Salar de Olaroz lithium/potash project, Argentina

The project involves the development of a lithium/potash plant, to take advantage of the high values of lithium in brine present near the proposed project site.

Orocobre raises funds for lithium project in Canada, Australia

ASX- and TSX-listed lithium developer Orocobre on Friday announced that it would undertake a C$20-million financing deal in Canada and a A$15-million private placement in Australia. Orocobre told shareholders that a syndicate of Canadian...

Orocobre gets key govt approval for Argentina lithium/potash project

ASX- and TSX-listed lithium developer Orocobre has received environmental approval from the Jujuy provincial government for the development of its Salar de Olaroz lithium/potash project, in Argentina. The provincial Director of Mines and Energy...

Orocobre mulls way forward at rich Argentina lithium/potash project

TSX- and ASX-listed junior Orocobre plans to publish an initial inferred resource estimate and outline its thinking for development for the high-grade lithium/potassium Salar de Salinas Grandes project in the first quarter of 2011. Also in the...

TSX-bound Orocobre predicts consolidation, attrition in lithium space

The lithium exploration and development sector will need to consolidate, and will probably also see a considerable attrition of companies with more marginal prospects, Orocobre chairperson James Calaway commented on Tuesday. Buoyed by the recent...

Lithium developer Orocobre plans Toronto listing

Brisbane-based lithium/potash resource developer Orocobre on Tuesday reported that it planned to raise about C$20-million through a share placement and that it would list on the TSX. The ASX-listed company reported that shares would be offered to...

Salar de Olaroz project, Argentina

The development has an estimated inferred resource of 350-million kilolitres of brine at 800 g/kl of lithium and 6 600 g/kl of potassium, to a depth of 55 m.