VANCOUVER - EMP Metals Corp. has announced Hub City Lithium (HCL) Corp., a subsidiary company to EMP, has completed the drilling of its second targeted lithium well in the Viewfield area of southern Saskatchewan.
The perforation and flow testing of the Duperow formation is expected to happen this month and take approximately three to four weeks to complete. Brine concentrations and flow rates will be reported upon completion of testing.
The objective of the second targeted lithium well is to delineate the established pool, reaffirm commerciality and take appropriate steps towards a future commercial pilot plant. The data will be used to contribute towards the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) which is expected in the third quarter of this year.
The well may also serve as a future disposal well with the drilling pad optimizing future multi-zone horizontal wells, as the company continues to delineate the established pool.
"We continue to aggressively advance our business plan in our two core areas, Mansur and Viewfield,” said EMP CEO Rob Gamley. “EMP remains focused on the completion of its PEA and deployment of a pilot plant, which may occur in early 2024."
By way of background, lithium concentrations and flow testing of the first lithium dedicated test well in the Viewfield area, as described in a press release from Feb. 21, returned lithium concentrations in the Duperow formation of up to 259 milligrams per litre and high-volume flow testing from all zones at an average rate of 550 cubic metres per day.
EMP and ROK Resources Inc. jointly own HCL. EMP has a 75 per cent interest in HCL, with the remaining 25 per cent owned by ROK.
EMP, in partnership with ROK, currently holds 77,700 hectares) acres of subsurface dispositions and strategic wellbores in southern Saskatchewan.
