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Table 6. Anson Resources’ Estimated Annual OPEX for the Paradox Basin DLE Project Phase 3: Lithium* $/year Raw materials $ 25,993,603 Utilities $ 35,195,571 Manpower $ 6,991,012 TOTAL $ 68,180,186 *Li extraction OPEX is separated from reported combined Br and Li operations. Phase 3 estimates were retracted owing to large inferred resources, but cost estimates remain valid. Table 7. Lake Resources’ Estimated Annual and Specific OPEX for the Kachi DLE Project Description Cost per year Cost per metric ton LCE Labor $ 10,900,000 $ 394 Utilities (electric, gas, water) $ 42,100,000 $ 1,677 Reagents $ 16,100,000 $ 630 Consumables $ 22,400,000 $ 876 Maintenance $ 4,700,000 $ 185 General and administration $ 10,600,000 $ 416 TOTAL $ 106,800,000 $ 4,178 Tables 3 through 7 summarize the public cost information related to DLE from brines. Each project has unique physical, chemical, and economic requirements that help determine the optimized DLE process. Geothermal brines also have unique brine pre-treatments required for power generation, and the power generation process influences the physical and chemical properties of injection fluid that is the source brine for lithium extraction operations. Power generation processes can benefit lithium extraction with the potential to provide power, heat, and water for downstream operations. Care must be taken that after lithium extraction the fluids retain physical and chemical properties like the original injectate, so they do not negatively impact injection well and reservoir performance. 4.2 DLEfromSaltonSeaGeothermalBrines Available data and estimates of costs for lithium extraction from geothermal brines are limited, and this report is focused on available data without new process modeling efforts. Generally, the primary differences between non-geothermal brine processes and those applied to geothermal brine at the Salton Sea are required pre-processing to manage silica, iron and other metals and, if required, post-processing to ensure appropriate physical and chemical properties of injected tail brine to prevent adverse impacts on the reservoir that can negatively impact power generation. Salton Sea plant operators have decades of experience managing pre-processing to enable power generation and post-processing to prevent scaling of injection wells. Ventura et al. (2020) estimated costs to extract lithium based on bench-scale experiments with Salton Sea brine and process modeling simulations. Some details of the Simbol pilot project at 14 This report is available at no cost from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at www.nrel.gov/publications.PDF Image | Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Brines
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