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Sodium

Random question & not sure if this is the place to ask it, but is there any value in the Na component of this deposit?
Salt is 40% sodium and 60% chlorine by weight.
The common salt, sodium chloride, NaCl, can be broken down into its components, sodium and chlorine, by electrolysis.
The sodium-ion battery (NIB or SIB) is a type of rechargeable battery analogous to the lithium-ion battery but using sodium ions (Na+) as the charge carrier.
Benchmark forecasts lithium demand in 2030 will reach 2.4 million tonnes LCE (lithium carbonate equivalent)

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2.4Mtpa equivalent Na (in place of Lithium) would be 9.6Mtpa mined with 100% separation.
338Mt @ 9.6Mtpa is 35 years.

Flotation has been developed as the principal separating process for the potash salts which generally are coarsely crystalline and free from the sodium salts at about 10 to 14 mesh. In most cases the potash is floated in the froth product and the salt, NaCl, discarded as tailings.

Natron collaborates with Clarios on first mass manufacturing of Sodium-ion batteries05 May 2022

https://www.greencarcongress.com/2022/05/natron-collaborates-with-clarios-on-first-mass-manufacturing-of-sodium-ion-batteries.html

Why sodium is Mukesh Ambani’s big battery bet in EV race
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/why-sodium-is-mukesh-ambanis-big-battery-bet-in-the-ev-race/articleshow/89083744.cms