2020-09-15, 07:22 PM
In the last forum we left off with a discussion about a lithium project in Panamint Valley. The thread centered around the May 7, 2019, Los Angeles Times article “A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley.” That article also appeared on the Seattle Times here…
A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley
And a PDF copy of the article can be seen here…
PDF - A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley
I was aware of other lithium projects on the east side of Death Valley by Death Valley Junction as well as north of Death Valley around Silver Peak, Nevada. So, I set out to look to see how many lithium projects were planned for the area around Death Valley. As with most of my projects, this one quickly spiraled out of control and went down several different rabbit holes.
The Panamint Valley lithium project is by Australian-based Battery Mineral Resources (BMR) and their webpage on the project is here…
BMR Panamint Valley Project
BMR also holds lithium claims in Amargosa Valley…
BMR Amargosa Valley
and Franklin Wells north of Death Valley Junction…
BMR Franklin Wells
The only BMR claim in the exploration phase is the one in Panamint Valley. I wrote up a detailed page on BMR’s Panamint Valley project that is current to July 27, 2020, and that can be found here…
BMR Panamint Valley Report
For this project I looked for lithium mining activity throughout the Great Basin and Mojave deserts. There is activity as far north as the Nevada and Oregon border and as far south at the Salton Sea. Most of the sites are in Nevada, followed by California and one site in the Mojave Desert area of Arizona.
Many of the sites are in the exploration stage with some sites being more advanced than others having completed field testing and technical reports. Other site owners just have mining claims and a website.
Albemarle operates the only lithium production site in North America in Silver Peak, Nevada. Rio Tinto is testing a pilot lithium processing plant using waste rock at their borax mine in Boron, California. I located close to 40 exploration sites throughout the Great Basin and Mojave area and that list is current up to Aug. 13, 2020.
The homepage of the project can be found here…
Lithium Mining in the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts
You can use the map on the main page to see what lithium activity is planned for the Death Valley area.
Good examples of what the eventual build out of a lithium site may look like can be seen with Lithium Americas Thacker Pass and the Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge projects.
The Thacker Pass project, north of Winnemucca, Nevada, appears to be very promising and is in its final permitting stage.
Lithium Americas Thacker Pass Project
Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge project west of Silver Peak is also in its final permitting stage but the company hasn’t announced a strategic partner and has an issue with a potential rare wildflower found only in the location where the open pit mine is planned to go.
Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge Project
Enjoy the information!
A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley
And a PDF copy of the article can be seen here…
PDF - A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley
I was aware of other lithium projects on the east side of Death Valley by Death Valley Junction as well as north of Death Valley around Silver Peak, Nevada. So, I set out to look to see how many lithium projects were planned for the area around Death Valley. As with most of my projects, this one quickly spiraled out of control and went down several different rabbit holes.
The Panamint Valley lithium project is by Australian-based Battery Mineral Resources (BMR) and their webpage on the project is here…
BMR Panamint Valley Project
BMR also holds lithium claims in Amargosa Valley…
BMR Amargosa Valley
and Franklin Wells north of Death Valley Junction…
BMR Franklin Wells
The only BMR claim in the exploration phase is the one in Panamint Valley. I wrote up a detailed page on BMR’s Panamint Valley project that is current to July 27, 2020, and that can be found here…
BMR Panamint Valley Report
For this project I looked for lithium mining activity throughout the Great Basin and Mojave deserts. There is activity as far north as the Nevada and Oregon border and as far south at the Salton Sea. Most of the sites are in Nevada, followed by California and one site in the Mojave Desert area of Arizona.
Many of the sites are in the exploration stage with some sites being more advanced than others having completed field testing and technical reports. Other site owners just have mining claims and a website.
Albemarle operates the only lithium production site in North America in Silver Peak, Nevada. Rio Tinto is testing a pilot lithium processing plant using waste rock at their borax mine in Boron, California. I located close to 40 exploration sites throughout the Great Basin and Mojave area and that list is current up to Aug. 13, 2020.
The homepage of the project can be found here…
Lithium Mining in the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts
You can use the map on the main page to see what lithium activity is planned for the Death Valley area.
Good examples of what the eventual build out of a lithium site may look like can be seen with Lithium Americas Thacker Pass and the Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge projects.
The Thacker Pass project, north of Winnemucca, Nevada, appears to be very promising and is in its final permitting stage.
Lithium Americas Thacker Pass Project
Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge project west of Silver Peak is also in its final permitting stage but the company hasn’t announced a strategic partner and has an issue with a potential rare wildflower found only in the location where the open pit mine is planned to go.
Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge Project
Enjoy the information!