Industrial Minerals


US lithium brine push

11 January 2010

by Mark Watts

Two groups acquire brine deposits in Nevada as Li exploration rush continues

Keywords: lithium, lithium carbonate, Li-ion, EV, electric vehicles, American Lithium Minerals, Lithco, Mesa Uranium

The projected rise of hybrid and electric vehicles sales has caused a scramble to develop lithium reserves to meet increased demand for lithium ion batteries, as lithium carbonate is the key material.

 

Several companies are now eying the Great Basin region of the western USA to try and emulate the success of Chemetall Foote’s Clayton Valley brine project in the south of Nevada.

 

The latest development is by American Lithium...