RE:RE:RE:Coming full circleAgree 100% oldsalt.
Otherwise you would be essentially creating a smaller version of a Belle Plaine conventional solution mine which with it comes with additional processing and much greater OPEX costs defeating the idea of horizontally mining through a highgrade seam with far less impurities.
I am positive the current operational conventional solution miners in Saskatchewan would love to slash their operating costs to improve the bottom line, but it is what it is.........
The folks at Gsp are well aware of this distiction as almost a decade ago they released their SMERP presentation defining the differences in solution mining methodology, and yet after 9 years 9 months after that presentation, a horizontal selective cavern has not been drilled by Gsp, let alone operating or producing potash.
https://gensourcepotash.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/GSP-PPT-Comparing-BP-vs-SMERP-Feb2015.pdf As you correctly state - There are not a lot of ways to do this to acheive desired success, so why not consult with those who have already tried it?
There are not a lot of those guys out there either!