Industrial Minerals


IM Global Lithium Roundup: 20-27 January

27 January 2012

by John Ollett

Exploration progress made in Argentina; new Galaxy plant eyed for Jiangsu, China

Keywords: lithium, potash, Orocobre, Galaxy, Salta, Sal de Vida, Cauchari

Lithium Exploration Group announced that it would not “pursue its option to purchase the property” at its Salta project in Argentina.

Earlier in the month the company sent a team down to take a surface sample test of the project.

The company stated that “the decision was made after reviewing the geological findings, evaluating both the short- and long-term financial commitments of the option...