Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine

The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine is a lithium mine in Australia. It was closed, but is being re-opened for tantalum production. It was operated previously as a tantalum mine by Haddington International Resources. The mine comprises approximately 774 square kilometres in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields Coolgardie Municipal area. It is located approximately 60 km south east of Kambalda and around 50 km east of Widgiemooltha.

In 2019 Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine was funded to production with existing lithium offtake agreements in place with Burwill Holdings, a Hong-Kong based company. However, the mine ceased production in late 2019.

Ownership
The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine was jointly owned by Tawana Resources and Alliance Mineral Assets Limited, who merged in 2018. The combined company initially traded as Alliance Mineral Assets, but changed its name to Alita Resources in July 2019. Administrators were appointed in August 2019. The company failed when the mine continued to operate but the offtake partner stopped accepting shipments.

, the mine is owned by Lithco No.2 which, in turn, is indirectly fully owned by Alita Resources. Lithco secured a US$30million loan from Yihe Cleantech Material Limited

Reserves and resources
The Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine has reserves amounting to 11.3 e6t grading 1.01% lithium and 160 parts per million tantalum for 114,100 t in contained lithium and 4 e6lb of contained tantalum. The increased reserve underpins an initial nine-year mine life. The contained lithium resource is estimated to be 26.5 Mt grading 0.96% lithium, 149 parts per million tantalum for 255,200 t of contained lithium and 8.6 e6lb of contained tantalum. Additionally, with the ongoing infill drilling program, further upgrades