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Cypress to start Clayton Valley lithium pilot plant

Cypress Development has built a pilot plant for its Clayton Valley lithium project in Nevada, USA with test extraction of lithium from sample material to begin shortly. The pilot plant will utilise chloride-based leaching combined with the Chemionex-Lionex process for direct lithium extraction (DLE).

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 Cypress Development's Clayton Vally lithium pilot plant in Nevada, USA

Cypress Development's Clayton Vally lithium pilot plant in Nevada, USA

A January 2021 scoping study determined that a chloride-based process rather than a sulphate-based leaching process would provide benefits in the areas of economics, process and the environment although...

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