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Iconic Minerals Produces Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate from Bonnie Claire Lithium Deposit, Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 27, 2023) - Iconic Minerals Ltd.  ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Iconic Minerals Produces Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate from Bonnie Claire Lithium Deposit, NevadaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 27, 2023) - Iconic Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: ICM) (OTCQB: BVTEF) (FSE: YQGB) (the \"Company\" or \"Iconic\") and its 50% partner in the Bonnie Claire Lithium Project (the 'Project' or 'Property') Nevada Lithium Resources Inc. (CSE: NVLH) (OTCQB: NVLHF) (FSE: 87K) (\"Nevada Lithium\") are pleased to announce the production of marketable battery-grade lithium carbonate from Bonnie Claire Deposit material. The Bonnie Claire Project is located in Nye County, Nevada, and hosts one of the largest lithium resources in North America.Richard Kern, CEO of Iconic Minerals, comments: \"The production of marketable battery-grade lithium carbonate is one more important milestone on the road to developing this major lithium resource. We expect to achieve many more milestones this year as we work toward completion of a Preliminary Feasibility Study.\"The sample (several grams) was produced using composited core material (~30 kg) from drill hole BC2001C, collected from the interval of approximately 90 to 380 ft depth (core length). The material, with a head assay of approximately 1,000 ppm Li, was fed through a calcination and water-leach step, which prevents Fe and other deleterious elements from entering solution, allowing for a simple and straightforward downstream purification circuit to be applicable. The solution was processed through an 'off-the-shelf' commercial purification circuit through to the precipitation of a crude lithium carbonate product, which was then dissolved and recrystallized to produce a marketable 99.9% pure Li2CO3 product (Figure 1). The metallurgical program at Bonnie Claire is ongoing with additional material to be received shortly from the recent coring program. In follow-up test work, the Company intends to further evaluate processing to a lithium hydroxide product as well as demonstrate the recovery of potential byproducts (e.g., boron, potassium). The metallurgical program has been designed to support a Prefeasibility Study on the Project. QP DisclosureDr. Todd Harvey, Process Engineering Director and President of Global Resource Engineering Ltd, is the Qualified Person (QP) for the metallurgical portion of this project. Dr. Harvey has over 30 years o...