Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL) was granted more time by North Carolina regulators to supply info wanted to finish the state’s long-running evaluate of its mine allow utility, Reuters reported late Tuesday.
Piedmont (PLL) had been anticipated to supply North Carolina officers with info by the tip of November, however the firm just lately requested for the deadline to be prolonged by 180 days to Might 2024, saying it wanted the extra time to review using an artificial liner, moderately than a clay liner, for a waste rock pit.
The corporate stated it expects to supply the extra info properly earlier than Might and doesn’t consider it would want extra time to supply different info.
Piedmont’s (PLL) proposed mine would turn into one in all North America’s largest sources of lithium for electrical car batteries, but it surely has confronted opposition over water air pollution issues and different potential issues.