Direct lithium extraction in the U.S. in key states such as Arkansas could help break U.S. reliance on China, which dominates the supply chain on many critical minerals, Standard Lithium CEO David Park said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
The Trump administration, he said, is focused on critical minerals, and his company is zeroing in on lithium extraction in Arkansas — the home of the Smackover Formation, home to North America’s highest grade lithium brine resource.
“There’s no reason to go to the moon… [Arkansas is] home to North America’s highest grade lithium brine resource, and we’re developing a southwest Arkansas project together with our partner, Equinor, using a new technology called direct lithium extraction, or DLE, to unlock this truly competitive world class resource,” he said, explaining that this form of extraction is not an “open pit mining operation.”
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