Kitco News - Piedmont Lithium said today that the that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (NCDEQ) Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (DEMLR) has issued an approval of the company's mining permit for the construction, operation, and reclamation of Carolina lithium project in Gaston County, North Carolina.
The project is being designed to produce 30,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide per year.
“This is an exciting day for all of us at Piedmont Lithium. [Our] team who worked rigorously for more than two and a half years to ensure that every aspect of the Project met the state’s high standards for approval,” said Piedmont Lithium President and CEO Keith Phillips. “We plan to develop Carolina Lithium as one of the lowest-cost, most sustainable lithium hydroxide operations in the world, and as a critical part of the American electric vehicle supply chain. The project is expected to contribute billions of dollars of economic output and several hundred jobs to Gaston County and North Carolina’s growing electrification economy."
In addition to Carolina project, Piedmont Lithium has partnerships in Quebec with Sayona Mining (ASX: SYA) and in Ghana with Atlantic Lithium (AIM: ALL; ASX: A11). It is also developing downstream processing facilities.
