Alex Holmes declared to "Energiminas" magazineIt seems that deadlines remain unchanged...
https://www.energiminas.com/plateau-energy-el-mercado-premiara-algun-dia-el-litio-que-estamos-desenterrando-en-falchani/ Plateau Energy: "One day the market will reward (the lithium) we are unearthing in Falchani»
"The market will awaken one day to reward what we are unearthing in (the project) Falchani", said the CEO of Plateau Energy Metals, Alex Holmes, regarding the activities of lithium exploration in the Puno region.
"We are adopting an operational and disciplined capital approach to expand a buildable and bankable project that has growth and expansion capacity", he said.
He stressed that the company's challenges will be to update lithium mineral resources in Falchani, choose the most optimal processing method in this quarter and finalize the PEA (preliminary economic evaluation) of the project in the first half of 2019.
"It will be large on a global scale, it will have room to grow and now we must show the world the optimized processing options and the economy. This clearly moves Falchani to the development phase", he stressed.
The executive confessed that when Plateau thinks about Falchani, they know that they will be able to recover the lithium and precipitate high-value products in the form of carbonate or hydroxide.
In addition, he considered that this project will join the global offer of lithium for the manufacture of electric vehicles and batteries.
Regarding social work, he said that the company has received the support of the community and the central government. He also acknowledged that he is building ties with the governor of Puno, Walter Aduviri.
Falchani has high-grade lithium resources of up to 42.5 Mt at 3,500 ppm Li (indicated) and 123 Mt at 3,243 ppm Li (inferred).