Unlike the Silver Peak mine, Reedy aren’t planning to build...

Unlike the Silver Peak mine, Reedy aren’t planning to build acres of evaporation ponds that take between 18 and 24 months to produce Lithium Carbonate from the time the water is pumped to the surface.
They are planning to use technology similar to that pioneered by Italian company Tenova Bateman Technologies known as “TBT” that does not require the use of expensive and expansive evaporation ponds.

The TBT technology provides for the operator to simply pump the Lithium infused salty water to the surface, circulate it through a processing plant before returning about 90% of the water to the aquifer with the Lithium remaining at surface. Other unwanted excess materials such as Magnesium are also removed.

The Lithium is then processed directly into highly sought after battery grade Lithium Hydroxide.