South America: Salar de Uyuni brine deposit

In 2017, the Government of Bolivia appointed SRK to prepare a resource estimate of the Salar de Uyuni brine deposit. Uyuni is known as the largest lithium resource in the world, though no official estimate has been published. The team then conducted hydrogeological exploration to validate pumping scenarios and the geological model. The team then developed a complex numerical hydrogeological model for both the resource estimate and the mine plan. SRK also provided training to the project staff to run their own simulation scenarios throughout the life of the mine.