Orocobre Holds Opening Ceremony at Olaroz Lithium Project

Orocobre (TSX:ORL,ASX:ORE) announced that it held an official opening ceremony at its Olaroz lithium project in Argentina on December 3 2014. The ceremony was attended by a number of dignitaries and members of local communities.

As quoted in the press release:

Dignitaries attending included Jujuy Province Governor Dr. Eduardo Fellner, National Mining Secretary Eng. Jorge Mayoral, Yoshihiro Miwa, Deputy Director General of the Embassy of Japan in Argentina, Naotaka Adachi, Executive Director of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) as well as executives from the project JV partners and Mizuho Bank. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina participated in the opening ceremony with a special address via video conferencing, offering congratulations to all involved in the achievement at Olaroz. Orocobre was represented by Chairman, James Calaway, Managing Director, Richard Seville and Country Manager, Jose de Castro amongst others. Approximately 400 people attended the opening ceremony including government department representatives, employees, contractors, suppliers and members of the local communities.

Orocobre CEO and managing director, Richard Seville, said:

It is almost exactly seven years since we first traded on the ASX on the 4 th December 2007 with the hope that our Olaroz lithium project would have real merit. It is hard to believe that in such a short time we have taken Olaroz through exploration, feasibility studies, permitting, financing, construction and now on to the commencement of production. I would like to publicly thank all of the Sales de Jujuy/Orocobre team, our partners TTC and JEMSE, our financiers Mizuho and JOGMEC, our contractors and suppliers and the members of the communities where we operate. We are looking forward to becoming a major reliable supplier of lithium chemicals to worldwide industry.

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