Lithium developer Piedmont Lithium has reported a 47% increase in the mineral resource estimate of its namesake project in North Carolina.
Piedmont on Tuesday reported that the mineral resource estimate for the Core property had increased by 55% to 25.1-million tonnes, at grades of 1.09% lithium oxide, bringing the Piedmont project’s total mineral resource estimate to 27.9-million tonnes grading 1.11% lithium oxide for 309 000 t of lithium oxide, or 764 000 t of lithium carbonate equivalent.