- Standard Lithium (SLI) has provided an update on its commercial development activities in El Dorado, Arkansas
- The company has successfully commissioned a first-of-its-kind direct chloride-to-hydroxide pilot plant
- In addition, Standard Lithium has conducted an extensive geological, geochemical and geophysical review of large regions of the Smackover Formation
- The company also notes that the front-end engineering design (FEED) and definitive feasibility study (DFS) work are successfully underway for the first commercial project
- Standard Lithium is a technology and lithium development company
- Standard Lithium Ltd. opened trading at C$4.75 per share
Standard Lithium (SLI) has provided an update on its commercial development activities in El Dorado, Arkansas.
The company has successfully commissioned a first-of-its-kind direct chloride-to-hydroxide pilot plant.
The hydroxide pilot plant was designed and constructed by a third-party global water and process technology vendor earlier in 2022 and was successfully installed and commissioned in early October at the project site.
The technology is housed in a self-contained unit and takes the lithium chloride feed produced by the company’s existing Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) Demonstration Plant.
It then converts this feed directly into a lithium hydroxide solution using a novel ion exchange process.
The lithium hydroxide solution generated by the hydroxide pilot will be sent offsite to another location operated by the third-party vendor to complete evaporation and crystallization work to produce battery-quality lithium hydroxide.
“The successful installation and commissioning of this hydroxide pilot is another example of the company’s approach to using novel technological solutions to build a new generation of lithium plants in North America,” stated Andy Robinson, President of Standard Lithium.
“The testing and operation of this pilot give our design team and project partners greater flexibility when we come to design the commercial plant at our South West Arkansas project,” he added.
In addition, Standard Lithium has conducted an extensive geological, geochemical and geophysical review of large regions of the Smackover Formation with a focus on significantly expanding the company’s resource holdings.
The company and its contractors are currently re-drilling an existing production well deeper into the Smackover Formation, which is located west of the company’s South West Arkansas Project.
The company also notes that the front-end engineering design (FEED) and definitive feasibility study (DFS) work are successfully underway for the first commercial project.
The trade-off studies are being completed to refine the full-scale process flowsheet, simplify the design and improve procurement and constructability, all with the goal of keeping CAPEX and OPEX as low as possible.
Standard Lithium is a technology and lithium development company.
Standard Lithium Ltd. opened trading at C$4.75 per share.
