Meanwhile, projects in Arkansas’s Smackover region have been moving ... In January, the DOE closed a $996 million loan to Ioneer for a lithium mine in Nevada. That follows the closing of a ...

I am bullish on Standard Lithium due to its high-quality assets, low operating costs, and significant upside potential once production starts in 2026. SLI's strategic location in the Smackover ...

clay mines or from ancient brines. How does Arkansas have so much lithium? Arkansas is part of what's known as the Smackover Formation, a relic of a 200-million-year-old sea that covered parts of ...

And more importantly, it has comparable lithium concentrations to the Arkansas Smackover and other formations that are actively being targeted for brine mining in the U.S.” Mackey also pointed out ...

N.C., and the Smackover Formation of southern Arkansas, home to Exxon Mobil’s first lithium project. Image Fraga and Donnelly mapping out areas of proposed lithium mines. The region’s ...

The method is considered more environmentally friendly compared with other methods such as hard rock mining and solar evaporation ... is faster and consumes less water. Lithium-rich saltwater in the ...

The Company’s flagship projects are located in the Smackover Formation, a world-class lithium brine asset, focused in Arkansas and Texas. In partnership with global energy leader Equinor ASA ...

Arkansas, within a higher-grade area in the Smackover Formation rich in lithium reserves. The lease anticipates an initial five-year term for planning, engineering, and construction before ...

Smackover Lithium was announced yesterday at a community meeting in Lewisville, Arkansas, home of a planned field office and nearby the joint venture’s South West Arkansas (“SWA”) project.