LithiumAustralia NL said July 6 that it more than doubled itslithium-prospective landholdings in the Greenbushes area of Western Australia.

An exploration license granted in April for the Greenbushes project has sincebeen supplemented by three further licenses, the company said, adding that thenew licenses provide access to a significant portion of the project's targetstructural trend, the Donnybrook-Bridgetown Shear.

The project's land area has been increased from 14,558hectares in April to 40,318 hectares.