The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine is a

lithium mine Lithium (from el, λίθος, lithos, lit=stone) is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal. Under standard temperature and pressure, standard conditions, it ...

in Australia. It was closed, but is being re-opened for

tantalum Tantalum is a chemical element with the symbol Ta and atomic number 73. Previously known as ''tantalium'', it is named after Tantalus, a villain in Greek mythology. Tantalum is a very hard, ductile, lustrous, blue-gray transition metal that is ...

production. It was operated previously as a tantalum mine by Haddington International Resources. The mine comprises approximately 774 square kilometres in

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

Eastern Goldfields The Eastern Goldfields is part of the Western Australian Goldfields in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, covering the present and former gold-mining area east of Perth. Extent and name origin The region encompasses the town ...

Coolgardie Municipal area. It is located approximately south east of

Kambalda Kambalda is a small mining town about from the mining city of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, within the Goldfields. It is split into two townsites apart, Kambalda East and Kambalda West; and is located on the western edge of a giant salt ...

and around east of Widgiemooltha. 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. However, the mine ceased production in late 2019.

Ownership

The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine was jointly owned by Tawana Resources and Alliance Mineral Assets Limited, who merged in 2018. 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. The company failed when the mine continued to operate but the offtake partner stopped accepting shipments. , 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

Reserves and resources

The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine has reserves amounting to grading 1.01% lithium and 160 parts per million tantalum for in contained lithium and of contained tantalum. The increased reserve underpins an initial nine-year mine life. The contained lithium resource is estimated to be grading 0.96% lithium, 149 parts per million tantalum for of contained lithium and of contained tantalum. Additionally, with the ongoing infill drilling program, further upgrades

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External links

MINEDEX website: Bald Hill
Database of the

Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety is a department of the Government of Western Australia. The department was formed on 1 July 2017, out of the former Department of Mines and Petroleum and Department of Commerce. A restr ...

Lithium mines in Australia Tantalum mines in Australia Mines in Western Australia Shire of Coolgardie