Grounded Lithium Announces Commencement of 2024 Field Program and Selection of Stantec as Lead Author for Pre-Feasibility Study

Original announcement by tmx on

Company
Grounded Lithium Corp.
Ticker
GRD
Exchange
TSX
Region
Saskatchewan
Primary commodity
Lithium
Secondary commodities
None reported
Document categories
Other, Metallurgy
Extracted
2026-08-23 15:08:37 UTC

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Minestarters Atlas analysis

Summary

Grounded Lithium has commenced its 2024 field program and appointed Stantec as the lead author for the Kindersley Lithium Project Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS). The program includes deepening a dedicated lithium well, conducting production evaluation testing, and performing metallurgical lab pilots, all supported by a $4.5 million budget from Denison Mines Corp.

Reasoning: The company is advancing towards a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) with full funding from a partner and is initiating critical metallurgical and reservoir testing.

Positive factors

  • Commencement of field program
  • Selection of Stantec for PFS
  • Fully funded $4.5M budget from Denison
  • Planned metallurgical lab pilots

Facts used in scoring: 2

Classification and evidence

QP/CP Signedpositive · Story-specific tag

Qualified Person (QP) or Competent Person (CP) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association (e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo) with relevant experience.

Why it applies: Multiple Qualified Persons (P.Eng, P.Geo, etc.) are named as supervising the technical information.

Evidence · text

“prepared under the supervision of Doug Ashton , P.Eng., Alexey Romanov , P. Geo.”

NI 43-101 Compliantpositive · Story-specific tag

Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 (Canada) — high reporting standard.

Why it applies: The company explicitly states the PFS and technical reports are being prepared in accordance with NI 43-101.

Evidence · text

“in accordance with Canadian Securities Administrators National Instrument 43-101 (" NI 43-101 "”

Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

No stored fact records are available for this extraction.

How Atlas produces this analysis

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