EKS Receives Funding from NRCan CGP
In August 2019, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources announced an investment of close to $2 million for ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. to field test a new dewatering technology that will speed up the process to reclaim new and legacy oil sands mine tailings sites. Funded through Natural Resource Canada’s Clean Growth Program, in collaboration with Alberta Innovates, the project will test and refine EKS’ dewatering technology, which offers many economic and environmental benefits including reducing demand for fresh water, facilitating immediate and progressive site reclamation, reducing…
ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS) Provides an Update on the EKS-DT Field Demonstration
EKS is also pleased to announce the commissioning of the field demonstration of its EKS-DT process (the “Project”). This field demonstration is the culmination of seven years of technology development. Proof-of-concept was achieved through more than three years of laboratory research. Scaled-up tests were performed at the C-FER facility in Edmonton, Alberta. A built-for-purpose test cell was constructed this spring at InnoTech Alberta’s Vegreville research facility and was filled with 1,750 m3 of fine fluid tailings. EKS designed the EKS-DT installation and fabricated and deployed…
ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS) Announces New CEO
ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS) Chair and President James Micak announced today the appointment of Shaun Kavalinas as the new Chief Executive Officer. Shaun’s appointment is effective November 1. EKS also announced that retiring CEO James Micak will serve as Executive Chair of the Board and will continue to provide advisory support to the CEO.