September 2018 Quarterly Report
NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2018 - Piedmont Lithium Ltd. (ASX: PLL; NASDAQ: PLLL) (“Piedmont” or “Company”) is pleased to present its September 2018 quarterly report.
Highlights during and subsequent to the quarter were:
- Completed an updated Scoping Study for the Company’s Piedmont Lithium Project (“Project”), located within the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt (“TSB”) in the United States, which delivered outstanding results including:
- compelling economics due to attractive capital and operating costs, significant by-product credits, short transportation distances, minimal royalties and low corporate income taxes;
- a chemical plant producing 22,700tpa of lithium hydroxide supported by an open pit mine and concentrator producing 170,000tpa of 6% spodumene concentrate; and
- by-product quartz (99,000tpa), feldspar (125,000tpa), and mica (15,500tpa) providing credits to the cost of lithium production;
- Completed bench-scale metallurgical testwork program to produce consistent high-grade spodumene concentrates (Li2O>6.0%) with low iron content (Fe2O3<1%);
- Completed Mineral Resource estimates and bench-scale metallurgical testwork for by-product quartz, feldspar and mica as by-products of spodumene concentrate from the Project;
- Commenced permitting on the Project for all federal, state and local permits, which is targeted for completion in 2019;
- Completed initial exploratory drilling on the Company’s new Sunnyside and Central properties in the TSB, which returned encouraging results, including the Project’s widest intercept to-date.
Next steps:
- Piedmont will now move forward with a Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) on the Project, targeted for completion during 2019;
- Additional drilling is planned on the core property to potentially extend the mine life by converting the new Exploration Target into a Mineral Resource;
- Further metallurgical studies, including evaluating the potential for a Dense Medium Separation (“DMS”) before the flotation circuit, to further enhance operating costs in the concentrator;
- Complete permit applications and secure the necessary permits to commence mining and processing operations at the Project; and
- Continued expansion of the Company’s land position in the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt (“TSB”) with a focus on areas of high mineral prospectivity.
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For further information, contact: | |||
Keith D. Phillips | Anastasios (Taso) Arima | ||
President & CEO | Executive Director | ||
T: +1 973 809 0505 | T: +1 347 899 1522 | ||
E: keith@piedmontlithium.com | E: taso@piedmontlithium.com |