Asset Report
Grota do Cirilo - Lithium mine project
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Report summary
Operated by Sigma Mineração S.A, Grota do Cirilo is a lithium mineral project located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 2014, Sigma acquired the lithium rights across a large and previously productive area of the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province. Several historic mines and pegmatites exist across the tenements. Construction of a staged open pit mining and processing operation commenced in late 2021. Output is expected to reach 440ktpy of 6% spodumene concentrate in 2025. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating several granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry-standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.
Table of contents
- Summary
- Key issues
- Pre-production capital
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Mining
- Phase 1- Xuxa deposit
- Phase 2- Barreiro deposit
- Phase 3- NDC deposit
- Process
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