- Medaro Mining (MEDA) extraction process achieves highest performance to date
- It reports significant commercial grades and laboratory quantities of byproducts that may offset the costs of lithium production
- Additionally, it aims to lower the costs of extracting lithium from a spodumene concentrate, as well as manufacture high-value byproducts
- The strategies being applied to reach successful outcomes are to produce the alumina and silica in a state of high purity
- Medaro Mining Corp (MEDA) is sitting at C$1.03 as of yesterday at market close
Medaro Mining (MEDA) reported on recent performance gains regarding its clean extraction technology.
Medaro’s primary developmental objective is to produce spodumene concentrates of greater mineralogical purity and to increase the yield of lithium from a spodumene concentrate of any mineralogical purity.
Additionally, it aims to lower the costs of extracting lithium from a spodumene concentrate, as well as manufacture high-value byproducts from the aluminum and silicon present in spodumene, all as a means to offset overall production costs.
As recently reported, the Medaro process is a thermochemical solvent extraction technique designed to rapidly manufacture lithium carbonate. Previous results which indicated consistent 90 per cent recovery of lithium and 30 per cent recovery of aluminum have now been surpassed, with Medaro very pleased to announce currently validated recovery rates between 95 and 100 per cent for both elements.
Functionally, in the Medaro process, spodumene and carbon dioxide react to form separate masses of lithium carbonate, alumina, and silica.
When this reaction goes to completion, it can be shown that the production of 1 tonne of lithium carbonate results in the coproduction of 1.380 tonnes of alumina and 3.253 tonnes of silica, both potentially at commercial grades.
The formation of such large relative amounts of alumina and silica holds great intrinsic benefit to Medaro, considering that both of these industrial minerals are vitally important in global commerce.
This circumstance raises the possibility that sales of these byproducts could completely offset the costs of processing spodumene concentrates by the Medaro method – and in view of this, its achievement has become a key part of Medaro’s work to further develop its spodumene processing technology.
The strategies being applied to reach successful outcomes are to produce the alumina and silica in a state of high purity and to ensure that their structural forms meet the specifications of lucrative commercial markets.
Company President, Faizaan Lalani, advises, “We are thrilled by the latest reports showing significant increases in lithium extraction, alongside excellent prospects for the production of high-grade alumina and silica.”
“When you combine our low-temperature processing method with the capability of deploying the technology to remote areas directly adjacent to mine sites, our overall economic metrics are poised to become the single most cost-effective means to process spodumene concentrates regardless of source or location,” added Lalani.
“As each step of our R&D moves us forward, we are increasingly confident that our partners, stakeholders, future clients, and shareholders will be increasingly impressed with the results of our efforts,” concluded Lalani.
Medaro Mining is a lithium exploration company based in Vancouver, BC, which holds options on the Superb Lake lithium property located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, the Cyr South lithium property located in James Bay, Québec and the Yurchison uranium property in Northern Saskatchewan.
Medaro Mining Corp (MEDA) is sitting at C$1.03 as of yesterday at market close.
