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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank Scott Harry of the
Kraton Corporation for supporting this research and to
acknowledge the Mitacs accelerate program for funding
this research.
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and flotation behaviour of apatite, calcite and fluorite
minerals with sodium oleate collector. International
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10.1016/0301-7516(85)90035-3.
Redeker, I.H. 1979. Concentration of Spodumene from
North Carolina Ores. Mining Engineering. April 1979,
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Sayona Mining Ltd. 2023. ASX Announcement: Definitive
Feasibility Study Confirms NAL Value with A $2.2B
NPV Sayona NAL.
Swain, B. 2017. Recovery and recycling of lithium: A
review. Separation and Purification Technology, 172,
388–403. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.08.031.
Tadesse, B., Makuei, F., Albijanic, B., and Dyer, L. 2019.
The beneficiation of lithium minerals from hard rock
ores: A review. Minerals Engineering, 131, 170–184.
doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.11.023.
Yu, F., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., and Zhu, G. 2015. Role of
oleic acid ionic−molecular complexes in the flotation
of spodumene. Minerals Engineering, 71, 7–12. doi:
10.1016/j.mineng.2014.10.001.
Zhu, G., Cao, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Miller, J.D., Lu,
D., and Zheng, X. 2020. Surface chemistry features of
spodumene with isomorphous substitution. Minerals
Engineering, 146. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2019.106139
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank Scott Harry of the
Kraton Corporation for supporting this research and to
acknowledge the Mitacs accelerate program for funding
this research.
REFERENCES
Arbiter, N., Abshier, J.R., and Crawford, J.W. 1961.
Attritioning and conditioning in spodumene flotation.
Fiftieth anniversary of froth flotation in USA Proceedings,
Colorado School of Mines Quarterly, 56, 323–332.
Bowell, R.J., Lagos, L., de los Hoyos, C.R., and Declercq,
J. 2020. Classification and characteristics of natural
lithium resources. Elements (Quebec), 16(4), 259–264.
doi: 10.2138/gselements.16.4.259.
Bulatovic, S.M. 2007. Handbook of flotation reagents chem-
istry, theory and practice :flotation of sulphides ores.
Elsevier B.V.
Cook, B.K., and Gibson, C.E. 2023. A Review of Fatty
Acid Collectors: Implications for Spodumene
Flotation. Minerals (Basel), 13(212). doi: 10.3390/
min13020212.
Falconer, S.A. 1949. Pretreatment of Mineral Surfaces for
Froth Flotation. Mining Transactions, Vol. 184.
Filippov, L.O., Foucaud, Y., Filippova, I.V., and Badawi,
M. 2018. New reagent formulations for selective flota-
tion of scheelite from a skarn ore with complex calcium
minerals gangue. Minerals Engineering, 123, 85–94.
doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.05.001.
Gibson, C.E., Aghamirian, M., and Grammatikopoulos, T.
2017. The Removal of Iron-Bearing Silicate Minerals
From a Hard Rock Lithium Ore. 49th Annual Canadian
Mineral Processors Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Jaskula, B. 2023. Lithium. U.S. Geological Survey.
Logan, R.L. 1979. Tall Oil Fatty Acids. Journal of the
American Oil Chemists’ Society, 56 (11), 777A–779A.
doi: 10.1007/BF02667443.
McCracken, T., Canosa, J., Boyko, K., Wilson, S., and
deGange, R. 2021. Ni 43-101 Technical Report PAK
Property. Frontier Lithium Inc.
Moon, K.S., and Fuerstenau, D.W. 2003. Surface crystal
chemistry in selective flotation of spodumene (LiAl[SiO
3] 2) from other aluminosilicates. International Journal
of Mineral Processing, 72(1), 11–24. doi: 10.1016/
S0301-7516(03)00084-X.
Patriot Battery Metals. 2023. Corvette Property. https://
patriotbatterymetals.com/portfolio/corvette/.
Pugh, R., and Stenius, P. 1985. Solution chemistry studies
and flotation behaviour of apatite, calcite and fluorite
minerals with sodium oleate collector. International
Journal of Mineral Processing, 15(3), 193–218. doi:
10.1016/0301-7516(85)90035-3.
Redeker, I.H. 1979. Concentration of Spodumene from
North Carolina Ores. Mining Engineering. April 1979,
395–398.
Sayona Mining Ltd. 2023. ASX Announcement: Definitive
Feasibility Study Confirms NAL Value with A $2.2B
NPV Sayona NAL.
Swain, B. 2017. Recovery and recycling of lithium: A
review. Separation and Purification Technology, 172,
388–403. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.08.031.
Tadesse, B., Makuei, F., Albijanic, B., and Dyer, L. 2019.
The beneficiation of lithium minerals from hard rock
ores: A review. Minerals Engineering, 131, 170–184.
doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.11.023.
Yu, F., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., and Zhu, G. 2015. Role of
oleic acid ionic−molecular complexes in the flotation
of spodumene. Minerals Engineering, 71, 7–12. doi:
10.1016/j.mineng.2014.10.001.
Zhu, G., Cao, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Miller, J.D., Lu,
D., and Zheng, X. 2020. Surface chemistry features of
spodumene with isomorphous substitution. Minerals
Engineering, 146. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2019.106139