RockTalk is a Stockhead video series featuring a roundtable of resources experts discussing a new macro topic each week.  

In this episode, host Peter Strachan discusses exploration and development of lithium brine with two junior producers with projects in the lithium triangle located in the high mountains of the Andes.      

Populating the expert panel for this discussion are Jerko Zuvela, Managing Director at Argosy Minerals (ASX:AGY) and Aaron Revelle, CEO at Pursuit Minerals (ASX:PUR).

Pursuit Minerals is a mineral exploration and project development company focused on PGE-Ni-Cu, gold and nickel projects in Australia, and its Rio Grande Sur Lithium Project in Argentina.

The company has commenced a transient electromagnetic (TEM) survey to determine optimal drilling targets at its Rio Grande Sur (RGS) lithium project in the Salta region, Argentina.

Argosy Minerals is an Australian company with a current 77.5% (and ultimate 90%) interest in the Rincon Lithium Project in Salta Province, Argentina and a 100% interest in the Tonopah Lithium Project in Nevada, USA.

The company has already begun testing at its Rincon lithium project and producing from its 2,000tpa lithium facility that will soon ramp up to 10,000tpa.

The group discuss a range of topics including Argentina’s high inflation, impact on operations and political stance on mining rights, royalties, etc. AGY’s The Rindon Lithium project, PUR’s Rio Grande Sur Lithium project, AGY’s strategy to ensuring long term brine deliverability and more.