Livium Ltd. · ASX:LIT
Livium — Lithium Australia NL — 5th Annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit, Toronto, May 2016
11 slides from Livium's conference presentation, May 10, 2016
Slide 1: Drivers for corporate change in the lithium industry
Metal recovery from lithium silicates “Lithium batteries are the biggest For personal use only change in energy management since cavemen learned to control fire” George Bauk, 2016 The only company in the world with the capability of processing all lithium silicates without roasting Drivers for corpo
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Metal recovery from lithium silicates Disclaimer For personal use only This presentation is for information purposes only. Neither capital expenditures, ore reserves and mineral resources COMPETENT PERSON’S STATEMENT this presentation nor the information contained in it and anticipated grades and re
Slide 3: What drives historic costs of hard rock lithium?
Metal recovery from lithium silicates What’s drives historic costs of hard rock lithium? For personal use only ANTIQUATED INSTALLED PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY ▸All established processes roast then leach (burning energy is burning dollars) ▸To cover the energy cost ore/concentrates must be high-grade ▸The
Slide 4: From concept to commercialization
Metal recovery from lithium silicates From concept to commercialization For personal use only Lithium Australia plans to commercialize disruptive processing technology in the lithium industry to deliver: • a lower cost option for the production of Li chemicals from hard rock sources • a competitive
Slide 5: The opportunity lies in finding the solution
Metal recovery from lithium silicates The opportunity lies in finding the solution For personal use only NEW BATTERY TECHNOLOGY IS THE BIGGEST INNOVATION IN POWER MANAGEMENT SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND IT STARTS WITH MINERALS BUT HOW ARE WE POSITIONED TO FEED THE INSATIABLE DEMAND? ▸The supp
Slide 6: Estimated global lithium cost curve
For personal use only Est. cost per LCE tonne 6 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 0 Orocobre (Argentina, brine) Metal recovery from lithium silicates SQM (Chile, brine) Rockwood (Chile, brine) Tibet Zabuye (China, brine) Current cost profile – FMC Lithium (Argentina, brine) LCE t
Slide 7: Why Sileach?
Metal recovery from lithium silicates Why Sileach™? For personal use only THE SILEACH™ PROCESS PROVIDES THE BEST OPTIONS FOR HARD ROCK ▸High recovery from most lithium bearing silicates ▸Zero energy footprint with low carbon emissions ▸Does not require coarse concentrates ▸Potential for high by-prod
Slide 8: Inside the Sileach process
Metal recovery from lithium silicates Inside the Sileach™ process MATCHING CHEMISTRY TO MINERALOGY For personal use only The Sileach™ process success resides in identifying the chemical reactions required to release metals from silicates. The process is easily adapted to Sileach™ is 100% owned by Li
Slide 9: The Sileach Advantage
Metal recovery from lithium silicates The Sileach™ Advantage For personal use only Lithium bearing mineral species have a range of leach performances in sulphuric acid, from very reactive in the case of zinnwaldite, to completely unreactive in the case of spodumene. Spodumene Bespoke lixiviants used
Slide 10: Company snapshot
Metal recovery from lithium silicates Company snapshot LITHIUM AUSTRALIA (LIT) – For personal use only A UNIQUE FOCUS ON LITHIUM BOARD OF DIRECTORS George Bauk (non-executive chairman) Expert in specialty metals, particularly rare earths – project management, marketing and financing. Adrian Griffin
Slide 11: Lithium Australia – a global value proposition
Metal recovery from lithium silicates Lithium Australia – a global value proposition For personal use only The only company with lithium extraction Opportunities previously overlooked processes for all silicate minerals without the ▸ Below commercial spec spodumene requirement of expensive roasting
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