[Rockhounds] Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say

[Tim Fisher]

That might be a tough sell these days, there is one new mine operating in Nevada that will have a pretty substantial production, and a huge, readably available reserve found in Wyoming. I believe there are other mines going through the approval process in the west. Also the salt flat process being used in Argentina(?) is surely a no go in AR. 

Tim Fisher
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Researchers said in a recent article that Arkansas may have 19 million tons of lithium, which is used in rechargeable batteries for important products like phones and electric cars.

The researchers said in their article released last month in the journal Science Advances they had “calculated that there are 5.1 to 19 million tons of lithium in Smackover Formation brines in southern Arkansas,” making up
“35 to 136% of the current US lithium resource estimate.”

According to a Monday release from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), “the Smackover Formation is a relic of an ancient sea that left an extensive, porous, and permeable limestone geologic unit that extends under parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.”
Lithium, which has been labeled by the USGS as a critical mineral, has been often obtained from brines or salt flats they evaporate into. According to a projection from the International Energy Agency, demand for lithium could increase by more than 40 times by 2040.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/business/energy-environment/arkansas-lithium-ev-batteries.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/researchers-say-arkansas-may-have-19m-tons-of-lithium-critical-for-battery-power/ar-AA1sFKbv
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