RE: News out! AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!!
https://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ic-potash-issues-progress-update-on-ochoa-sulphate-of-potash-project-in-new-mexico-tsx-icp-1793617.htm
Nice that everything continues to progress as planned and on time.I especially liked this....
Mineral Process Engineering
ICP's Technical Team has also advanced test work for mineral processing. Together with SLI, HPD and Hazen Research, ICP evaluated equipment sizing and selection to optimize the Process Flow Diagram, which was frozen in August 2012, to ensure production of high quality, low cost SOP. Mineral processing reports issued since January 2013 include:
- Heat of solution/heat capacity report
- 4" indirect fired fluid bed report
- 12" direct fired fluid bed report
- Hot brine filtration/settling report
- Boiling Point Elevation report
- Calcium/leonite addition report
- HPD bench crystallization test report
In March 2013, ICP completed a bench-scale test to evaluate the processing plant's planned Reverse Osmosis (R/O) system on water drawn from the Capitan Reef. As previously reported, the Capitan Reef is an ancient aquifer deemed suitable for providing the Ochoa Project with a high-yield, sustainable supply of non-potable, brackish water that will not compete with the surrounding communities' use of fresh water. Using a two-stage R/O process, a 96% reduction in total dissolved solids was achieved, with 92.5% permeate recovery. These results further validated the ability to achieve the 90% permeate recovery process necessary for overall water balance determined by SLI.