The world's second largest bullion miner is preparing its Zambian copper mine Lumwana for sale in the second half of 2019, looking to target Chinese buyers.
The company said on Tuesday first-half headline earnings is expected to rise at least 160%, boosted by higher iron ore export prices and a weaker rand/US dollar exchange rate.
The US faces stiff challenges as it moves to create its own electric vehicle supply chain, with the extent of the country's metal reserves largely unknown and only a few facilities to process minerals and produce batteries.
No decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the Jadar, which is estimated to contain 10% of the world's lithium reserves.
The Piskanja project has an indicated mineral resource of 7.8 million tonnes averaging 31% B2O3, and an inferred resource of 3.4 million tonnes averaging 28.6% B2O3.