Canada: Lithium Extraction Pilot Plant Sources Geothermal Brine from Leduc Reservoir in Alberta

E3 Metals to scale up testing with large lithium-enriched brine sample (JW Energy)

(Courtesy E3 Metals)

Calgary-based E3 Metals says it has collected the largest sample to date of lithium-enriched brine from its project in Alberta.

The 20,000-litre sample was collected from the Leduc Formation in what the company calls its Central Clearwater Resource Area.

The work was completed with assistance from a local oil and gas operator with whom E3 Metals has been actively collaborating since 2017, the company says.

E3 says the sample is required to support the continued testing and scale up of its proprietary direct lithium extraction process over the next 12 months.

The company has delineated an inferred resource estimate of 6.7 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent from brine in the Leduc Formation, which now ranks Alberta as having one of the largest lithium resources in the world.

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From the Global Geothermal News archives:

• Friday, May 31, 2019 - Canada: Good Progress at Alberta Lithium Extraction Project
• Friday, September 28, 2018 - Canada: Lithium Extraction Pilot Plant will Source Geothermal Brine from Leduc Reservoir in Alberta
• Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - Canada: Binary Geothermal Energy Plant Could Power Lithium Extraction Facility