Anson Resources Ltd (ASX:ASN, OTCQB:ANSNF) has completed a second geotechnical engineering study on the proposed location of a direct lithium extraction processing (DLE) extraction plant for its Green River Lithium Project in south-eastern Utah, USA, finding the subsurface conditions to be suitable.
The proposed 20-acre project site is in Emery County, on privately owned industrial land purchased by Anson.
This vacant land sits just 1.3 kilometres east of the Green River Project and provides access to water from the Green River, which is essential to operate the DLE process.
Plan showing the locations of the boreholes, trenches and geophysical lines.
The engineering study, which examined soil and rock types at the site, is part of the due diligence for the possible location of the proposed DLE processing plant or as a possible site for a stage 2 expansion on the company’s privately owned property.
This study will be included in an upcoming definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the project.
The study involved the collection of data on the subsurface conditions at the proposed production facility site regarding the design and construction of preliminary foundation options and work comprised site reconnaissance, subsurface exploration, acquisition of geophysical data and engineering analysis.
This work provided geotechnical data and subsurface conditions to be used in engineering studies to provide construction recommendations for the DLE production plant.
The depth of the boreholes range from 6.1 metres to 12.2 metres and the depth of the trenches ranged from 1 metre to 4.58 metres.
Results have confirmed the site as suitable to construct the processing plant’s foundations.