A First Nations-participating construction consortium has been handed the job to do the site preparation for the pilot processing plant and haul road at a proposed northwestern Ontario lithium mine.
SOW is a partnership between Moncrief Construction, a well-known Kenora general contractor, and Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, in whose traditional territory the Separation Rapids lithium project is located. The permitted quarry site is two kilometres north of the Sand Lake Road and seven kilometres south of the project site.
The purpose of the DMS plant is to produce large samples for Avalon to present to potential customers in the international glass and ceramic market. There’s also a by-product that includes rubidium-bearing feldspars, used in certain ceramic applications.Avalon is on the path to establish Ontario’s first lithium chemical processing plant in Thunder Bay. The refinery would make lithium hydroxide for the battery manufacturers involved in the electric vehicle sector.