On Wednesday, guests and reporters witnessed a historic event in bitterly cold weather as the first spodumene veins were blasted out of the rock at the Syväjärvi open pit mine in Kaustinen.

Highlights

• The Keliber lithium project was designated as a ‘Strategic project’ by the European commission
• At 31 December 2024, the Keliber lithium project had an attributable Mineral Resource of 15.8 Mt grading at 1.2% Li2O, containing 471kt of LCE
• Mineral Reserves of 10.3 Mt grading at 1% Li2O, containing 248kt of LCE