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

[Dora Smith]

Thanks, I didn't see the links below.

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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