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Zeus Project

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 Location:
40 km SW from Tonopah, Nevada, United States

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Suite 2150 - 555 West Hastings Street
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
V6B 4N6
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Overview

StagePreliminary Economic Assessment
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Lithium
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Mine Life40 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
Management is targeting a Pre-Feasibility to be completed in 2022.
Latest NewsNoram Lithium Files NI43-101 Technical Report for Zeus Lithium Project     March 20, 2023


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Noram Lithium Corp. 100 % Indirect
The Zeus Lithium project is 100% owned by Noram Lithium Corporation and is not subject to any royalties or net smelter return (NSR) agreement.

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

Noram’s Clayton Valley claims offer two deposit types that are potential objects of exploration efforts. Type one is the most obvious, which involves drilling for brines in the deep basin like those being extracted by Albemarle at their operations at Silver Peak. The lithium brine potential of Noram’s claims has not been investigated to date, and it is not known whether brines exist in the sediments beneath Noram’s Zeus claims.

The second deposit type involves the production of lithium from playa lakebed sediments that have been raised to surface or near surface through block faulting. This process requires the development of new lithium extraction processes currently being investigated. Such processes are being tested by competitor companies and Noram has conducted initial testing on bulk samples from its Zeus claims. The processes being tested would extract lithium directly from lithium-rich mudstones and claystone, which occur at the surface over large portions of the Zeus claim group.

The targeted mineralization investigated by Noram occurs at or near the surface in the form of sedimentary layers enhanced in lithium to the extent that the lithium appears to be extractable from them economically, although this has not yet been demonstrated through in-depth economic analysis for the Zeus project.

The targeted layers occur at surface primarily as olive green, interbedded tuffaceous mudstones, and claystone. The beds are nearly always calcare ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

A traditional truck and shovel operation is selected as the base case mining method. No drilling and blasting is anticipated to be required for this operation.

A conventional truck and shovel operation will be used by pairing a 6020B (12 m3) hydraulic excavator with four 90 tonnes class haul trucks. The hydraulic excavator will be capable of free digging the claystone without blasting or ripping with a dozer. A D8 class dozer will be sufficient to support the excavator. This option has been selected based on the lowest total capital costs.

An ultimate pit of processable material will be created, consuming most of the property area. The ultimate pit has been divided into phases of which the first 11 contain enough resources for 40 years of production at a 17,000 tpd production rate. Resources contained within the entire ultimate pit limits provide enough ore for over 190 years of production at 17,000 tpd.

Phase 1 contains enough resources for approximately 7 years of production while subsequent phases contain resources for 4-5 years of production each, both at a production rate of 17,000 tpd. Phase 1 is estimated to have an average ROM grade of 1,126 ppm lithium while the total Phase 1 to Phase 11 average ROM grade is expected to be 1,093 ppm lithium.

Due to the low stripping ratio in the first 3 phases, pre-stripping is not expected. For all the phases, waste is scheduled to be mined over the same period as the processed material ........


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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Lithium t 31,9411,277,000
All production numbers are expressed as carbonate.

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Reserves at August 16, 2021:
Resource tonnage and grade estimates with 400ppm Li cut-off.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Measured 66.74 Mt Lithium 927 ppm 61,863 t
Measured 66.74 Mt LCE 329,299 t
Indicated 296.42 Mt Lithium 922 ppm 272,297 t
Indicated 296.42 Mt LCE 1,454,762 t
Measured & Indicated 363.15 Mt Lithium 923 ppm 335,191 t
Measured & Indicated 363.15 Mt LCE 1,784,222 t
Inferred 827.22 Mt Lithium 884 ppm 731,261 t
Inferred 827.22 Mt LCE 3,892,501 t

Commodity Production Costs:

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Operating Costs:

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OP mining costs ($/t milled) USD 1.71 *
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2021 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 8, 2021:
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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Corporate Presentation 2022
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News:

NewsDate
Noram Lithium Files NI43-101 Technical Report for Zeus Lithium Project March 20, 2023
Noram Lithium Announces Significant Increase in Mineral Resources at The Zeus Lithium Deposit January 31, 2023

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