Altura Mining Reports Up to 7.79 Percent Lithium Oxide in Drillhole Samples at Pilgangoora

Altura Mining (ASX:AJM) reported results of testwork on drillhole samples from its wholly owned Pilgangoora lithium project in Australia. Highlights included lithium-oxide grades of up to 7.79 percent and spodumene content of up to 97 percent.
As quoted in the press release:

– Heavy Liquid Separation (HLS) testwork on Altura’s Pilgangoora Lithium project samples results in lithium oxide (Li20) grades from 7.30% up to 7.79%.
– Spodumene content from 90.9% to 97.0% in corresponding samples.
– Froth flotation testwork demonstrates the potential to significantly increase the lithium recovery of the overall project whilst still achieving a high purity lithium concentrate product.
– Test results confirm significant potential for project to deliver high grade and low impurity spodumene concentrate to the lithium market.

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