We have extensive experience working in the field and in operations with mining companies and specialized suppliers and consultants in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Australia, Norway and Canada. We have participated in more than 30 projects related to lithium and potassium.
Australia
Project: Lake Mckay
Contractual Relationship: Indirect – First (Australia)
Activity: DFS Revision for Potassium Sulfate (SOP) production. Integrated dynamic model of wells-plant for SOP production
Year: 2021
Argentina
Project: Sales de Jujuy
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Salt Harvesting Consultancy
Year:
Chile
Project: Escondida
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Technical-economic conceptual design for the production of chloride from a desalination plant for the copper leaching process
Year: 2020
Chile- Australia
Project: San Francisco Lagoon, Laguna Verde and Others
Contractual Relationship: Direct Activity: Process production design
Year: 2017-2018
Chile
Project: Laguna Verde
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Scoping Study (NI 43-101) of the Laguna Verde project
Year: 2022
Bolivia
Project: Salar de Uyuni
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Training in lithium and potash pond and plant process
Year: 2018
Argentina
Project: Olaroz
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Accompanying Supervision of Salt Harvesting
Year: 2022
Argentina
Project: Olaroz
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Evaporation and well system capacity study
Year: 2022
China- Argentina
Project: Salar Caucharí
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Revision of the configuration of the ponds
Year: 2020
Australia
Project: Due-Diligence
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Technical-economic evaluation of the lithium project in Argentina Year: 2021
Australia
Project: Candelas – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Preliminary and pre-feasibility study for lithium production, from solar evaporation ponds to the design of technical grade lithium carbonate plants and battery for 20,000 tpa of LCE
Year: 2019-2020
Australia
Project: HMW-Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Carbonation test to obtain battery grade lithium carbonate
Year: 2021
Australia
Project: Candelas – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Pre-feasibility study for battery grade lithium carbonate production of Candela project (Processes, Capex/Opex)
Year: 2021
Australia
Project: HMW-Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect-Worley
Activity: Process design for battery grade lithium carbonate production
Year: 2021
China
Project: Mariana- Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect- Golder
Activity: Solar evaporation ponds process design for Detailed Engineering
Year: 2020-2021
China
Project: Mariana- Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect- Golder
Activity: Process design of solar evaporation wells for EIR (20,000 tpa of LiCl). Design of brine hydraulic transport system from wells to process plant
Year: 2019-2020
Argentina
Project: Salar de Llullaillaco -Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect – Worley
Activity: Review of the process of solar evaporation ponds
Year: 2017
Canadá- Argentina
Project: Pastos Grandes – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect – Worley
Activity: Review of solar evaporation ponds process: mass balance and size of ponds
Year: 2019
Canadá- Argentina
Project: Pastos Grandes
Contractual Relationship: Indirect – Worley
Activity: Design and start-up of lithium carbonate pilot plant
Year: 2019
Australia
Project: Rincon-Incahuasi (Argentina)
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Evaporation test to obtain concentrated lithium brine
Year: 2021
Australia
Project: Rincon-Incahuasi (Argentina)
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Evaporation test to obtain concentrated lithium brine
Year: 2021
Chile
Project: Salar de Atacama
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Potash plant process evaluation
Year: 2017
Argentina
Project: Salar de Olaroz – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Technical specifications for salt harvesting phase diagrams course applied to the solar evaporation process and lithium plant
Year: 2019
Argentina
Project: Salar de Olaroz – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect- GHD
Activity: Review of the solar evaporation pond process
Year: 2017
Argentina
Project: Diablillos
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Production Plan (dynamic simulation) and determination of filtration capacity
Year: 2022
Noruega
Project: Yara Dallol – Etiopía
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Review of solar evaporation pond process design. Pond system design and construction criteria, and ramp-up procedure
Year: 2018-2019
Chile
Project: Potash-Salar de Atacama Plant
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Detailed engineering review of the Potash Plant improvement project
Year: 2022
Chile
Project: Potash-Salar de Atacama Plant
Contractual Relationship: Indirect- Hatch
Activity: Sampling and characterization of KCl plant, study of process improvement through metallurgical modeling
Year: 2022
Chile
Proyecto: Salar de Atacama
Contractual Relationship: Indirect-McKinsey
Activity: Process review and improvement proposal
Year: 2020
Canadá
Project: Piura-Perú
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Design of ponds and pilot plant for SOP production
Year: 2018
Australia
Project: Pacha-Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect – Worley
Activity: Pre-feasibility study for solar evaporation well system and process plant design (lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide) for 25,000 tpa of LCE
Year: 2019
Chile
Project: Salar de Maricunga &Pedernales
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Evaluation of brine potential for lithium carbonate production. Review of chemical data and estimation of Capex and Opex
Year: 2019
Chile
Project: Nittra
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Ammonium Nitrate Sulphate Nitrate Granulation Study
Year:
USA
Project: Hombre Muerto – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Detailed engineering (FEL 3) for the Piletas Capacity Increase project. Specifications and technical basis for salt harvesting. Technical supervision of geomembrane installation and pond construction. Brine transport system improvement study
Year: 2017-2019
Australia
Project: Sal de Vida
Contractual Relationship: Indirect-Worley
Activity: Design review and detailed engineering
Year: 2020
Australia
Project: Sal de Vida – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect-Worley
Activity: Review of pond process design and dynamic simulation of evaporation area due to changes in brine chemistry
Year: 2018
Asia
Project: Diablillos – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Review of solar evaporation ponds process and new process design for 2500 tpa of LCE. Dynamic simulation of well system filling
Year: 2019
Argentina
Project: Sal de Vida
Contractual Relationship: Indirect-Worley
Activity: Design Process Review: Lithium Process Plant and Solar Evaporation Pond System
Year: 2019
Argentina
Proyecto: Pozuelos – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Pre-concentration well filling plan, modeling and simulation of ramp-up
Year: 2020
Canadá – Argentina
Project: 3T – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Design of pilot evaporation ponds. Technical supervision of geomembrane installation and construction of ponds
Year: 2018
Canadá – Argentina
Project: 3T – Argentina
Contractual Relationship: Indirect-GHD Activity: Review of the civil works of the ponds and configuration of ponds
Year: 2018
Corea
Project: Sal de Vida
Contractual Relationship: Indirect – Worley
Activity: Design evaporation well processes and lithium carbonate plant for Lithium Hydroxide production through lithium carbonate
Year: 2021-2022
Corea
Project: Sal de Vida
Contractual Relationship: Indirect – Worley
Activity: Design of evaporation well processes for the production of Lithium Hydroxide through Lithium Phosphate
Year: 2021
Corea
Project: Sal de Oro
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Technical consulting services: Simulations, protocols and process studies
Year: 2020
Chile
Project: Salar de Maricunga – Chile
Contractual Relationship: Indirect- Worley
Activity: Solar evaporation system design review
Year: 2018
Australia
Project: Lake Way – Australia Occidental
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Design of recovery wells SOP plant. Filling and commissioning plan (dynamic simulation)
Year: 2020
Australia
Project: Lake Way – Australia Occidental
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Scoping study for the design of the 50,000 tpa SOP solar evaporation pond
Year: 2018
Australia
Project: Lake Way – Australia Occidental
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Scoping and feasibility study for design of solar evaporation pond for 200,000 tpa of SOP. Design of solar evaporation ponds, currently under construction. Filling plan and Ramp-up of the system through dynamic simulations
Year: 2019
Chile
Project: Salar de Atacama
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Lithium recovery improvement study in evaporation wells system
Year: 2022
Chile
Project: Planta Carbonato de Litio
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Carbonation stage performance improvement study
Year: 2022
Chile
Project: Planta Carbonato de Litio
Contractual Relationship: Direct
Activity: Study of residual brine management in lithium carbonate plant
Year:
China
Project: 3Q
Contractual Relationship: Indirect- Saxum
Activity: Process Design of Pits and Carbonate Plant for PEA 30Kton LCE, OPEX calculation and economic assessment
Year: 2022