
This method was developed especially for TMR by an internationally renowned engineer and expert in the field of solar evaporation, who was also the first to develop mineral extraction facilities around the Great Salt Lake in Utah. As a result of accelerated solar evaporation, a smaller amount of water is required to extract minerals from the lake water.

The special structure of the drying tank and the technically advanced and efficient production process specifically tailored to the company allow Trace Minerals Research (TMR) to obtain ionic minerals and trace elements from the water within four months. Mineral concentration in the drying tank occurs completely naturally without the use of chemicals and other additives under the intense sunlight in the desert of Utah. Then the water is filtered three times and transferred to designated tanks for processing. Water with the highest possible mineral concentration is withdrawn only at the peak of summer and dependent on the day, time of day, as well as size and the form of the crystalline minerals. The facility is closed from October to April as weather conditions are not optimal in autumn and winter. Specialised knowledge and precise timing are necessary in order to obtain and collect valuable ionic minerals from the water. The water of the Great Salt Lake, which is rich in ionic minerals and trace elements, is pumped in early summer at the special extraction point of the company's evaporation pond. Trace Minerals Research derives all the minerals and trace elements contained in this product from the lake. The nutrient-rich water contains over 70 ionic minerals and trace elements in 8 to 10 times the concentration as in sea water. As an artifact of the last great ice age, the lake is where minerals and trace elements from the Rocky Mountains have accumulated and concentrated for tens of thousands of years. The Great Salt Lake in the Southwest of the United States is the oldest inland sea in the world. This process has a minimal impact on the environment in comparison to other methods. In this pristine natural area, the salt water is pumped into solar drying ponds to crystallise.

Trace Minerals Research's ionic minerals and trace elements are sourced from natural salt deposits on the north shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah an area which is very remote and surrounded by thousands of acres of privately owned land.
