With Lithium becoming one of the world’s most in-demand commodities, Mali is on track to begin lithium production by 2020 and companies have already discovered 694,000 tonnes of exploitable reserves, a senior mines ministry official said.

“The numbers could go up as the research continues,” said Yaya Djire, geology department chief at Mali’s mines ministry. “Birimian should start production within two years.”

Before 2017, Mali had only issued two lithium mining exploration permits, but it has since granted about a dozen, and more are still awaiting authorisation.
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