Kalium Lakes Limited announced that the SOP purification plant at its Beyondie SOP Mine is scheduled to commence design grade KTMS feed over the coming week. This follows an initial approximate three-week period in which the restarted plant was fed lower grade KTMS to mechanically test rectifications and allow density build-up in the internal process circuits. The commencement of feeding design grade KTMS is an important step in the commissioning and optimisation of the SOP plant and signals the planned commencement of the targeted ramp-up in SOP production levels over coming months.

This ramp-up profile targets achievement of an 80 ktpa SOP production run-rate by the first quarter of current year 2023, followed by targeted achievement of the expected nameplate Beyondie 120 ktpa SOP production run-rate by the third quarter of current year 2024.