International Battery Metals Ltd (IBATF)

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Pg 20 and 21 stuck out ofc to my simple mind


The project included the development of improved
aluminum-based sorbents for the extraction of lithium from geothermal brines [129,130].
The project involved developing methods for the manufacture of sorbents and their testing
for sorption of lithium under a variety of conditions, mostly with synthetic geothermal
brines [129,130]. Although the sorbents that were developed and tested were not described
in the reports, it is likely that they are variations of AlOH sorbents, specifically a lithium
aluminate intercalate [131,132]. Three variants of sorbents were discussed. Sorbent-P
was a modification or improvement of a proprietary Simbol sorbent, probably a lithium
aluminate intercalate [129–131]. Sorbent-S was Sorbent-P precipitated on an undefined
inert substrate [129,130]. Sorbent-A was developed using a new method of synthesis and
was considered a substantial advancement over prior materials, but the specific improved
properties (i.e., loading capacity, physical robustness) that qualified it as improved were
not reported [129,130]. Sorbent-A was manufactured in 50 kg batches (300 kg total) and
used in pilot studies, discussed below [129,130]. Subsequent to this project, Simbol filed
patents for a lithium aluminate intercalate stabilized in a polymer matrix [132], but it is
not certain if that is the same sorbent that was used in pilot tests (discussed in applications
section, below) [129,130].