Salmon Gums Project

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The Salmon Gums project comprises a 500m+ ton lignite resource and " L2V " (Lignite to Value) technology for processing lignite to liquid. L2V is a proprietary low greenhouse gas emission coal to liquids technology, owned by Spitfire Oil Limited, and it is undergoing proof of concept research and development at Curtin Institute of Technology.^[1]

Spitfire Oil Limited controls the Salmon Gums mining leases and owns the L2V technology.

According to 2009 Spitfire Oil annual report, the mining leases total 32300 hectaresinfo.png

'32300 hectares'

Last calculated 87 weeks ago

, with an application made for for a further 23600ha of mining leases^[2]. The leases are situated in the Bremer Basin near Salmon Gums, north of Esperance in Western Australia. Spitfire reported a 69% increase in the Salmon Gums JORC indicated and inferred coal resource from 519 million tonnes to 876 million tonnes (in accordance with the JORC Code 2004). This corresponds to a potential increase in the situ pyrolysis oil resource from 200 million barrels to about 330 million barrels. Planned production is 20000 bpd^[3] (1056 ML/yrinfo.png

'1056 ML/yr'

Last calculated 87 weeks ago

megalitres per annum) for 25 years.

Due to increased complexity and research requirements, as of Q3 2009 Spitfire has initiated a financial and technical reappraisal of the project including analysis of competing technologies and / or opportunities for the lignite deposit^[2].

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Coordinates of this project: -32.980689° 121.640768°Latitude: 32°58′50.48″S
Longitude: 121°38′26.765″E

References

1. ↑ Mild pyrolysis: A re-innovative low carbon technology
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Spitfire Oil Limited Annual Report 2009
3. ↑ Spitfire Oil Limited website - ASX announcement 16 July 2009