Having inked an agreement with Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, Everest Metals will use the agency’s Kick-Start program to undertake advanced geochemical and mineralogical studies at its Mt Edon project.
CSIRO’s $50,000 Kick-Start Program voucher will support investigations into the suite of alkali-metals comprising lithium, rubidium and caesium whose mineral forms occur at elevated levels in Everest’s Mt Edon project near Paynes Find in WA.
The main focus of the studies will be on the nature and distribution of the three metals throughout the extensive Mt Edon pegmatite occurrences which will ultimately contribute to the understanding of lithium and rubidium and could improve recoveries of both metals.
