Lake Hope
High Purity Alumina (HPA) Project Western Australia | IPT earning 80%
The Lake Hope Project spans a vast area of approximately 238 square kilometres, encompassing several promising salt lakes stretching from Hyden to Norseman in southern Western Australia, renowned as a Tier One jurisdiction. Within this expansive region, lies an extraordinary deposit of high-grade aluminium clay minerals, uniquely situated in the upper strata of a playa lake. Distinguished by its singular physical and chemical characteristics, this deposit enables cost-effective mining and offsite metallurgical processing through an innovative acid leaching technique, challenging conventional cost paradigms.
The region shows distinctive climatic and geological conditions conducive to the formation of an unparalleled deposit of aluminium-rich material within the surface clay layers of two small salt lakes known as West Lake and East Lake. These clay layers, measuring only a few meters thick, boast exceptional chemical and physical properties, primarily composed of malleable aluminium-bearing minerals akin to plasticine, facilitating effortless sampling using handheld augers and push tubes.
The Lake Hope Project spans a vast area of approximately 238 square kilometres, encompassing several promising salt lakes stretching from Hyden to Norseman in southern Western Australia, renowned as a Tier One jurisdiction. Within this expansive region, lies an extraordinary deposit of high-grade aluminium clay minerals, uniquely situated in the upper strata of a playa lake. Distinguished by its singular physical and chemical characteristics, this deposit enables cost-effective mining and offsite metallurgical processing through an innovative acid leaching technique, challenging conventional cost paradigms.
The region shows distinctive climatic and geological conditions conducive to the formation of an unparalleled deposit of aluminium-rich material within the surface clay layers of two small salt lakes known as West Lake and East Lake. These clay layers, measuring only a few meters thick, boast exceptional chemical and physical properties, primarily composed of malleable aluminium-bearing minerals akin to plasticine, facilitating effortless sampling using handheld augers and push tubes.
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