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

[Glen Miller]

Tim, thanks for adding to the discussion of the lithium supply topic.

Glen

On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 8:25 AM Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

> The Salton Sea evaporation mine is under construction. One other mine in
> CA may reopening. Thacker Pass in NV is under construction, It's near where
> we dig petrified wood and thundereggs near McDermitt NV so I've been
> following the project. There are others in the planning or permitting stage
> in the west. I have no idea what the projected lithium production is but
> the Federal govt. have huge subsidies to hand out.
>
> Tim Fisher
> nospam at orerockon.com
>
>
>
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> Dora Smith
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> Researchers Say
>
> That's what I thought I saw.  There are atleast two other large deposits
> of lithium in this country.  Each article treats its topic as the only
> great hope for America to compete for lithium.
>
> I'd also like to see more on the potential environmental impact, and on
> who opposes this mining in Arkansas, and apparently also in North Carolina.
>
> Dora
>
> On 10/22/24 3:13 PM, Tim Fisher wrote:
> > 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
> > nospam at orerockon.com
> >
> >
> >
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> > From: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> On Behalf
> > Of Kreigh Tomaszewski
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> > Subject: [Rockhounds] Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves,
> > Researchers Say
> >
> > 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/arkansa
> > s-lithium-ev-batteries.html
> >
> > https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/researchers-say-arkansas-may-h
> > ave-19m-tons-of-lithium-critical-for-battery-power/ar-AA1sFKbv
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