Post by
mdjbrown on Dec 29, 2022 10:55pm
Keepin it real!
After spending 10's of millions of dollars building Phase 1 of Saskatchewans first horizontal selective solution mine, Western management report they still need to prove the technology!
Hopefully peers in this novel sector can learn what worked and what didnt during this several year process, and can apply it to their anticipated technology saving millions along the way.
“Western Potash’s strategy for optimizing the Phase I deposit’s development includes adjusting the associated marketing plan. The adjustment will begin with a staged production approach to Phase I (146,000 tonnes of potash per year) to prove the project’s innovative solution mining technology. If proven, the construction and operation of Phases II and III will follow when management believes market conditions are suitable.
Western Potash’s caverns are the first intentionally developed horizontal solution mining potash caverns in Saskatchewan and management continues to believe that Phase I represents a new and improved method of extracting potash in the province.”