REM: : A song for Sonora

• Autores: Laura Syrett
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 571, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Abril)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • "I like to call it just the Sonora lithium project," [Kiran Morzaria] said. "Its joint venture structure can sometimes take away from the value of the whole project - it confuses the story because it's all about different divisions by artificial boundaries, when in fact geology doesn't pay any attention to boundaries." Part of the reason both Bacanora and Western's projects caught REM's interest is that they are open-pittable and therefore cheaper to mine overall, according to Morzaria, who compared Sonora to "more costly" underground project's such as Rio Tinto's Jadar project in Serbia, which is also a lacustrine sedimentary basin deposit.

    He added that Bacanora, with REM's help, is now looking at bringing in partners and talking to possible offtakers for its projects. "Specifically on the lithium, because you need to bring them in earlier," Morzaria explained. "It's about developing those relationships and seeing where we go from there."