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High Purity Battery Grade Lithium Product - Ewoyaa
High Purity Battery Grade Lithium Product - Ewoyaa.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4278A IronRidge Resources Limited 21 January 2020 \n\n21 January 2020\n \nHigh Purity Battery Grade Lithium Produced from Ewoyaa Spodumene Concentrate\nLithium Carbonate 99.92% & Lithium Hydroxide 56.5%\nEwoyaa Project - Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio\nGhana, West Africa\n \n \nIronRidge Resources Limited (AIM: IRR, 'IronRidge' or the 'Company'), the African focussed minerals exploration company, is pleased to announce that successful battery grade lithium conversion trials were conducted on coarse spodumene concentrate samples taken from the Ewoyaa Lithium Project within the Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio in Ghana, West Africa (refer RNS of 20 August 2019).\n \nHIGHLIGHTS:\n \nØ Coarse spodumene concentrate containing 6.3% Lithium Oxide ('Li2O') from preliminary beneficiation testing sent to ANSTO for sighter conversion tests\nØ Greater than 99% conversion of alpha spodumene to acid soluble beta spodumene was achieved in the critical calcination stage\nØ Lithium carbonate at a grade of 99.92% Lithium Carbonate ('Li2CO3') was produced, which exceeds most published specifications for battery grade quality\nØ High purity battery grade lithium hydroxide containing 56.5% Lithium Hydroxide ('LiOH.H2O') was produced from the carbonate via the conventional hybrid route\n \nFigures and Tables referred to in this release can be viewed in the PDF version available via this link: \nhttp://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4278A_1-2020-1-21.pdf\n \n \nCommenting on the Company's latest progress, Noel O'Brien, Consulting Metallurgist to IronRidge, said: \n\"These results very clearly demonstrate that, due to the coarse size and low impurity content of the concentrate, the Ewoyaa Lithium Project is a world class asset and is a premium feedstock for converters around the world.\"\nAdding to this, Vincent Mascolo, CEO/MD of IronRidge Resources said:\n\"We are very pleased to have achieved these conversion test work results which demonstrate the Ewoyaa Project's ability to generate battery grade lithium products from premium feedstock.\n\"These results are another significant milestone which underscore the commercial potential of the Project, which also boasts exceptional logistics; adjacent multiple high-voltage power lines, sealed roads and lies within 110km of the oper...