Australian explorer Dakota's switch of strategy to lithium will see it target mid-2019 for first production from the Sepeda project at its 100%-owned Lusidakota tenements in N Portugal, timing that coincides with the planned opening of lithium-ion battery factories across Europe.
Dakota has commissioned global EPCM company Hatch to begin the scoping study, complementing the EIA by Visa Consultores and metallurgical testwork by Dorfner-Anzaplan in Germany.