GSN Winnemucca Chapter Meeting – May 8, 2024

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Contact: Kris Alvarez: kalvarez@i80gold.com

Please join us for our Winnemucca GSN November Meeting on

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

 The Martin, 94 W. Railroad St., Winnemucca, NV

Drinks at 6 pm, Food at 6:15 pm, and Talk at 7 pm

 Speaker:  Jennifer Baar, Albemarle

 Talk:  “Kings Mountain Mine: A Lithium Love Story”

FOOD AND BEER SPONSOR:  NEILSEN EXPLORATION

Please contact Kris Alvarez at kalvarez@i80gold.com, phone: 775-621-6195; or Eli Witte at witteeli9@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:

Kings Mountain Mine: A Lithium Love Story

Have you been hearing about Lithium lately? “White Gold” is the new “Gold Gold” and I’m hoping it’s here to stay! As the world looks for more efficient energy storage solutions, the global demand for lithium is increasing; economic geology and mining must rise to the occasion! Lithium from LCT pegmatites can provide high-quality, battery grade ore. But, like other deposits, finding and mining lithium-rich pegmatites is not easy. From greenfields to production, we will look at what makes lithium unique and why Kings Mountain Mine may help the USA supply its own, homegrown lithium. Lithium is a beast; let’s delve into why.

About Jennifer Baar:

Jennifer attended the University of Georgia for her BSc and Washington State University for her MSc in Geology. In 2007, she began her economic geology career at Getchell/ Turquoise Ridge in Exploration as a contractor working for Karl Marlowe. She moved to Elko and she switched career paths; moving over to Production Geology at Leeville. After falling in love with the underground world, she made her way over to Cortez Hills UG. Though she loved the UG, all things must change, and she found herself at Cortez Hills Open Pit. In 2017, she broke her hip in a FREAK running accident and needed to make some lifestyle changes. She moved to Salt Lake City with Rio Tinto and was the ONLY Ore Control Geologist for 12 shovels and 14 drills in one of the world’s largest open pit mines. After revamping the Ore Control program at Bingham Canyon, she was given the opportunity to create Ore Control programs for hard rock Lithium mines with Albemarle. And that’s where she finds herself today.