Piedmont Lithium officially gets NC mining permit after posting reclamation bond

Piedmont Lithium

07/05/2024 17:32

May 7 (Reuters) - Tesla  TSLA.O  supplier Piedmont
Lithium  PLL.O  has officially obtained a North Carolina state
mining permit after posting a $1 million reclamation bond to
develop an open-pit mine that would become one of the largest
U.S. sources of the key battery metal.
    State officials formally awarded the 16-page permit to
Piedmont on Tuesday after a nearly three-year process, according
to regulatory filings. The permit was provisionally awarded last
month, pending the bond payment. 

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