Can little old Goulamina exceed the Goliath? Maybe.
I think we should have a go, it's the Australian way after all.
"The pegmatite consists of a large main zone over 3 kilometers long and up to 300 meters wide with numerous smaller pegmatite dykes and pods flanking the main body.
The lithium zone is over 2 kilometers long and enriched in the lithium-bearing mineral spodumene which often makes up 50% of the rock."
"The Greenbushes Lithium Mine has a measured and indicated mineral resource estimate of 118.5 million tonnes of spodumene ore grading at 2.4% lithium, containing approximately 7.13 million tonnes of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (Source: Talison Mining Ltd: NI 43-101 Technical Report 2012). CategoryTonnes (Mt)Li2O Grade (%)LCE (Mt)
Measured Resource Estimate 0.6 3.2 0.04
Indicated Resource Estimate 117.9 2.4 7.08
Inferred Resource Estimate2.1 2.0 0.10
Figure 5: Greenbushes Lithium Mine: Mineral Resource Estimate (Source: Talison Mining Ltd)
The Greenbushes Lithium Mine has a proven and probable mineral reserve estimate of 61.5 million tonnes of spodumene ore grading at 2.8% lithium, containing approximately 4.3 million tonnes of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (Source: Talison Mining Ltd: NI 43-101 Technical Report 2012). CategoryTonnes (Mt)Li2O Grade (%) LCE (Mt)
Proven Reserves 0.6 3.2 0.04
Probable Reserves 61.0 2.8 4.3