GeoFrame to break ground on major lithium project in Texas

GeoFrame Energy announced Tuesday it will break ground this summer on a lithium extraction facility in East Texas, in a move poised to reshape the US clean energy landscape.

The project aims to secure a domestic supply of battery-grade lithium carbonate, a critical component in electric vehicle and energy storage batteries, amid growing global competition and tightening Chinese export controls.

The company said the facility will be the first in the United States to extract lithium carbonate from the Smackover Formation, an extensive, porous, and permeable limestone aquifer that hosts vast volumes of mineral rich brine.

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