Kirill Klip, Executive Chairman of the Company commented, “I am very pleased to see this 55% increase in measured and indicated resources after the previously announced in 2020 increase of more than 250% in measured and indicated resources from the 2017 resource estimate at Mariana Lithium Project. We extend our congratulations to Ganfeng on the successful approval of the Environmental Impact Report by the Salta regional government in Argentina and granted approvals for the construction of a plant with a designed annualized capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum of lithium chloride.
We are very pleased to see that this new plan represents a 100% increase of previously planned lithium annual production rate presented in the Mariana Project preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”), announced in our news release of January 28, 2019. It was the first PEA on the project that provided a potential value for the total NSR Royalty from Mariana’s life of mine cashflow, which has now been very significantly increased.
We welcome the news from the Salta regional government disclosed in a news release following its discussions with Ganfeng that the likely project expenditure from now to bring the Mariana Project to full production is around US$600 million.
TNR Gold does not have to contribute any capital for the development of Mariana and our NSR Royalty does not depend on the size of ILC’s potentially diluted ownership in the Mariana Project. The 1.8% Mariana NSR Royalty is a very important part of TNR Gold’s portfolio. The essence of our business model is to have industry leaders like Ganfeng Lithium as operators on the projects that will potentially generate royalty cashflows to contribute significant value for our shareholders.”
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TNR Gold Royalty: Ganfeng Reports Increase of Measured + Indicated Resource to 6.85 Million Tonnes LCE at Mariana Lithium Brine Project
Vancouver, British Columbia – July 14, 2021: TNR Gold Corp. (TSX-V: TNR) (“TNR”, “TNR Gold” or the “Company”) is very pleased to announce that, further to the Company’s news release dated February 10, 2020, International Lithium Corp. (“ILC”) announced on July 8, 2021 a resource estimate related to the Mariana Lithium Project in Salta Province, Argentina. TNR Gold holds a 1.8% net smelter returns (“NSR”) royalty on the Mariana Lithium Project.
The news release issued by ILC stated:
“The Company has now received a 300 page report (the “Report”) from strategic partner Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., (“GFL”) that contains an updated mineral resource estimate for the Mariana lithium brine project (the “Project”) located in Salta, Argentina. This Report was not prepared for public NI43-101 reporting standards, and therefore the Company is unable to disclose it fully. However, in the interests of investor transparency and to avoid selective disclosure, we are disclosing the following details from the Report which have already been disclosed in a news release issued by Ganfeng Lithium on July 6, 2021, and/or in a news release by the Salta Government in Argentina on June 16, 2021.
Highlights from the Report which are already in the public domain are as follows:
- The resource estimate contained in the Report, detailed in the table below, includes:
- 6,854,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate (“Li2CO3“) equivalent (LCE) in the Measured and Indicated Resource categories, an increase of 55% over the 2019 estimate of 4,410,000 tonnes of Measured and Indicated Resource (Company news release, February 6, 2020)
- an additional 1,267,000 tonnes of Li2CO3 in the Inferred Resource category
- these amounts are also now stated as 7,863,000 tonnes of lithium chloride equivalent in the Measured and Indicated Resource categories, and an additional 1,454,000 tonnes of lithium chloride equivalent in the Inferred Resource category
- Ganfeng have reported that an Environmental Impact Report approval has been received from the Salta regional government in Argentina for the construction of a plant with a designed annualized capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum of lithium chloride.
- The Salta regional government has disclosed in a news release following its discussions with Ganfeng that the likely project expenditure from now to bring the Mariana Project to full production is around US$600 million.
Report – Mariana Lithium Brine Project, Argentina
Further to previous Company news releases dated March 8, 2017, April 20, 2017, and February 6, 2020, ILC has received the Report for the Mariana lithium brine project containing an update to the resource estimate for the Project. Golder Associates Consulting Ltd. (“Golder”) prepared the Report based on an independent lithium brine resource estimate by Geos Mining Minerals Consultants (“Geos”) based in Sydney, Australia.
| Resource Category | Aquifer Volume (Mm3) | Brine Volume* (GL) | Brine Density (g/mL) | Li (mg/L) | K (mg/L) | Li (kt) | LCE# (kt) | LiCl# (kt) |
| Measured | 17,653 | 2,648 | 1.217 | 315 | 9,598 | 833 | 4,436 | 5,089 |
| Indicated | 9,286 | 1,393 | 1.213 | 326 | 10,044 | 454 | 2,418 | 2,774 |
| Inferred | 4,747 | 712 | 1.211 | 334 | 10,121 | 238 | 1,267 | 1,454 |
| Measured + Indicated | 26,939 | 4,041 | 1.215 | 319 | 9,752 | 1,287 | 6,854 | 7,863 |
* Brine volumes are reported using a conservative aquifer average specific yield (SY) of 15%. Due to the nature of brine deposits, it is not relevant to estimate Mineral Resources to a specific cut-off grade. However, a nominal grade cut-off value of 230 mg/L Li has been applied for reporting purposes only.
# Based on standard conversion rates, and assumes full extraction and conversion.
LCE = Lithium Carbonate Equivalent; conversion factor 5.324 (Ministry of Energy and Mines, British Columbia, Canada).
LiCl = Lithium Chloride; conversion factor 6.1078
Figures have been rounded. Well efficiency and production efficiency are modifying factors to resources and reserves, respectively.
The Qualified Person who prepared the brine resource estimate in the Report is Llyle Sawyer, MAIG of Geos. The effective date for the estimate is June 4, 2021.
Mineral resources are not mineral reserves as defined by the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and the Company cannot guarantee that the resources reported here will be converted to mineral reserves. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.”
Kirill Klip, Executive Chairman of the Company commented, “I am very pleased to see this 55% increase in measured and indicated resources after the previously announced in 2020 increase of more than 250% in measured and indicated resources from the 2017 resource estimate at Mariana Lithium Project. We extend our congratulations to Ganfeng on the successful approval of the Environmental Impact Report by the Salta regional government in Argentina and granted approvals for the construction of a plant with a designed annualized capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum of lithium chloride.
We are very pleased to see that this new plan represents a 100% increase of previously planned lithium annual production rate presented in the Mariana Project preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”), announced in our news release of January 28, 2019. It was the first PEA on the project that provided a potential value for the total NSR Royalty from Mariana’s life of mine cashflow, which has now been very significantly increased.
We welcome the news from the Salta regional government disclosed in a news release following its discussions with Ganfeng that the likely project expenditure from now to bring the Mariana Project to full production is around US$600 million.
TNR Gold does not have to contribute any capital for the development of Mariana and our NSR Royalty does not depend on the size of ILC’s potentially diluted ownership in the Mariana Project. The 1.8% Mariana NSR Royalty is a very important part of TNR Gold’s portfolio. The essence of our business model is to have industry leaders like Ganfeng Lithium as operators on the projects that will potentially generate royalty cashflows to contribute significant value for our shareholders.”
The ILC press releases and website material appear to be prepared by Qualified Persons and the procedures, methodology and key assumptions disclosed therein are those adopted and consistently applied in the mining industry, but no Qualified Person engaged by TNR has done sufficient work to analyze, interpret, classify or verify ILC’s information to determine the current mineral resource or other information referred to in its press releases. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned in placing any reliance on the disclosures therein.
ABOUT TNR GOLD Corp.
TNR Gold Corp. is working to become the green energy metals royalty and gold company.
Over the past twenty-five years, TNR, through its lead generator business model, has been successful in generating high-quality exploration projects around the globe. With the Company’s expertise, resources and industry network, it identified the potential of the Los Azules Copper Project in Argentina and now holds a 0.36% NSR Royalty on the entire project, which is being developed by McEwen Mining Inc.
In 2009, TNR founded International Lithium Corp. (“ILC”), a green energy metals company that was made public through the spin-out of TNR’s energy metals portfolio in 2011. ILC holds interests in lithium projects in Argentina, Ireland and Canada.
TNR retains a 1.8% NSR Royalty on the Mariana Lithium Project in Argentina. ILC has a right to repurchase 1.0% of the NSR Royalty on the Mariana Lithium Project, of which 0.9% relates to the Company’s NSR Royalty interest. The Company would receive $900,000 on the completion of the repurchase. The project is currently being advanced in a joint venture between ILC and Ganfeng Lithium International Co. Ltd.
TNR provides significant exposure to gold through its 90% holding in the Shotgun Gold porphyry project in Alaska. The project is located in Southwestern Alaska near the Donlin Gold project, which is being developed by Barrick Gold and Novagold Resources Inc.
The Company’s strategy with Shotgun Gold Project is to attract a joint venture partnership with one of the gold major mining companies. The Company is actively introducing the project to interested parties.
At its core, TNR provides significant exposure to gold, copper, silver and lithium through its holdings in Alaska (the Shotgun Gold porphyry project) and Argentina (the Los Azules Copper and the Mariana Lithium projects) and is committed to the continued generation of in-demand projects, while diversifying its markets and building shareholder value.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Except for statements of historical fact, this news release contains certain “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities law. Forward-looking information is frequently characterized by words such as “plan”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “will”, “could” and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions “may” or “could” occur, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Specifically, forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements made in relation to: TNR’s corporate objectives, changes in share capital, market conditions for energy commodities, the results of McEwen Mining’s and ILC’s PEAs, and improvements in the financial performance of the Company. Such forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those discussed in the sections entitled “Risks” and “Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s interim and annual Management’s Discussion and Analysis which are available under the Company’s profile on www.sedar.com. While management believes that the assumptions made and reflected in this news release are reasonable, should one or more of the risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking information. In particular, there can be no assurance that: TNR will be able to repay its loans or complete any further royalty acquisitions or sales; debt or other financing will be available to TNR; or that TNR will be able to achieve any of its corporate objectives. TNR relies on the confirmation of its ownership for mining claims from the appropriate government agencies when paying rental payments for such mining claims requested by these agencies. There could be a risk in the future of the changing internal policies of such government agencies or risk related to the third parties challenging in the future the ownership of such mining claims. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements included herein are not guarantees of future performance, and such forward-looking statements should not be unduly relied on.
In formulating the forward-looking statements contained herein, management has assumed that business and economic conditions affecting TNR and its royalty partners, McEwen Mining Inc. and International Lithium Corp. will continue substantially in the ordinary course, including without limitation with respect to general industry conditions, general levels of economic activity and regulations. These assumptions, although considered reasonable by management at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect.
Forward-looking information herein and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking information are based on estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information should circumstances or management’s estimates or opinions change."
TNR Gold Lithium Royalty Holding: Ganfeng Increases Stake In Mariana Lithium Closer To 100% - "China's Ganfeng Gets Green Light For 20,000 Tonnes Per Year Lithium Plant For Mariana In Argentina".
This summer is really getting very hot for all our projects despite the winter season in Argentina, as we have discussed in our latest Video update! We are building The Green Energy Metals Royalty and Gold Company and public news is pouring in with the new level of developments on all fronts for all Green Energy Metals and Gold in our very strong portfolio of assets.
Today we extend our congratulations to Ganfeng Lithium and all their Team! Judging by the treatment of Ganfeng Lithium's plans for Mariana Lithium and granted "green light to go" in the record time, the Government of Argentina is ready to address this new chapter for its economy in the most productive, practical and efficient way in order to attract investments and the best companies to build these new industries for the 21st century. Please make no mistake here, we are talking about the future for all proud people of Argentina. This beautiful country can become the Power House for the Energy rEVolution.
Things are finally heating up with all our holdings in Gold, Copper Silver and Lithium to the proper melting point when the true value of our assets will start to shine brightly. Now even ruthless and brutal Mr Market will not be able to ignore it anymore.
Today, Mr Goldcorp. Rob McEwen has announced that he is moving the giant Los Azules Copper, Gold and Silver project on the fast lane of development to feed Energy rEVolution. TNR Gold is plugged into this electric future with our NSR Royalty Holding on the entire Los Azules Project.
And now, Ganfeng is picking up this electric race with their great news delivered by Reuters via NASDAQ that Mariana Lithium Project gets the green light for 20,000 tonnes per year Lithium plant for Mariana Lithium Project in Argentina! You can find more info about Ganfeng Lithium plans to invest US$600 million dollars in the development of the Mariana Lithium Project for your own research on the links below. TNR Gold is holding NSR Royalty on the entire Mariana Lithium Project.
