{"id":29727,"date":"2023-02-09T09:51:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=29727"},"modified":"2023-02-09T09:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:51:22","slug":"grounded-lithium-development-plan-kindersley-lithium-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/grounded-lithium-development-plan-kindersley-lithium-project\/29727\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounded Lithium Corp. reveals development plan for Kindersley Lithium Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
The development plan relies on and considers such factors as production testing, extensive dynamic fluid modelling, present land configuration, land tenure, topography, best practices in reservoir development and infrastructure availability.\u00a0 This analysis will contribute to completing a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) on phase one of the lithium brine project, expected to be completed during Q2 2023.<\/p>\n
This proposed development plan is shown below.<\/p>\n
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Gregg Smith, the President & CEO of Grounded Lithium, commented: \u201cFrom our outset, we singularly focused on building the Company and its associated projects to generate cash flow and provide economic returns as quickly as possible. The current development plan is based on best practices in reservoir management collected by our team over decades of experience managing subsurface fluid production.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan takes into account capital efficiencies wherever possible to ensure solid project economics, all while maintaining a reservoir that can deliver for years to come.\u00a0 We look forward to further elaborating on our efforts in this regard as we steadily advance to the completion of vital lab pilot work and associated technology selection, completion of a PEA and towards the end of 2023, potentially commencing construction of a field demonstration plant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Field work completed over the last year confirmed a geologic view that the intended production zone is free of hydrocarbons and H2<\/sub>S, which materially reduces the cost of a full commercial plant since pre-treatment facilities will not be required to process these contaminants. With an initial project size of 10,000 metric tons\/yr of battery-grade lithium salt, the Company\u2019s initial processing facility maintains a smaller footprint and is expected to be located near key infrastructure such as paved highways, key power sources and several operational services due to its proximity to Kindersley, Saskatchewan.\u00a0 GLC\u2019s full development plan calls for multiple 10,000 metric tons\/yr \u2018trains\u2019 or phases which minimises the number of operational and financial risks, which ultimately is expected to drive incremental value for all stakeholders.<\/p>\n From an operational perspective, positive results from the field work evidencing grade and, more importantly for this type of operation, deliverability, results in a field development plan calling for only 22 producing wells, with five disposal wells.\u00a0 Aside from the initial test well, GLC will drill two additional producing wells to provide operational flexibility and redundancy to maintain consistent annual production rates.\u00a0 GLC\u2019s field work further refined its three-dimensional dynamic model, enabling a more precise inter-well spacing and depletion plan through time.\u00a0 Additional capital savings are expected from the shallow depth to the intended horizon, materially reducing capital expenditures associated with drilling and ancillary services.<\/p>\n The infrastructure to connect wells to the facility requires only approximately 70 kilometres of buried pipeline for both production and disposal.\u00a0 Overall, the programme requires similar total wells to produce sufficient volumes for a 10,000 metric ton\/yr project, but at approximately half the depth and with reduced facility requirements for brine prefiltering. KLP has the potential to be one of the lowest cost structure projects in the lithium from brine industry in Western Canada.<\/p>\n From a land tenure perspective, the location and selection of the drill program will earn or validate mineral permits which are leased from either the Crown (government) or freehold landowners.\u00a0 This development plan has an average inter-well distance between 1-1.5 miles, whereby individual sections in a checker-board manner can be developed.\u00a0 This model provides for infill development that can be employed for future growth or production maintenance if necessary.<\/p>\nWhen is the project scheduled to start running?<\/h3>\n