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Project updates

Survey results, development milestones and partnership announcements — posted as they happen.

Resource

>250,000 mg/L

Measured brine TDS in the Habulay basin investigation.

Ponds

15–20 ha

Evaporation-pond areas identified as favourable in the satellite analysis.

Next step

Pilot ponds & boreholes

3–5 shallow exploratory boreholes and 1 ha pilot evaporation ponds, as recommended in the survey report.

Latest posts

22 August 2026 · Resource

Geological & saline-brine survey analysis report completed for the Habulay basin

The cooperative has received a Geological & Saline-Brine Survey Analysis Report for the Habulay River Basin, prepared under the Salt Cooperative Development & Investment Initiative using remote sensing and stratigraphic correlation with the Korahe Basin. Key results: brine TDS above 250,000 mg/L; a near-marine Na⁺/Cl⁻ ratio; an evaporation rate of ≈7–9 mm/day; and 15–20 favourable evaporation-pond areas. Preliminary resource indications are available for qualified partners on request.

July 2026 · Development model

Pilot-first development model confirmed by the cooperative committee

The cooperative has adopted a staged pathway — pilot production, technical validation, commercial demonstration, processing and value addition, then industrial expansion. The intent: test before scaling, measure before forecasting, verify before committing major capital. The next step is establishing pilot solar evaporation ponds and 3–5 shallow exploratory boreholes, as recommended in the survey report.

July 2026 · Partnership

Investor information process opened for the pilot programme

Noolays is inviting serious investors, technology providers, engineering firms, equipment manufacturers and commercial partners to request the investor information package and discuss pilot-stage participation. Requests are handled individually under confidentiality; sensitive technical and financial documents are not published on this website.

How updates work. Announcements are published here by the cooperative as survey results, milestones and agreements are confirmed, so partners can always see the current state of the project.
Verification status. Resource figures published here are preliminary estimates from the cooperative's own survey work. They are not independently certified and are not a production forecast. Confirmed figures are published as verification is completed.

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Each survey result, milestone and agreement is posted here as soon as it happens.

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