Assessment of the potential use of blended residue from lithium extraction process for land reclamation**

滑铁卢大学的生态水文学研究小组和奈特·皮耶赛尔德有限公司将联手建立一个新的研究合作伙伴关系，以表征锂矿混合残渣流的样品，并将其作为副产品用于土地开垦应用。拟议的Engage项目旨在开发和验证一种简单、快速和具有成本效益的方法，以评估在不同改进剂添加下用于回收用途的混合残渣样本的后处理潜力。研究结果将有助于指导锂精矿加工过程中产生的混合残渣样品的特性，并评估该副产品在未来土地复垦中的使用情况。该项目的成果还将引起人们对土地复垦和场地修复领域的极大兴趣。它们将有助于指导采矿残渣材料战略的实施，以支持采矿业的环境足迹努力。这一项目将为随后的联合项目奠定基础，这些项目将产生所需的科学知识，使锂采矿残渣就地后处理成为一种有效、可靠和节省成本的技术。****

The Ecohydrology Research Group at the University of Waterloo and Knight Piésold Ltd. will join forces in order to build a new research collaboration to characterise samples of the blended residue streams from the lithium mining and assess this material as a by-product for use in land reclamation applications. The proposed Engage project targets the development and validation of a simple, rapid and cost-effective method to assess the re-processing potential of blended residue sample under variable amendment additions for reclamation uses. The results will be instrumental in providing guidance to characterize the blended residue sample from lithium concentrate processing and assessment for use of this by-product in future land reclamation purposes. The outcomes of this project will also generate significant interest in the fields of land reclamation and site rehabilitation. They will be instrumental in providing guidance to the implementation of mining residue material strategies in support of mining industry's environmental footprint efforts. This Engage project will lay the foundation for subsequent joint projects that will yield the scientific knowledge needed to enable the implementation of in situ re-processing of lithium mining residues as an effective, reliable and cost-saving technology. ****