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THE first lithium carbonate for Argosy Minerals’ Rincon project in Argentina will be shipped out later this month, marking a significant development milestone for the Australian junior miner. This is the first high quality export to come out of the project with 99.5pc lithium carbonate, adding Argosy to the small group of international lithium carbonate exporters. The first lithium batch from the plant was produced in 2018, after site work commenced in 2016, and the company is ramping up to a production level of 2000t of battery grade lithium carbonate pa. The Rincon project is located in the world class so-called “Lithium Triangle” in the Salt Province in Argentina and has a predicted life of 16.5 years. Argosy own 77pc...

Queensland’s largest ever trade mission to China China is Queensland’s largest goods export market, valued at $23.7b in the 12 months to September 2023, and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will next week lead the largest ever trade mission in the State’s history to China to showcase the best that Queensland has to offer the world. The five-day mission to Shanghai and Beijing follows visits from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, WA Premier Roger Cook and Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas. It will include more than 100 delegates from the education, business, agriculture, trade and tourism sectors. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says this comes at a pivotal time in Australia’s history with China. “Trade restrictions are easing,...

James Bay Minerals begins trading on ASX James Bay Minerals (ASX:JBY) began trading on the ASX today following a highly successful $6m initial public offering (IPO). The Perth-based lithium explorer has secured an extensive and highly strategic ground position in the heart of the La Grande Greenstone Belt in Quebec, Canada. Following several world-class lithium-pegmatite discoveries, this belt has risen to prominence in recent times. James Bay Minerals has plans in place to begin exploration immediately with exploration programs scheduled to begin in parallel with expanding its in-country exploration and administration teams. Work includes...

More than 10,000g/t gold identified in veins at Titan Visible high-grade gold has been reported in veins at the Titan prospect in WA, with multiple holes recording more than 10,000g/t gold. Titan, which is part of Artemis Resources’ (ASX: ARV) Karratha gold project, was subject to a work program designed to map the prospective surface veins and identify additional fertile structures that may contain gold and copper mineralisation. Not only did the ground team identify and trace several large-scale vein trends, but it also successfully identified a vein zone with abundant coarse visible gold at Titan. Rock chip...