Drilling Update and Final Holes Reported for the Phase 3 Drilling on the Core Property
23 August 2018 - 3:47AM
Piedmont Lithium Limited (“Piedmont” or
“Company”) is pleased to advise that the Company has now
received all assays results from the Phase 3 drilling campaign on
its Core property in the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt
(“
TSB”) in North Carolina, United States. The
final 15 holes reported in this release will complete the Phase 3
campaign, totalling 124 holes and 21,360 meters, on our Core
property.
The 15 holes reported were not used in the
maiden Mineral Resource estimate of 16.2 Mt at 1.12%
Li2O (refer ASX announced dated June 14,
2018). The majority of the 15 holes occur
outside of the resource boundary and confirm upside potential for
our Project.
Assay results from the initial drilling on the
Sunnyside and Central properties are pending and results are
expected to be announced in the month of September.
Keith D. Phillips, President and Chief Executive
Officer, said, “These results demonstrate the potential to expand
the resource on our Core property, and we are optimistic that the
Sunnyside and Central properties hold significant potential as
well. Our Scoping Study demonstrated the strong economics of
a 13-year project based on our current resource, and we believe
future drilling may extend the project life and enhance the project
economics as well as the strategic value of this unique American
resource.”
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For further information, contact:
Keith D. Phillips
President & CEO
T: +1 973 809 0505
E:
kphillips@piedmontlithium.com
Anastasios (Taso) ArimaExecutive DirectorT: +1
347 899 1522E: tarima@piedmontlithium.com
About Piedmont Lithium
Piedmont Lithium Limited (ASX: PLL; OTC-Nasdaq Intl: PLLLY)
holds a 100% interest in the Piedmont Lithium Project (“Project”)
located within the world-class Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt (“TSB”)
and along trend to the Hallman Beam and Kings Mountain mines,
historically providing most of the western world’s lithium between
the 1950s and the 1990s. The TSB has been described as one of the
largest lithium provinces in the world and is located approximately
25 miles west of Charlotte, North Carolina. It is a premier
location to be developing and integrated lithium business based on
its favourable geology, proven metallurgy and easy access to
infrastructure, power, R&D centres for lithium and battery
storage, major high-tech population centres and downstream lithium
processing facilities.
The Project was originally explored by Lithium Corporation of
America which eventually was acquired by FMC Corporation (“FMC”).
FMC and Albemarle Corporation (“Albemarle”) both historically mined
the lithium bearing spodumene pegmatites within the TSB and
developed and continue to operate the two world-class lithium
processing facilities in the region which were the first modern
spodumene processing facilities in the western world. The Company
is in a unique position to leverage its position as a first mover
in restarting exploration in this historic lithium producing region
with the aim of developing a strategic, U.S. domestic source of
lithium to supply the increasing electric vehicle and battery
storage markets.
Piedmont, through its 100% owned U.S. subsidiary, Piedmont
Lithium Inc., has entered into exclusive option agreements and land
acquisition agreements with local landowners, which upon exercise,
allow the Company to purchase (or in some cases long-term lease)
approximately 1,199 acres of surface property and the associated
mineral rights.
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