Reed Resources Secures Patent for Lithium Hydroxide Production Process

Reed Industrial Minerals (RIM) which is 70 percent owned by Australia’s Reed Resources (ASX:RDR) has been granted a patent for its proprietary process for the production of lithium hydroxide directly from spodumene concentrates. RIM is also 30 percent owned by Mineral Resources Limited (ASX:MIN) which funds and operates RIM’s Mt Marion Lithium Project.

As quoted in the publication:

This patent is the first granted member of the extensive patent family for lithium hydroxide, with other patents filed or under examination in the US, Canada, Chile, China and Malaysia. The semi-pilot scale demonstration plant conducted by specialist chlor-alkali laboratory Process Technology Optimisation in Buffalo, USA has successfully achieved 200 hours of operation at 80% efficiency. The test work demonstrates the reproducibility of the successful purification and electrolysis of lithium chloride solutions, and the suitability and durability of the ion exchange membrane for commercial operation.

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