{"id":1102975,"date":"2019-03-01T15:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=974437"},"modified":"2019-03-01T15:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:06:39","slug":"portofino-executes-agreement-to-acquire-yergo-lithium-project-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1102975","title":{"rendered":"Portofino executes agreement to acquire Yergo lithium project in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s Portofino Resources (TSXV: POR) (FSE: POT) executed this week an amended agreement with a private Argentine concession to acquire a 100% interest in the Yergo lithium project in the northwestern Catamarca province.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_974442\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-974442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-01-at-7.01.43-AM-237x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-01-at-7.01.43-AM-237x300.png 237w, http:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-01-at-7.01.43-AM.png 693w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The red dots indicate Portofino&#8217;s lithium projects in Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portofinoresources.com\/news\/2019\/portofino-executes-agreement-pursuant-to-the-yergo-lithium-brine-project-in-catamarca-argentina\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>, Portofino explained that the 2,932-hectare project encompasses a full salar and is located approximately 30 kilometres south of the company\u2019s 85%-owned Project II, where surface water and auger brine samples averaged 274 mg\/l of lithium. The property is also 20 kilometres south-east of Neo Lithium\u2019s 3Q project.<\/p>\n<p>To be able to acquire a 100% interest in Yergo, the Vancouver-based miner has agreed to make escalating annual payments to the vendor over a 48-month period totaling $370,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very pleased to have been able to renegotiate a (previously announced) agreement that decreases our acquisition costs and enables us access to a historically unexplored lithium brine salar within the lithium producing province of Catamarca,\u201d David Tafel, Portofino&#8217;s CEO, said in the media brief. \u201cThe Yergo location enhances our project portfolio and we intend to commence a surface sampling program during the current Argentine summer period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/portofino-executes-agreement-acquire-yergo-lithium-project-argentina\/\">Portofino executes agreement to acquire Yergo lithium project in Argentina<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/\">MINING.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project is located 20 kilometres south-east of Neo Lithium&rsquo;s 3Q project. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/portofino-executes-agreement-acquire-yergo-lithium-project-argentina\/\">Portofino executes agreement to acquire Yergo lithium project in Argentina<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" 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