| Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine | |||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Western Australia | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Western Australia showing mine site | ||||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Australia | ||||||||||
| Place: | Widgiemooltha | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | State | ||||||||||
| State/Province: | Western Australia | ||||||||||
| Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
| Products: | Spodumene | ||||||||||
| Opening Year: | 2018 | ||||||||||
| Owner: | Lithco No.2 Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
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The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine is a lithium mine in Australia. It was closed, but is being re-opened for tantalum production. It was operated previously as a tantalum mine by Haddington International Resources.[1] The mine comprises approximately 774 square kilometres in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields Coolgardie Municipal area. It is located approximately south east of Kambalda and around east of Widgiemooltha.[2] [3]
In 2019 Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine was funded to production with existing lithium offtake agreements in place with Burwill Holdings, a Hong-Kong based company.[4] However, the mine ceased production in late 2019.[5]
The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine was jointly owned by Tawana Resources and Alliance Mineral Assets Limited,[6] who merged in 2018.[7] The combined company initially traded as Alliance Mineral Assets, but changed its name to Alita Resources in July 2019. Administrators were appointed in August 2019.[8] The company failed when the mine continued to operate but the offtake partner stopped accepting shipments.[9]
, the mine is owned by Lithco No.2 which, in turn, is indirectly fully owned by Alita Resources. Lithco secured a loan from Yihe Cleantech Material Limited [10]
The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine has reserves amounting to 11.3e6t grading 1.01% lithium and 160 parts per million tantalum for 114100t in contained lithium and 4order=flipNaNorder=flip of contained tantalum. The increased reserve underpins an initial nine-year mine life. The contained lithium resource is estimated to be 26.5Mt grading 0.96% lithium, 149 parts per million tantalum for 255200t of contained lithium and 8.6order=flipNaNorder=flip of contained tantalum. Additionally, with the ongoing infill drilling program, further upgrades