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Pure Energy Minerals (TSXV:PE) completed drilling and installation of a test-production well at the Clayton Valley lithium brine project in Nevada. Drilling work consisted of re-drilling the borehole to 275m depth and widening the borehole to 36cm. A high-capacity electric submersible pump is set to be installed for pumping tests to measure key aquifer parameters at flow rates similar to likely production rates.
Pure Energy Minerals recently announced that testing at the Tenova Baterman Technologies facility in Israel yielded 99.5% purity and 100% recovery of lithium, suggesting that combing the Tenova Bateman LiP™ and LiSX™ process for extraction can be applied to a raw Clayton Valley brine provided from Pure Energy’s Project Site.
As quoted in the press release:
Pure Energy Minerals Limited (TSX VENTURE: PE) (FRANKFURT: AHG) (OTC: HMGLF) (the “Company” or “Pure Energy”) is pleased to provide the following exploration update. The Company has successfully drilled and completed the installation for a test-production well in CV-1 at the Company’s Clayton Valley, Nevada lithium brine project.
The existing exploration borehole CV-1 was drilled in September and October 2014 and demonstrated lithium-bearing brines from approximately 140 m depth to the total depth of the borehole at 274 m. Samples of the brine taken from the borehole showed lithium concentrations of 264 ppm, and recent downhole geophysical work refined the understanding of the brine-bearing horizons in the CV-1 borehole. Subsequent to this, the Company’s Operator, GeoXplor Corp., mobilized Harris Exploration Drilling to the Clayton Valley site to ream and widen this borehole so that it can be used as a test-production well.
Pure Energy is pleased to announce that this work has been successfully completed, and consisted of re-drilling the borehole to 275 m depth and widening the borehole to 36 cm (14″). A 21 cm (8″) diameter steel test-production well has been installed into the borehole with the screened zones aligned with the known lithium brine-bearing horizons. A high-capacity electric submersible pump will be installed to perform pumping tests to measure key aquifer parameters at flow rates similar to likely production rates. This is an important piece of information that will be used to help determine the size and viability of the lithium-brine resources beneath Pure’s claim area.
The company anticipates Harris Exploration drilling will be mobilized to begin the drilling of the CV-2 this week.
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