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LAKE RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 2023
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CORPORATE DIRECTORY
DIRECTORS
Stuart Crow
Non-Executive Chairman
David Dickson
Managing Director/CEO
Howard Atkins
Non-Executive Director
Cheemin Bo-Linn
Non-Executive Director
Ana Gomez Chapman
Non-Executive Director
Robert Trzebski
Non-Executive Director
Mark Anning
Head of Legal, Australia &
Company Secretary
Karen Greene
Senior Vice President –
Investor Relations and
Communications
Scott Munro
Senior Vice President
– Technology, Strategy
and Risk
Sean Miller
Senior Vice President,
Field Development and
Evaluation
Peter Neilsen
Chief Financial Officer
Amalia Sáenz
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Affairs & Country
Manager, Argentina
John Freeman
Chief Legal Officer &
General Counsel
Gentry Brann
Chief People and
Administration Officer
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LAKE RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 2023
FY2023
HIGHLIGHTS
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Lake Resources is on
track for completion of
comprehensive DFS in
December 2023 for Phase
1 plant capacity of 25ktpa
of battery grade lithium
carbonate.
Independent testing of Kachi
lithium carbonate confirmed
grades and purity greater
than 99.8%.
Kachi drilling program
indicates the lithium
resource is much larger than
initially anticipated.
Conditional Framework
Agreements with
WMC Energy and SK On
in place.
Successful production
of 2,500kg of lithium
carbonate equivalent
(LCE) on-site at Kachi.
Important progress
towards optimal
power solution.
Testing at Kachi proved
viability of extraction
and reinjection
processes.
Kachi operational update in June outlined clear path to battery
grade lithium carbonate production in 2027 and phased
expansion to target plant capacity of 50ktpa by 2030.
CONTENTS
Message from the CEO
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Message from the Chair
8
Review of Operations
10
Directors’ Report
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Auditor’s Independence Declaration
71
Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and other Comprehensive Income
72
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
73
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
74
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
76
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
77
Directors’ Declaration
131
Independent Auditor’s Report
132
2023 Corporate Governance Statement
136
Additional ASX Information
152
Resource Estimates and Governance
156
Schedule of Tenements
157
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LAKE RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 2023
ABOUT LAKE RESOURCES
Lake Resources NL (ASX:LKE, OTC: LLKKF) is a responsible lithium developer utilising
state‑of-the-art ion exchange extraction technology for the production of sustainable,
high-purity lithium from its flagship Kachi Project.
Kachi is located in Catamarca Province
in Argentina’s Lithium Triangle. Lake
also has three additional early-stage
projects in this region, at Cauchari,
Olaroz and Paso de Jama.
The ion exchange extraction technology
being utilised at Kachi delivers a
solution for two rising demands – high
purity battery materials to drive the
global energy transition, and more
sustainable, responsibly-sourced
materials with a low carbon footprint
and significant ESG benefits.
Decarbonisation will continue to
drive significant lithium demand
growth through the rapid adoption of
renewable electricity generation and
electric vehicles, yet supply is falling
short of this demand.
Lake is building its business to meet
the growing demand for high-quality
lithium needed to meet the world’s
decarbonisation ambitions.
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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCING HIGH‑PURITY LITHIUM
Lake’s technology partner, Californiabased Lilac Solutions Inc, has developed
efficient and disruptive clean technology
to produce sustainable high purity
lithium. This approach comes with a
small environmental footprint, both
via compact physical infrastructure
and through re-injection of the brine to
its source.
Lake is commercialising a new
standard for project development in
the lithium industry. Working with Lilac
Solutions, the demonstration plant has
proven highly successful - independent
testing of lithium carbonate produced
from the Kachi Project in Argentina has
confirmed grades and purity greater
than 99.8%, or battery grade.
This is a new and more efficient way
to refine and produce battery-grade
lithium carbonate. The ion exchange
technology produces a lithium-rich
solution without long lead-times and
environmentally disruptive evaporation
pond concentration – allowing Lake
to produce high-quality lithium
sustainably and at scale. The chemical
process for Kachi was set out clearly in
the pre-feasibility study (PFS) in 2020,
which Lilac participated in.
Lake and Lilac are strategically aligned
through a 25% project earn-in on the
completion of technology testing,
demonstration plant validation and
end-product qualification.
LOCATED IN ARGENTINA’S
LITHIUM TRIANGLE
Lake’s flagship Kachi Project is located
in Catamarca Province within the
Lithium Triangle in Argentina, one of the
world’s key lithium regions – half of all
global lithium resources are found in
the Lithium Triangle.
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
To my Fellow Shareholders,
I am pleased to present Lake Resources’ FY23 Annual Report.
This past financial year has been one of rapid developments
for Lake Resources, with systematic progress made towards
the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for our flagship Kachi
project. The Phase 1 DFS is on track for completion in
December 2023, as previously announced.
Recent operational updates have shown the methodical and
sustained progress at the Kachi site, and I want to take this
opportunity to commend our team on the ground for their
excellent work. At the heart of any business is its people, and I
am particularly proud of this and the range of other successes
the Lake team has delivered this year.
This includes the recent completion of successful extraction
and injection testing at Kachi, which provided important data
and higher confidence for our modelling, demonstrating the
viability of our extraction and injection processes to support
the production of high purity battery grade lithium. This
testing represents an important milestone for the project on
our path to achieving the DFS.
Additionally, our drilling program at Kachi has also shown the
large scale and quality of the lithium-bearing brine at the site.
The drilling results indicate that this resource is much larger
than initially anticipated as the known lithium brine extent
continues to expand laterally and vertically.
This follows the earlier discovery of additional lithium-bearing
brine in the planned reinjection areas to the north and south
of the previously measured resource, which extends the lateral
extent of the reservoir beyond previous internal estimates.
We have also drilled deeper for better grades and improved our
drilling performance by 40 percent this year, a testament to
our industry-leading operational team on the ground.
In June, we announced an operational update that reset
the Kachi project, charting a credible, achievable path to
battery grade lithium carbonate production beginning in
2027. The new phased approach of building two, staggered
25Ktpa plants de-risks the project execution and accelerates
our time to first lithium production, with clear milestones.
It also provides the expansion optionality to 50ktpa, and
potentially more.
As part of this reset, we also extended the project timeline and
shared significantly higher project cost estimates than what
had previously been projected. Understandably this news
was disappointing to many of our shareholders; however, we
continue to believe in the superior economics this project
offers, and we are confident that this path to production will
unlock value and maximise execution efficiency.
Earlier this year we also announced, together with our
technology partner, Lilac Solutions, the successful production
of 2,500kg of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) at Kachi – an
important milestone for the project completing the pilot phase.
The successful execution of ion exchange and process flow
sheet for brine to battery grade lithium carbonate conversion
demonstrated commercial-scale production capability.
The independent third-party testing of the lithium carbonate
produced at our joint Kachi project confirmed grades and
purity greater than 99.8%, or battery grade – the grade at which
it can be shipped direct to manufacturers in the United States,
Europe and Asia.
We have also made important progress towards finalising our
power framework. Our revised design includes the capability
for off-grid commissioning, including an option for 100 per
cent standalone solar and battery backup. We are pleased to
now have this optionality to power operations at Kachi, which
takes into consideration aspects of grid connection and the
needs of local communities.
In the past year, we announced agreements with our worldclass offtake partners, Europe’s WMC Energy and Korea’s
SK On. We have conditional framework agreements in place
with both parties for up to 25 ktpa and a 10 percent equity
investment in Lake. There is a clear, growing demand for
sustainable lithium supply from a wide range of global buyers
and Kachi is essential to meet this need.
As lithium supply becomes an increasingly important
geopolitical consideration, Lake Resources is playing a critical
role in discussions related to strengthening lithium supply
chains, including with regulators and policy agencies in
Argentina, Australia and the United States.
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We were pleased to welcome Argentina’s Mining Minister,
Fernanda Avila, to Australia last year for IMARC along with the
many delegation members who accompanied her from across
Argentina, including Catamarca. We continue to engage
regularly with Argentinian officials at the Federal, State, and
local levels and welcome their strong support for developing
the Argentinian lithium sector and for Lake Resources.
We would also like to thank the Australian and the United
States governments for their strong support and ongoing
engagement with Lake Resources, both through their overseas
missions and in their capitals, Canberra and Washington,
D.C., respectively.
We are also working together with our peers in the lithium
sector to help ensure a comprehensive perspective on
the challenges and opportunities for increasing lithium
production in the years ahead.
This past financial year has seen valuable additions to our
executive team. These include:
We also expanded and reorganised our operating team to
better support the technical needs of our on-the-ground
developments, and to ensure we have in place the right team
to execute on the next phase of Lake’s development.
This experienced, well-credentialled and highly motivated
management team is ready to deliver on Lake’s new strategy
and accelerate the Company’s next growth phase.
The team’s experience spans technical, financial and
project execution, supported by our operational team who
bring significant technical and construction expertise on
major capital projects across the lithium sector and other
extractive industries.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire Lake
Resources team for the excellent progress made over the
past year. We are excited about moving to the next phase in
delivering responsible lithium supply to support the world’s
energy transition.
Mark Anning as Head of Legal in Australia and Company
Secretary
Gentry Brann as Chief People and Administration Officer
John Freeman as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Karen Greene as a Senior Vice President to lead
investor relations
Scott Munro as a Senior Vice President to lead technology
relationships
Amalia Sáenz, as a Senior Vice President to lead
Corporate Affairs in Argentina
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David Dickson
Managing Director / CEO
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LAKE RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 2023
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
To my Fellow Shareholders,
It is my pleasure to report on such an eventful year at Lake
Resources, where we have made significant progress on
important project milestones.
Our vision is to become a growing contributor to the
energy transition by producing high-purity lithium,
operating sustainably, and improving lives. Fundamental
to this vision is the important role of lithium in the world’s
decarbonisation journey.
This past financial year has also seen sector-leading experts
added to our Board. This includes the addition of:
Howard Atkins as a Non-Executive Director, bringing
financial management, capital markets, foreign exchange,
governance, and public company experience. Mr. Atkins has
over 30 years of financial leadership experience, including
20 years serving as a CFO for organisations including Wells
Fargo, New York Life Insurance Company, and Midlantic
Bank Corporation.
Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn as a Non-Executive Director, bringing
experience in ESG, governance, and the new energy sector.
Dr Bo-Linn is an accomplished CEO, former Fortune 100
operations executive, and board director with over 25 years
of governance expertise at private organisations and public
companies across the Americas and Europe.
Ana Gomez Chapman as a Non-Executive Director, bringing
experience in critical minerals supply chains, environmental
engineering, and capital markets. Ms. Chapman is a financial
services executive and board director with over 28 years of
investment management, capital markets and business
leadership experience. She has worked and lived across the
U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Lake’s new directors bring exceptional experience in
governance and oversight and are an invaluable resource
for enhancing Lake’s corporate governance structure. This
is a top priority for Lake, and we are committed to further
developing greater rigour around these disciplines as the
Company matures.
On behalf of the Board of the Company, I would like to thank
Dr Nicholas Lindsay, who retired as a director in November
2022, for his significant contribution to the progress made
on the development of the Kachi Project while leading the
technical team.
Lithium supply has consistently struggled to keep pace
with demand, and the drivers behind this demand continue
– including the expanding market for electric vehicles
and electrified power solutions, and the lack of battery
alternatives, as well as the scarcity of active lithium projects
and the years-long lead times many of these projects require.
We expect this demand to continue to increase.
An additional factor complicating lithium supply chains is
international consumption tensions – China dominates the
market as a producer and consumer, driving demand by
companies and countries for supply chains outside of China.
Lake’s strategy is supported by these market dynamics. Direct
lithium extraction (DLE) and direct lithium production (DLP)
technologies are expected to accelerate the ability to scale the
supply of battery grade lithium.
Our processes are also more sustainable, and result in cleaner
lithium by design, which is better for the environment and our
neighbouring communities.
The four key pillars underpinning our quality-conscious
commitment to sustainability:
Higher lithium recovery (15% higher than hardrock and
60% higher than evaporation ponds)
Lower water usage (10x lower freshwater usage than
hardrock; and 5x lower freshwater usage and 45x lower brine
water usage than evaporation ponds)
Lower land usage (7x lower than hardrock and 600x lower
than evaporation ponds)
Lower volume of solid waste (50x lower than hardrock
and 55x lower than evaporation ponds)
We are also working hard to build strong relationships with
surrounding communities. Our long-term success goes
hand-in-hand with enhancing the broader wellbeing of the
communities and regions in which we operate.
Local communities will benefit from access to better
infrastructure, employment opportunities, and economic
development, and we are committed to ensuring we work
respectfully and collaboratively with the members of the
communities in which we plan to operate.
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Maintaining the support of these communities and our
social licence to operate is a key priority. Our community
engagement has included holding two Public Information
Meetings, in May and August – these were well-attended
by the local community, and the information shared was
well‑received.
We are focused on bringing jobs to the communities in which
we operate, which in the last year has included local hires in
the Carachi Pampa and El Penon communities. We are also
working with provincial authorities to promote training for the
community, with a focus on training programs directly related
to the future construction phase at the site.
Alongside this, we continue our rigorous focus on the safety
and wellbeing of our employees – the health and safety of our
people is integral to our operations, and we believe nothing
less than zero harm is acceptable.
Argentina is a key market for global lithium supply chains
to support the world’s decarbonisation. Argentina’s Lithium
Triangle holds ~56% of the world’s lithium reserves and
the government is committed to efficiently developing the
country’s lithium resources, including via investments in
Argentina’s lithium sector.
Lake has a large lease holding in Argentina, covering 2,200km
(550,000 acres), including our flagship Kachi project, and is
well-positioned to optimise its lithium assets, resources, and
relationships in Argentina.
We have a tremendous opportunity here and we are pleased to
be taking part in the world’s decarbonisation journey.
Stuart Crow
Non-Executive Chairman
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LAKE RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 2023
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
1. Kachi Project
At the Kachi Project in Catamarca, Lake’s flagship project, the
maiden JORC-compliant mineral resource was defined with 4.4
million tonnes (Mt) of contained battery grade lithium carbonate
equivalent (LCE), comprising 1 Mt LCE Indicated Resource, and 3.4
Mt LCE Inferred Resource, over the deepest part of a large basin.
Lease holdings have been consolidated and expanded over an
area of more than 100,000 Ha. The resource estimate for the
Kachi Project was updated during the 2023 reporting period. As
of 30 June 2023, the JORC-compliant mineral resource estimate
is comprised of 2.9 Mt LCE as Measured and Indicated Resource
and 5.2 Mt LCE as Inferred Resource (Figure 1 and Table 1).
Exploration drilling conducted since the 2018 maiden resource
estimation has built on previous knowledge. The ongoing
hydrogeological characterization activities started in 2022
have resulted in more than 4,000 m of drilling and have led
to a significantly improved understanding of both the spatial
and vertical extent of lithium brine and the permeability of the
reservoir materials. These recent studies have demonstrated
that the resource potential within the basin is much larger than
previously defined (as disclosed to investors on the Company’s
website and on the ASX, including after the date of this annual
report – please see https://lakeresources.com.au/investors/
asx-announcements). These results will be incorporated into
the Phase 1 Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS), and ultimately, the
Phase 2 DFS.
The extensive hydrogeological characterization program has
provided a substantive data set that has led to basin-scale
and site-scale conceptual models. These conceptual models
will form the basis for the ongoing hydrogeological modeling
of the extraction and injection well fields for the Phase 1 DFS. A
key element of site-scale conceptual model is the delineation
of hydrostratigraphic units. The hydrostratigraphic units are
generalized based on similar geological and hydrogeological
conditions that are correlated in the resource area (see Figure 2).
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Unit A – Intercalated sand, silts and clays. High frequency of
thin clay bands. Up to 200 m thickness.
Unit B – Higher sand proportion. Interpreted as higher
permeability zone, lower natural gamma ray response,
located below prominent gamma peak.
Unit C – Similar to Unit A with higher frequency of clay bands.
Unit D – Undefined unconsolidated sediment characteristics
beneath Unit C, between 400 m and the base of the basin fill,
as defined by geophysics. The characteristics of this unit have
not been defined, with Unit C likely to continue below 400 m
being the maximum depth of drilling and testing disclosed
as of June 30, 2023 (however, further drilling updates have
been disclosed and may continue to be disclosed to investors
on the Company’s website and the ASX after the date of this
annual report – please see https://lakeresources.com.au/
investors/asx-announcements).
Recent drilling further from the central resource area has
intersected extensive (to 400 m) thicknesses of sands and
gravels beneath ignimbrites in the south, west and north of
the central resource area with higher drainable porosity and
permeability. These step-out holes drilled near the limits of
the previously defined north and south extents of the January
2023 Inferred Resource, K21D38 (K21) and K22D39 (K22),
recorded average lithium grades of 219 milligrams per liter
(mg/l) and 283 mg/l, respectively from piezometers screened
from 395 to 407 m below ground surface. These drilling and
laboratory lithium data, combined with the recent TEM survey,
provides evidence for future definition of additional resources.
These coarser grained units show relatively rapid transition
from the finer grained sediments of the central resource area.
Figure 1: Lake Resources’ properties and drill platform locations in the Kachi Project area, showing drilling concentrated over the salar
area, with the resource outlines shown. This map was disclosed and made available on the Company’s website and on the ASX in the
Company’s JORC update dated June 15, 2023. No exploration or production targets, nor new estimates of inferred mineral resources,
indicated mineral resources or measured mineral resources in relation to the Kachi Project are being reported in this annual report, and
the mineral resources last reported in the announcement on June 15, 2023 have not materially changed since that date.
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Figure 2: Geological cross section looking north through the Kachi Project area, shown with 4 times vertical exaggeration.
Table 1: Updated resource estimate of contained lithium for the Kachi Project – as at June 30, 2023*
Measured June 2023
Unit
Sediment
volume m3
Specific
Yeld %
Brine volume
m3
Litres
Li
mg/l
Li grams
Li
Tonnes
Tonne
LCE
A
14,620,000,000
0.07
1,073,675,256
1,073,675,256,000
200
214,735,051,200
214,735
1,142,390
B
4,594,900,000
0.08
358,054,366
358,054,366,070
222
79,488,069,268
79,488
422,877
C
8,487,400,000
0.06
543,960,861
543,960,860,960
223
121,303,271,994
121,303
645,333
Total
27,702,300,000
1,975,690,483
1,975,690,483,030
210
415,526,392,462
415,526
2,210,600
Indicated June 2023
Unit
Sediment
volume m3
Specific
Yeld %
Brine volume
m3
Litres
Li
mg/l
Li grams
Li
Tonnes
Tonne
LCE
A
5,559,400,000
0.07
401,416,477
401,416,477,000
172
69,043,634,044
69,044
367,312
B
1,968,900,000
0.07
144,809,839
144,809,838,540
176
25,486,531,583
25,487
135,588
C
3,528,700,000
0.06
225,883,379
225,883,378,840
177
39,981,358,055
39,981
212,701
Total
11,057,000,000
772,109,694
772,109,694,380
174
134,511,523,682
134,512
715,601
550,037,916,143
550,038
2,926,202
Combined Measured + Indicated
38,759,300,000
-
2,747,800,177
2,747,800,177,410
Inferred June 2023
Unit
Sediment
volume m3
Specific
Yeld %
Brine volume
m3
Litres
Li
mg/l
Li grams
Li
Tonnes
Tonne
LCE
A
35,100,000,000
0.08
2,695,188,600
2,695,188,600,000
188
506,695,456,800
506,695
2,695,620
B
8,982,700,000
0.07
661,907,317
661,907,316,630
201
133,043,370,643
133,043
707,791
C
20,794,000,000
0.07
1,534,617,994
1,534,617,994,000
218
334,546,722,692
334,547
1,779,789
Total
64,876,700,000
4,891,713,911
4,891,713,910,630
199
974,285,550,135
974,286
5,183,199
*This table was disclosed and made available on the Company’s website and on the ASX in the Company’s JORC update dated June 15, 2023. No exploration or
production targets, nor new estimates of inferred mineral resources, indicated mineral resources or measured mineral resources in relation to the Kachi Project
are being reported in this annual report, and the mineral resources last reported in the announcement on June 15, 2023 have not materially changed between that
date and the end of financial year balance date, being June 30, 2023, the date of this annual report.
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JORC definitions were followed for mineral resources.
The Competent Person for this Mineral Resource estimate is
Andrew Fulton, MAIG.
No internal cut-off concentration has been applied to the
resource estimate. The resource is reported at a zero mg/l
cut-off, given the consistent grade of the deposit.
Numbers may not add due to rounding.
Specific Yield (Sy) = Drainable Porosity
Lithium is converted to lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) with a
conversion factor of 5.32.
The resource estimate outlined above presents lithium
and lithium carbonate tonnages. Resource estimations
include three separate geological and hydrogeological
(hydrostratigraphic) units to 400 m depth.
*See Figure 1 for the map showing the geographical area – all within
the Kachi Project area - based on the materiality of the mineral
resources reported in Table 1.
2. Comparison since the last reporting period
The mineral resource estimate for the Kachi Project has
expanded significantly since the 2022 Annual Report. The
expansion of the Measured and Indicated resource and
the Inferred resource are a result of large a hydrogeologic
characterization program started in 2022 which continued
through the 2023 financial year, and remains ongoing.
The hydrogeologic characterization program has led to a
significantly improved understanding of both the spatial and
vertical extent of lithium brine as well as the permeability of
the reservoir material. These studies demonstrated that the
resource potential at the Kachi Project is larger than the defined
resource reported in the Company’s 2022 annual report, and
explains the material changes in the defined resource reported
in this year’s annual report – see Table 2 below.
3. Additional Property Updates
Paso de Jama
Olaroz
Ancasti
Cauchari
The Paso de Jama Lithium Brine Project in Jujuy Province
is comprised of over 59,000 hectares and initial surface
geophysical surveys, passive seismic and TEM were
completed in 2022. Drilling was through the end of 2022 and
resulted in more than 1,700 meters of drilling with and five
small diameter wells. Activities in 2023 included analyzing
and processing the investigation results, performance of
small-scale hydraulic tests in several wells and laboratory
properties analysis for physical characteristics including
drainable porosity. As at the date of this annual report, no
resource has been developed for the Paso de Jama Lithium
Brine Project.
Activities at the more than 45,000 hectare Olaroz Lithium
Brine Project were limited to permitting and community
relations activities in 2023. These efforts have laid the
groundwork to initiate surface geophysical studies including
passive seismic and transient electromagnetic (TEM) are
planned for Q4 2023 with drilling anticipated to start in 2024.
The Ancasti or Catamarca Pegmatite Lithium Project, is
comprised of over 90,000 hectares of leases at the early
exploration stage with large pegmatite swarms in an area of
past production within a 150 km long belt. After a hiatus in
investigative exploration, further mineral resource exploration
is planned for the 2023/24 reporting period.
The Cauchari Lithium Brine Project in Jujuy Province was
successfully drilled for the first time during 2019 / 2020. It
demonstrated extensions of lithium brine bearing aquifers
with similar high grades into Lake’s properties from the
adjoining major resource projects. No further investigative
drilling was undertaken in 2023.
Table 2 Comparison of defined resource for the Kachi Project – 2023 and 2022
Year
Measured
(Tonnes LCE)
Indicated
(Tonnes LCE)
Measured and
Indicated (Tonnes
LCE)
Inferred
(Tonnes LCE)
Total
(Tonnes LCE)
2023
2,210,600
715,601
2,926,202
5,183,199
8,109,401
2022#
--
1,005,000
1,005,000
3,394,000
4,400,000
Increase in Resource
+2,210,600
-289,399
+1,921,202
+1,789,199
+3,709,401
#The 2022 annual report and the maiden Kachi Mineral Resource Estimate from November 2018 that forms the basis of the resource included in the 2022 Annual
Report are available at www.lakeresources.com. au and www.asx.com.au.
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LAKE RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 2023
Lake Resources NL
Directors' report
For the year ended 30 June 2023
Your Directors present their report on the Consolidated entity consisting of Lake Resources NL and the entities it
controlled at the end of, or during, the year ended 30 June 2023.
Directors and company secretary
The following persons were Directors of Lake Resources NL during the whole of the financial year and up to the date
of this report, unless otherwise stated:
S. Crow, Executive Chairman (resigned 5 January 2023)
S. Crow, Non-Executive Chairman (appointed 5 January 2023)
D. Dickson, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (appointed 15 September 2022)
N. Lindsay, Executive Technical Director (resigned 3 October 2022)
N. Lindsay, Non-Executive Di
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