Smackover Lithium Announces Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Franklin Project, Its First Lithium Project in East Texas
Unlevered after-tax NPV8 and IRR of US$5.0 billion and 24%, respectively Up to 70,000 tonnes per year of battery-quality lithium carbonate production Capital intensity of $49.9k per tonne with average annual cash operating cost of $4,226 per tonne Upgraded and upsized Mineral Resource with some of the highest lithium-in-brine concentrations reported in North America Potential […]
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