Junior miner Trigg Minerals, Subiaco, Western Australia, announced on Dec. 13 that it plans to begin test work for the Lake Throssell sulfate of potash (SOP) project in Western Australia in January 2024. It expects results to be disclosed by the end of the first quarter.
Non-Executive Chairman Timothy Morrison said the successful completion of the test work would enable Trigg to extend its program to a next-level pilot stage and ultimately have the potential to allow it to expand into the construction of a demonstration-scale SOP production plant.
“Solving pre-processing salt homogeneity issues is integral to unlocking the value of existing SOP-in-brines production, and we hope our test work can offer a solution to the process issues that have caused major problems for potential SOP producers,” he said, noting that administrators have recently been appointed for Australian Potash Corp. (GM Dec. 8, p. 1), highlighting the pressure that processing and recovery issues are placing on participants in the Western Australia SOP industry.