Lepidico Limited engages in the exploration, development, and production of lithium chemicals. The company operates through two segments, Mineral Exploration and Technology. It owns the technology to a metallurgical process that produced lithium carbonate from non-conventional sources, specifically lithium-rich mica minerals, including lepidolite and zinnwaldite. The company offers L-Max technology, a hydro-metallurgical process for leaching of lithium mica slurry; S-Max that produces amorphous silica from a range of mica minerals, including lithium micas; and LOH-Max process, which produces high purity lithium hydroxide from lithium sulphate. It holds 80% interest in Karibib project located within the Karibib pegmatite belt at central Namibia in southwestern Africa. The company was formerly known as Platypus Minerals Limited and changed its name to Lepidico Limited in November 2016. Lepidico Limited was incorporated in 1979 and is based in Belmont, Australia.
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