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BP33 Underground

Hardrock In development 🇺🇸 US-investable CXO

Bynoe / Finniss, Northern Territory, Australia

Overview

ChemistryHardrock
StageIn development
Resource10.5 Mt @ 1.53% Li2O (89% M+I as of Oct 2023)
Mine life10 years · ≈ 2027–2037
First production (target)mid-2027 — BP33 first ore expected mid-CY2027 per FID announcement (18 Mar 2026); ramp to nameplate 1.2 Mtpa mid-2028 (Grants first concentrate Sept quarter 2026)
Development stagedevelopment (FID-approved Mar 2026; underground development)

Mine-life end year is an estimate (from first-production target); timing can shift with reserves, expansions or restarts.

Operators

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TickerOperatorStakeStatus
CXO Core Lithium Ltd (100%) 100% development

Location

Approximate location.

Customers & offtake agreements

No mine-specific offtake is documented in the vault for this mine. The operator(s) below have company-level agreements.

Company-level agreements (operator-wide, not mine-specific)

OperatorCustomerProductVolumeTermStatusCitation
CXO Glencore (post-FID) from 2026-03-18 active; binding marketing & offtake agreement Mar 2026 linked source link
CXO Glencore (pre-FID stockpile) from 2026-02-01 completed; bridge liquidity ahead of FID linked source link
CXO Ganfeng Lithium from 2021-10-22 pre-bust binding; status under restart not publicly confirmed linked source link
CXO Sichuan Yahua / Yahua International from 2019-01-01 TERMINATED 12-May-2025 via Deed of Settlement; Core paid US$2M to release linked source link

Agreements disclosed in filings; each row shows its citation strength — cached filing (primary doc cached in the vault), linked source (public URL, may rot), vault note (curated note, secondary provenance), unsourced (no source on record). Volumes are as disclosed; pricing terms are confidential and not shown.

The numbers behind BP33 Underground

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Reserves & grade — Resource & reserve tonnage, grade, category, as-of date.$3
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