PepinNiniMinerals Ltd. was granted eight mining leases in perpetuity by theMining Court of Salta Province over areas prospective for lithium brinescovering 15,890 hectares in Argentina.

The company said July 11 that it has submitted finalenvironmental reports to confirm the grant and expect active exploration overthe next two years including field reconnaissance, sampling and mapping,drilling, soil and groundwater sampling.

Exploration will look to define an optimum project forresource delineation within the newly granted mining leases.

PepinNini recently increased its placement to raise aboutA$1.1 million toadvance its Salta lithium brine project in Argentina.