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of the sustainable mineral recovery industry and become a major contributor to future economic growth .”

Watercycle Co-founder and CTO , Dr Ahmed Abdelkarim , added : “ Our technology has taken years of development and these successful results with Weardale underpin the efficacy of our DLEC solution . With Weardale we believe we can make a huge difference to providing economic benefits in a truly environmental fashion , which underpin our business model . Furthermore , we are not only successfully partnering with lithium brine developers , but we are also making fantastic headway in the extraction of multiple critical minerals from spent batteries . Indeed , we recently produced commercial grade lithium carbonate and graphite from black mass . These are exciting times , and we look forward to working with our partners and delivering high tech mineral extraction solutions .”

Stewart Dickson , CEO of Weardale Lithium , said : “ The supply of domestic lithium is of strategic importance to the UK ’ s net zero ambitions and production of high value batteries for electric vehicles . Utilising Watercycle ’ s technology , we have taken a significant step forward in establishing that the naturally occurring geothermal brines are amenable for lithium production and validated a number of direct lithium extraction processes . We look forward to working with the Watercycle team in scaling up and accelerating the testing of increased volumes of brine towards first production .” �

THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES , AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND DELIVERING HIGH TECH MINERAL EXTRACTION SOLUTIONS . on lithium carbonate extraction are fantastic news . By utilising our propriety membrane technology , we are the first company to produce lithium carbonate from brines in the North East . Importantly our groundbreaking DLEC technology produces zero waste , is water-neutral and requires 95 % less land than conventional lithium extraction processes . Furthermore , once the extraction has taken place , all that will be left after operations are a few manhole covers and so the natural beauty of the Weardale region will be preserved for future generations . Net zero transition is fundamentally impossible with existing supplies of critical minerals , yet traditional modes of extracting them are themselves environmentally damaging . Our technology can put the UK at the forefront