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Rose Project

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StagePermitting
Commodities
  • Lithium
  • Tantalum
  • Spodumene
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Rose Lithium-Tantalum Project is one of the highest purity hard rock spodumene deposits with low iron and mica content.

Rose project is expected to produce technical grade spodumene concentrate for the glass and ceramics industry and chemical grade spodumene concentrate for conversion for use in batteries for e-mobility, as well as a tantalite concentrate.

The project has received approval from the Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change on the recommendation of the Joint Assessment Committee, comprised of representatives from the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Cree Nation Government, received the Certificate of Authorization pursuant to section 164 of Québec’s Environment Quality Act from the Québec Minister of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks, and the project mining lease from the Québec Minister of Natural Resources and Forests under the Québec Mining Act.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Critical Elements Lithium Corp. 100 % Direct
Critical Elements Lithium Corporation owns 100% of the Rose property.

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Deposit type

  • Pegmatite

Summary:

The Rose property is located in the southern portion of the Middle and Lower Eastmain Greenstone Belt.

The Middle and Lower Eastmain Greenstone Belt (MLEGB) contains more than one hundred mineral showings exhibiting a variety of ages, host rocks, styles (disseminated sulphides, massive sulphides, veins and dykes) and metal suites. The mineral occurrences of the MLEGB have been divided into six (6) types according to Moukhsil et al. (2007):
1) Sulphide facies iron formation.
2) Volcanogenic mineralization.
3) Magma-related mineralization.
4) Orogenic mineralization.
5) Gold-bearing mineralization associated with oxide- or silicate-facies iron formations.
6) Pegmatite-related mineralization.

Types 1 to 3 are associated with an episode of volcanic arc construction (volcanic cycles 1 to 4). Types 4 and 5 are contemporaneous with major deformation events (D1 and D2), whereas Type 6 is associated with post-tectonic intrusions.

Based solely on its geological environment, the Rose property has potential for a number of deposit types. However, based on the known discoveries, only the type recognized in Type 6 (Rare-Element LCT-type Pegmatite) will be discussed herein.

Gabbros, pyroxenites and diorites cut across the property geology. The Pivert-Rose property also hosts pegmatites, occurring as irregular but generally continuous lenses within the biotite schists.

Other rock types, including gneiss, dacite, quartzite and conglomerate, have also been reported. Lithologies are generally well foliated with a SE orientation, except for the more massive and unfoliated granites and pegmatites.

Mineralization recognized to date on the Rose property includes rare-element LCT-type pegmatites (Block A) and molybdenum occurrences (Block A). An iron occurrence (Block B) is also mentioned in the government database.

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Production

CommodityProductUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Ta2O5 Oxide in concentrate kt 2
Li2O (chemical grade) Concentrate kt 1582,681
Li2O (technical grade) Concentrate kt 46783
Spodumene Concentrate kt 204
Ta2O5 Concentrate kt 0.6

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* According to 2023 study.

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** Net of By-Product.

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OP mining costs ($/t mined) CAD 4.23 *  
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Processing OpEx $M CAD 709.7
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