Mining journal article11 Feb 2025 09:26
"we've done a study on flotation over at boumou, and the ore in this sogola pit is such that we can recover co**** grain - dense media separation allows that," zaninovich said.
"the unit process is as simple, but you have to have the right kind of ore body. we think there is some more course stuff at boumou, having drilled a bit further and looking at some of the co**** nature of some of the deposit," aylward emphasised.
"if we can get more dms - in three or four years time, we could be 30,000tpm with those combined," zaninovich explained.
kodal has 350sq.km under license, and the company intends to continue to explore its options.
"we've got just under 100sq.km in the mining permit itself. and anything that we find in there will immediately just go into the plant," zaninovich said.
the company still maintains an aisc of $647/t, which at current lithium carbonate prices of around $9000/t (according to shanghai metals market), means the project is still profitable.
"we like to under promise and over deliver," zaninovich said, alluding to the fact the end aisc may be slightly lower than the promised figure.
"we've based a lot of our numbers on a 1mtpa plan, but we will probably do 20% more," he said. "but it's going to take us maybe six weeks to ramp up and see how those unit processes perform," he quantified.