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Pure Energy Minerals Begins Building Engineering Team for Upcoming Preliminary Economic Assessment
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - Mar 16, 2016) - Pure Energy Minerals Limited (TSX VENTURE: PE) (FRANKFURT: A111EG) (OTCQB: HMGLF) (the "Company" or "Pure Energy")
About this update from Pure Energy Minerals Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - Mar 16, 2016) - Pure Energy Minerals Limited (TSX VENTURE: PE) (FRANKFURT: A111EG) (OTCQB: HMGLF) (the \"Company\" or \"Pure Energy\") is pleased to announce that it has retained Arithmetek Inc. and Andeburg Consulting Services Inc. as outside engineering consultants to assist in process engineering work and other services as part of delivering a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Clayton Valley South (CVS) Lithium Brine Project. Arithmetek and Andeburg bring considerable technical experience and knowledge with regards to process modeling, developing flowsheets, process optimization, and development of CAPEX and OPEX estimates for lithium brine projects. These foundational members of our engineering team bring decades of engineering and metallurgy experience, including extensive recent work on lithium brine projects in North and South America. Of particular importance for the CVS project is the team's practical experience in understanding and developing all aspects of brine pumping and pre-treatment systems, reverse osmosis and membrane filtration processes, solvent extraction systems and lithium salt evaporative crystallization circuits. The engineering team will be working immediately on developing and optimizing the process options for the brine resources from the CVS Project, and will be integrating their findings with the mini-pilot process testing work that will commence in the coming weeks with Tenova Bateman at their pilot plant in Israel. The successful outcome of this work will be an integral component of the PEA targeted for release in the middle of 2016. Patrick Highsmith, Pure Energy Minerals CEO, commented: \"Joining forces with Arithmetek and Andeburg provides Pure Energy with unique access to a cadré of seasoned process engineering professionals who can have immediate impact and help us efficiently advance the CVS Project towards a PEA. I worked closely with Ernie during my tenure at Lithium One. He helped us focus and optimize the engineering studies; ultimately leading to savings on early-stage engineering and improved estimates of capital and operating costs.\" Andeburg Consulting Services Inc. is led by Ernest Burga, a mechanical engineer with more than 35 years experience on diverse mining projects around the world. Mr. Burga is particularly accomplished as a pro...