg
And from the October 20th update:
Sonora Project Update
Lithium process plant engineering, from the Ganfeng team in Xinyu, is aiming for long lead items to be ordered for delivery to Sonora in late 2022 and early 2023. In addition, Ganfeng is reviewing a lithium plant production rate above the previously planned 17,500 tonnes per year.
Earthworks surveys and geotechnical test work are ongoing within the plant site area where surface vegetation and topsoil were rescued and removed. In addition, **the Company has acquired an additional 500 hectares of land at the eastern end of the plant site location to allow for future plant expansions**
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 related travel restrictions, the site earthworks engineering packages that had previously been rescheduled will now commence in December 2021, with civil and concrete works scheduled for Q1 and Q2, 2022.
The accommodation facilities for the construction teams are now being manufactured in Sonora, and the first camp units will be delivered to site in December.
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Bacanora plans for the first 20 years of mining is common knowledge so why add the 500 hectares now?
https://youtu.be/e3yTED79Dhg?t=1337
Ganfengs plans are?????