RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:More manupilationDesert ! ok got that! ALB is not going to budge! they are going to develop whts left of their water extraction rites on that site..
that mine has never been very robust when i would drive bak there looking for a spot to tune the deer rifle..
i am more concerned w passive cation exchange w sodium.. i.e. extracting a cation w another cation from CLAY -where this diagram is located.. not a couple of kids w the chemistry dept's ion exchange column..
clay are terrible to re-matrix due to the ligand structure.. high temp sulfuric acid digestion in a mill probably the only feasible entry point..
as to the sullfur/molten ?
Anaconda rec their MOU on Jan 18-2021
https://ndep.nv.gov/uploads/land-aml-docs/20180205_ACMS_IAOC_App_E_ROD-1.pdf
go down to page 70 and then again to pg 75..
see the red - see the yellow slag piles - copper sulfate..
now look at the MOU designation Operable Unit..
funny thing i didn't notice until i had scanned the document.. that' Anaconda Mine Permit is still active.. it did not get washed in bankruptcy.. i.e same game change the name(s); no repermitting - RODS.. That Armecia Mill is still operational.. it was mitigated first..
no I don't hav a Xtall Ball - but that MOU looks like a big fat duk w Scotia Bank across the street..
most ,if not all activity ; relating to Li++ is centered in the north of yearington up to the oregano border..
the GOV stated last week - that this fernley distric is going to B developed.. no mention of a bird bath w a full buket in tonopah - slam intended.. ALB will export to its globa customers.
you mmelt that cu++So4-- at 1000 deg celsium and you will get sulfur - pure at the bottom and cupper thru the column - scrubbed for recovery/market.
Cypress and all of the drill logs in tonopah will B sold and designated a strageic reserv.. and that means no commies - any flavor get to play..
the lithium prodeced in thacker pass - will be shipped to a new battery mfg facility in fernley -or- transloaded @ winemucca for a quik U-Pak ride to texas @ an on site batt factory @ giga..