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ABAT• BLM accepts Tonopah Flats plan of operations
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management accepted the mine and refinery Plan of Operations for the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Nevada.
- Federal review now moves to a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, a key step toward construction.
- The project targets up to 30,000 tonnes per year of lithium hydroxide monohydrate, with an estimated 68-year mine life.
- Tonopah Flats is a FAST-41 covered project; it won a $58 million DOE grant for an initial 5,000 tpy train.
- The Export-Import Bank issued a $900 million Letter of Interest tied to a potential expansion to 30,000 tpy capacity.
