Mining lithium from geothermal ‘lemonade’ by Elsa Wenzel
If Simbol Mining’s plans work out, within a decade it will deliver one-fourth of the world’s increasing demand for lithium, used in batteries of hybrid and electric cars without creating waste or pollution.
The start-up eventually aims to mine more than 100,000 tons of lithium carbonate each year from geothermal sources. That’s more than the current annual market for the compound; the company expects demands for it to quintuple by 2013.
Current mining methods won’t provide enough for the future need for lithium-ion batteries, according to Meridian Read more
Armstrong : Geothermal Power, Lithium Mining Two-in-One in California
Geothermal power plants can extract lithium from underground brine and sell it to battery makers. One geothermal project is turning to startup Simbol Mining to try it out.
Generate geothermal power, and extract enough lithium from the briny water those plants emit to match a quarter of the world’s supply of the metal.
It’s a clean energy twofer of sorts, and it’s what energy project financier Hannon Armstrong has in mind for geothermal projects it’s backing in California’s Imperial Valley.
That’s the southeastern corner of the state, known for its hot desert and its Salton Sea, the lake formed by an accidental irrigation project overflow in the early 20th century that has some of the saltiest, nastiest water to be found anywhere. Read more
Habanero Resources Inc. Acquires 13,190 Contiguous Acres In Barkerville Gold District
Habanero Resources Inc. wishes to announce that it has acquired 5,339 hectares in the Barkerville Gold Camp of British Columbia, bordering International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd.’s property.
In the Barkerville Gold Camp of BC, historically 101 creeks have reported placer gold production. Recorded gold production from the area totals more than 3.8 million ounces, including an estimated 2.64 million ounces from placer mining and 1.23 million ounces from lode mining. Yesterday, International Wayside announced drill results from the Barkerville Area drill program of 84.4 metres of 16.5 grams per tonne gold; including 37.5 metres of 36.1 g/t gold. Read more
Encore Renaissance Resources Now Shipping Gold Mineralized Rock to Kinross for Sales
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA- Encore Renaissance Resources Corp. reports that the company has commenced the shipment of gold mineralized rock from the Bonaparte Gold Mine site. The custom mill processing will be completed at Kinross Gold’s mill in Washington State. The mineralized material will be trucked from the Bonaparte Property to the Kinross facilities at Republic, Washington, where it will then be processed through that mill’s, cyanide, carbon in-leach, precious mineral extraction circuit. Scheduling of Encore’s processing is expected to be completed shortly with the first payment expected right after that. Approximately 1000 tonnes of mineralized quartz vein rock with high sulphide content has been extracted from the open pit mining phase of the vein. Read more
