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INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES
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Authier Lithium Project

MergeCo

La Motte, QB, Canada

-78.18649397, 48.32613417

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 8

Additional Information:

Sector: Batteries

Activity: Extraction

Product: Lithium


Project Announcement Date: 5/1/2016

Target for Starting Production: 2023

Date Commercial Production Started:

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Target Annual Production: 114000 tpa

Operating Status: Planned


Target Jobs: 176

Capital Investment: $90 million

Government Subsidies:

We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.

Selected Sources:

“A u t h i e r L i t h i u m P r o j e c t”, Sayona Mining, 25 Oct 2022. 🔗


“EJ Atlas”, ejatlas.org, No Date. 🔗


“How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable”, Brendan George Ko For The New York Times, New York Times, 20 Sep 2022. 🔗


“How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable”, Brendan George Ko For The New York Times, New York Times, 20 Sep 2022. 🔗


“Annual Report 2016”, annualreports.com, 19 Jul 2016. 🔗


“Piedmont Lithium and Sayona Mining To Merge”, Piedmont Lithium, 19 Nov 2024. 🔗


Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

We currently have no related projects tracked for this site.

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