The significant increase in compliant resource at their near surface Mina do Barroso hard rock lithium project in Portugal is very good news indeed. This spodumene resource is now probably Western Europe’s largest and totals 14 million tonnes (Mt) grading 1.1% lithium oxide (Li₂O), 7.2 Mt in the indicated category and 6.7 Mt in the inferred. Both resources grade 1.1% Li₂O and a 0.5% Li₂O cut off was used.
