Core Testing and Laboratory Testing

Core Testing

Sedgman Novopro owns and operates in-house proprietary laboratory for core dissolution testing. Core testing can produce site-specific brines for further processing test-work, determine brine composition estimates and define project-specific mining parameters.

Dissolution testing allows for the prediction of the brine grade using a combination of core dissolution results and a review of in-house data for similar projects. The test data results have been verified with pilot and commercial plant data and have proven to be accurate.

Sedgman Novopro's capabilities include:

• Core sample selection
• Sample preparation
• Dissolution kinetics testing at various temperatures
• Analysis of blocking and masking of the dissolution surface
• Calculation of the insolubles content
• Evaluation of dissolution residue behavior and impact on the solution mining operation
• Chemical brine composition
• Calculation of brine composition
• Technical report compiling all information above, as well as conclusions and recommendations
• Photo documentation of dissolution tests

Sedgman Novopro can scope, design, implement and analyse the necessary laboratory testwork programs to optimize and validate the process design.