Lithium Australia (LIT) has been awarded a second federal grant to fund the commercialisation of its Sileach™ lithium processing technology for recovering lithium extractions from the lithium bearing silicates.
The Perth-based company, which received a $195,632 MRIWA grant earlier this month, will use the $50,000 grant to fund laboratory scale optimisation carried out by its partner ANSTO Minerals, focusing on application of LIT’s Sileach process to aid the recovery of lithium.
LIT’s Managing Director Adrian Griffin said the Sileach™ processing technology was designed to recover lithium form silicates without the expensive roasting step that has long been the mainstay of the lithium recovery process.
“Lithium Australia’s Sileach™ lithium process has the potential to catapult Australia into the forefront of the lithium battery boom by supplying optimal grade and purity material from low-energy production of lithium chemicals,” Mr Griffin added.
“These chemicals can be produced from a range of minerals, including spodumene. We welcome the Federal and WA Government’s continuing support to be innovative, and this “ideas boom” ideally suits our project development goals.”
