Frontier progressing work on PAK lithium DFS
Canadian exploration and development company Frontier Lithium is targeting 2025 for the completion of a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the PAK project, in Ontario.
The company is using funding from a joint venture (JV) partnership with Mitsubishi – announced in March – to progress the project towards a vertically integrated DFS.
Through the JV partnership, Mitsubishi has acquired an initial 7.5% interest in the project for C$25-million. This investment, Frontier says, underscores the confidence in the size, quality and strategic importance of the project to the North American electric vehicle supply chain
The PAK project encompasses about 27 000 ha of land in Ontario, with two spodumene-bearing lithium deposits delineated since 2013.
During the June quarter, Frontier completed its Phase XIII drill programme, which included four holes at the Spark deposit, extending this deposit and delineating the Bolt pegmatite. As of March 2024, a total of 11 364 m were drilled across 46 holes. At the PAK deposit, 2 033 m of geomechanical and hydrogeological drilling was completed in preparation for the proposed DFS.
DRA Americas is assisting Frontier with the preparation of the mine and mill portion of the DFS. Environmental baseline studies are ongoing to support project permitting, and infrastructure works are being completed to continue to support the DFS in relation to stockpiles, tailing management, the mill, and related facilities.
Comments
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation