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Direct Lithium Extraction Process Work Commences
Direct Lithium Extraction Process Work Commences.
About this update from Cleantech Lithium Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n 13.10.22\n \n \n \n \n CleanTech Lithium PLC (\"CleanTech Lithium\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n Direct Lithium Extraction Process Work Commences with SunResin\n \n \n \n CleanTech Lithium PLC (AIM:CTL), an exploration and development company\n advancing the next generation of sustainable lithium projects in Chile, announces\n an update on direct lithium extraction (\"DLE\") processing work.\n \n \n \n Highlights:\n \n \n \n · \n Bulk samples of brine collected from the sub-surface aquifers of Laguna Verde and Francisco Basin have been dispatched to SunResin´s facilities in China\n \n \n · \n SunResin will undertake DLE trials on the brine, as per the Memorandum of Understanding (\"MOU\") executed in August 2022 between the two companies\n \n \n ·\n Trials will provide key data on DLE parameters that will inform feasibility studies\n \n \n ·\n Previous trials on surface brines from both projects produced positive results\n \n \n ·\n The Company ordered a small scale DLE demonstration unit (\"demo unit\") from SunResin which was dispatched from its European subsidiary and will arrive in Chile in approximately two weeks\n \n \n ·\n The Company received from SunResin a highly attractive proposal for the DLE unit for a pilot plant which intends to produce 1 tonne per month of battery grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, targeted to commence in 1H2023\n \n \n ·\n The pilot plant is intended to replicate commercial scale production and importantly provide sufficient volumes of product for testing by potential customers (major lithium-ion battery producers and auto-makers)\n \n \n \n Commenting, Aldo Boitano, Chief Executive Officer, of Cleantech Lithium PLC, said:\n \n \n \"We are delighted to move forward our process test-work with SunResin on multiple fronts including trials on brine from the sub-surface aquifers of our Laguna Verde and Francisco Basin projects, ordering of a DLE demo unit which will arrive in Chile this month and receiving a proposal for the DLE unit for a pilot plant that will produce battery grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide for customer testing and verification.\"\n \n \n \n \n Further Information\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bulk Brine Samples Dispatched to China for DLE Trials\n \n \n \n \n \n Resource drilling programmes were undertaken at both Laguna Verd...