Patriot Battery Metals (ASX:PMT) on Thursday reported a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) supports the notion the company’s Shaakichiuwaanaan Project in Canada could become a major north American supply hub. Targeting up to 800Ktpa of spodumene concentrate, the PEA – while early stage and not to be considered final – includes plans to build a processing facility on-site. The company noted the study is “conceptual.” To be sure, that much spodumene would make Patriot the fourth largest concentrate producer globally. The company’s first target area of interest, the CV5 pegmatite, would be the…
