The Candelas licence area is located within a structurally controlled basin (graben) and is part of the Hombre Muerto salar. The salar hosts a world-renowned lithium brine deposit. The lithium is sourced locally from weathered and altered felsic ignimbrites and is concentrated in brines hosted within basin fill alluvial sediments and evaporites.

The extents of the resource is approximately 2.7 km (easting) by 9.5 km (northing) by 600 m (vertical), giving a total volume of 15,390 km3.

The brine extraction will be pumped via eleven production wells, including contingency for maintenance purposes. The pumped raw brine will be pumped to a surge pond then onto the first pond of the evaporation ponds system. The total average raw brine flow required to feed the evaporation ponds system is 204 l/s.

The Candelas Project has developed a layout allowing for the ponds to not interfere with the aesthetics of the Rio De Los Patos river channel and the main thoroughfare in the region. The brine wells are located within the river channel, whilst the evaporation ponds system, lithium carbonate plant, water wells, camp, etc. are located between 150 and 300 m uphill from the valley floor. The location of the evaporation ponds should be further investigated, Galan would seek for additional favourable terrain to improve the project future economics.

The raw brine flow coming from the wells field will be collected by a tank from where it will be pumped 150 m uphill to the buffer pond. From this first pond, the brine will commence the evaporation sequence through the ponds system.

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