Surrounding area on Sask sideThere is a triangular area bordered by Saskatoon in the north west, Regina in the South west, and Rocanville on the south east that contains all of the currently producing Potash mines in Saskatchewan:
Table is here:
Table 1: Potash Producers in Saskatchewan
Company Location Mining Processing
Agrium Vanscoy Conventional Flotation
IMC Belle Plaine Solution Mechanical Crystallization
IMC Colonsay Conventional Flotation
IMC Esterhazy (K1 & K2) Conventional Heavy Media-Flotation
PCS Allan Conventional Flotation
PCS Cory Conventional Mechanical Crystallization
PCS Patience Lake Solution Natural Crystallization
PCS Lanigan Conventional Flotation
PCS Rocanville Conventional Flotation
The full document is here.
https://technology.infomine.com/hydrometmine/papers/Potash%20Processing%20in%20SK%20-%20A%20Review%20of%20Process%20Technologies.pdf
I spent some time drawing out travel directions from WPX land to these sites in google maps. Rocanville and the two Esterhazy projects are about 13 and 20 km away respectively. The placement of the remaining mines and past Manitoba border discoveries forms an interesting patter for WPX investors.