OROCOBRE
Olaroz Opening Ceremony
After seven years of planning , developing and constructing , Orocobre ’ s Salar de Olaroz facility is now ramping up production of high quality lithium carbonate . Their goal is to reach nameplate capacity of 17,500tpa by the fourth quarter of 2015 . The enormity of the Olaroz resource , combined with the sustainable practices of the business , support the potential for expansion plans and additional stage developments to occur in line with a growing lithium market demand .
Orocobre ’ s flagship Olaroz Lithium project is the first major new brine lithium project in over 20 years and is based on a world-class resource .
“ We have a company which operates based on principals defined and agreed by our management ,” said Richard Seville , Orocobre ’ s Managing Director and CEO . “ We have a sense of ownership of what we do , and have the ability to make and take the opportunity .”
Building Olaroz Located in the elevated Puna region of Argentina ’ s north-west province Jujuy , Olaroz is an area of 63,000 hectares of tenements over a salt lake containing high amounts of lithium and potash in brine . The
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