Nevada lithium site pump testing begins

OREANDA-NEWS. March 17, 2015. Canada's Pure Energy Minerals has drilled and completed the installation for a test-production well in the CV-1 borehole area of the company's Clayton Valley, Nevada lithium brine project.

An exploration borehole was drilled in September and October, revealing lithium-bearing brines from around a 140m depth to the total depth of the borehole at 274m.

Samples of brine taken from the borehole showed lithium concentrations of 264 parts per million, and recent work refined the understanding of the brine-bearing samples in the borehole.

A high-capacity electric submersible pump will be installed to perform pumping tests to measure key aquifer parameters at flow rates similar to likely production rates.

The information will be used to help determine the size and viability of the lithium-brine resources beneath the lithium site claim area.