Santacruz Silver Mining has reported that an employee was fatally injured at its Tres Amigos mine, part of the Caballo Blanco group of mines, in Bolivia. A small group of illegal miners unlawfully entered Tres Amigos at a level above where Santacruz Silver was operating and proceeded to use explosives. This caused rockfall on the level below where Santacruz employees…
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NEXT-ChemX, Clontarf partner on innovative lithium extraction
Technology company NEXT-ChemX has signed an agreement with Clontarf Energy to form a joint venture that will market, deploy and exploit the former’s proprietary (patent pending) ion Targeting Direct Lithium Extraction (iTDE) technology in Bolivia. The technology uses the very high surface area of hollow fiber membranes to extract lithium ions from brines. NEXT-ChemX said iTDE is a continuous process,…
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