Altura entered receivership in October following prolonged weakness in the raw battery materials market.

The company has had to tweak the mine design and development plan for the project in Ecuador, which has pushed back its already delayed pre-feasibility study to Q1 2021.

They have set up a special committee to conduct an independent review into the project's cost overruns and delays.

It has also inked a farm-in and JV agreement with Greatland to access the latter’s Black Hills and Paterson Range East exploration licenses in Western Australia.

Pentwater Capital has joined the dispute over how to finance the underground copper project in Mongolia, with an "oppression" order warning.