Solution Mining

Potash and Borate Mine Planning AAI was contracted by Satimola, Ltd. (Satimola) to conduct a Preliminary Assessment for commercial mining of their potash deposit located in Kazakhstan.  In 2006, [...]

Preliminary Evaluation, Solution Mining Potash Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) was commissioned to prepare a preliminary evaluation of the potential for solution mining an offshore occurrence of [...]

Solution Mining of Nahcolite—Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado, USA AAI personnel have provided technical support during the development of this pioneer solution mining project using cavity [...]

Solution Mining of Halite The stability and subsidence potential of solution-mined cavity clusters in a well-developed field in the Hutchinson salt were evaluated by AAI to provide a basis for [...]

Southern Electric International (SEI) AAI was retained by SEI to assess the subsidence potential of the Central Avenue Property in Wyandotte, Michigan, which is underlain by extensive [...]

Order of Magnitude Study Rio Tinto Industrial Minerals (Rio Tinto) commissioned Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI), to conduct the Order of Magnitude (OoM) study for solution mining within Rio [...]

Solution Mining of Nahcolite Natural Soda took over operations at White River Nahcolite in 2003.  AAI has continued to support the operations in permitting, ground control, cavern development, [...]

Solution Mining of Nahcolite NaTec/White River Nahcolite (WRN) was the first solution mine developed to recover soluble minerals from thin horizontal beds using long horizontal wells. AAI [...]

Intrepid Mining LLC AAI assisted Intrepid in developing the initial mine plan and injection permits for solution mining of depleted conventionally mined potash deposits in New Mexico.  Tasks [...]

Permitting Support for EPA Class I and II Underground Injection Wells AAI represented Copper Eagle Gas Storage (CEGS) in their pursuit of EPA underground injection control (UIC) permits. The [...]

American Soda, L.L.P. Agapito Associates, Inc. has been actively involved with the American Soda Project from 1997 through 2003. Major projects include: Stability assessment of pilot test cavern [...]