The announcement says the agreement provides ALC the opportunity to demonstrate its proprietary DLE technology in the field following a series of successful bench tests at their base in Calgary.
The plant will be located at Kendra’s Springville brine transfer site and represents a pre-commercial trial of the ACCELi lithium extraction technology.
It is expected that the plant will be in operation in Pennsylvania by late March/early April 2025 and that it will be processing brine drawn from the Marcellus Shale formation.
Benjamin Hill, Rain’s CEO commented, “We are excited to see the ACCELi technology deployed to the field thereby marking the next step towards commercializing this DLE technology. We look forward to establishing Rain and the ACCELi technology as the pre-eminent low cost, commercial DLE company.”
It is envisaged that ALC will run the pilot test for 21 days running approximately 20,000 liters [5,283 gallons] of brine per day based on a 12 hour day.
As part of the Agreement, Kendra has a first right of refusal to serve as the exclusive service provider for all lithium projects using the ACCELi technology within Pennsylvania for a term of three years.
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[Posted: February 13, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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