PROJECT
America’s Lithium Future
A planned 30,000 tpa commercial-scale direct lithium extraction facility near the Great Salt Lake powered by GET-Lit™ technology.
PROJECT
America’s Lithium Future
TPA LCE projected
Metric Tons available
CAPEX cost
Full-Time JOBS
TPA LCE
projected
Metric
Tons available
CAPEX cost
FULL-TIME jobs
EnergyX will design, construct, and operate a facility on Compass Minerals’ existing potassium, magnesium, and salt production site, integrating lithium recovery into the active industrial operation.
EnergyX will design, construct, and operate a facility on Compass Minerals’ existing potassium, magnesium, and salt production site, integrating lithium recovery into the active industrial operation.
Two Industry Leaders. One Critical Mission.
EnergyX brings the extraction technology, refining capability, and project development expertise. Compass Minerals brings the land, the brine resource, and decades of large-scale mineral production experience in Utah.
Together, they’re building one of the most strategically significant domestic lithium projects in the United States on a timeline designed to meet surging demand from the global energy transition. The transaction is expected to close in the coming months, pending satisfactory due diligence and Utah State regulatory approvals.
DLE Plant Process Overview
DLE plant facility
The DLE processing plant includes Brine Pre-Treatment, Adsorption, RO, Ca-Mg Removal, Ca-Mg and Boron IX, and Brine Evaporation units. The facility also consists of reagent storage and preparation areas, utility systems (power, water, and air distribution), a laboratory, and a centralized control station.
Dle Plant Process Overview
Filtration (FX)
The raw brine from the storage pond contains suspended solids and other contaminants that could affect adsorption column operations.
Therefore, the brine is pretreated using candle filters. The treated brine then gravitates to the nearby adsorption feed pond. The brine goes through 5-micron strainers before entering adsorption columns.
The eluate and the spent brine coming from adsorption is also filtered before going to the respective storage ponds.
The filtration system is designed for a capacity of 2,712 m³/hr, providing a 30% margin above the required brine flow rate.
Dle Plant Process Overview
Adsorption (AX)
The adsorption system consists of 18 columns arranged in six rows, with three columns per row. Each column measures 21 ft in diameter and 9 ft in height. Each column is designed for a flow rate of 520 m³/hr.
The eluate (product brine) from each row of columns gravitates to the eluate pond for further processing. The overall system features a high degree of process automation, minimizing labor requirements.
Each row of three columns is capable of producing 7,500 up to 15,000 tpa LCE with adsorption improvements, depending on feed grade and productivity.
Dle Plant Process Overview
Reverse Osmosis (RO)
The RO system has a design capacity of 2,880 m³/hr, with each RO unit processing 480 m³/hr. The system includes six operating units, housed within a total of thirty-six 40-ft containers. Six of the 40-ft containers operate as one unit.
Eluate from the AX process is concentrated through a series of RO membrane stages to achieve a final brine total dissolved solids (TDS) of 8%. The feed eluate has a TDS of 0.58%. The RO skids are provided as a full turnkey solution, designed for plug-and-play operation.
Dle Plant Process Overview
Calcium & Mangesium Precipitation (CaMgX)
The calcium and magnesium purification stage consists of three reactors, each with a capacity of 82.5 m³.
The system provides a total active residence time of ~45 minutes. The first two reactors are equipped for dosing NaOH and Na₂CO₃, which are used for the precipitation of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) and magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)₂).
Dle Plant Process Overview
Filtration
The precipitated calcium and magnesium cake from the reaction tanks is pumped to the filtration stage.
The filtration stage consists of two membrane filters – one in operation and one on standby.
Each filter press is equipped with a total of 155 polypropylene (PP) filter plates.
The mass flow rate of each filter press is 203 t/h, with a solid concentration of 0.6%.
The filtration area per chamber is 3.66 m², giving a total filtration area of 564 m² per filter press. The target cake thickness before squeezing is 35 mm The total wet cake volume per filter press is 8.9 m³.
Dle Plant Process Overview
Boron, Calcium, Mangesium Exchange (IX)
The polishing step consists of a two-stage ion exchange (IX) system. The first stage removes residual calcium and magnesium from the brine solution. The second stage performs boron ion exchange for further purification.
Each IX stage consists of three columns operating in a lead– lag and regeneration configuration. The columns are constructed from fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP).
The IX stages are provided as a full turnkey solution, designed for plug-and-play operation. Each stage is supplied with online regeneration support system.
Dle Plant Process Overview
Brine Evaporator
The brine evaporation stage consists of two falling-film evaporators and a sodium chloride crystallizer. The system includes two standalone brine evaporator stages, each capable of handling a feed flow rate of ~190 m³/hr with output capacity of 22,500 tpa of LCE.
The stage also includes two pusher centrifuge systems for the separation and removal of sodium chloride crystals. Centrifuges are designed for a total solids throughput (dry basis) of 9.18 t/h.
The Great Salt Lake is Sitting on a Critical Minerals Goldmine
The Ogden, Utah brine region holds 2.4 million metric tons of identified lithium carbonate equivalent one of the richest domestic lithium resources in the United States. EnergyX and Compass Minerals are turning that resource into a commercially operational, American-made lithium supply. Project Powder Hound™ is how it gets done.
Proprietary. Proven. Patented.
Project Powder Hound™ runs on EnergyX’s proprietary GET-Lit™ direct lithium extraction and refining platform engineered to outperform conventional extraction on every meaningful metric.
Higher lithium recovery rates than evaporation-based methods
Significantly lower fresh water consumption
Minimal environmental footprint and land disturbance
Fully integrated extraction and refining in a single facility
Proprietary. Proven. Patented.
Project Powder Hound™ runs on EnergyX’s proprietary GET-Lit™ direct lithium extraction and refining platform engineered to outperform conventional extraction on every meaningful metric.
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