Lepidico made public statements that are critical and false of the Sileach technology and it continues in this forum. “The statements made by the Lepidico board are untrue …..Sileach poses no greater level of safety concern than Lepidico’s L-Max process.” (LIT statement). One can understand the fierce competition going on here but some of these visits by obvious LPD interests are childish. The 2 processes have equal environmental outcomes but neither require roasting so yay! According to Lithium Australia, one of the claims by Lepidico was that Sileach used toxic hydrofluoric acid in its process, (FALSE). Lithium Australia said Sileach does not use hydrofluoric acid and that the main fluorine product is in fact hexafluorosilicic acid, commonly used as a source of fluoride in domestic water supplies. Lithium Australia also said the Federal Government’s Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation , which has been conducting pilot tests of Sileach, had conducted thorough safety investigations and approved the operation of the tests on the basis of negligible hydrofluoric acid risk..
