They used to extract lithium the same way they did in 1850
The way the world gets its lithium is embarrassing.
They dig massive ponds in the desert. Pump brine into them. Then wait. For up to 18 months. While the sun slowly evaporates the water. At the end, they recover about 30% of the lithium that was in the brine.
The rest is lost.
This is the same basic process they used in the 1800s. And it's still how most of the world's lithium supply is produced today.
Meanwhile, demand for lithium is projected to grow fivefold by 2040. Every EV battery needs it. Every grid storage system needs it. Every AI data center backup needs it.
You can't meet that demand with evaporation ponds. The math was never going to work.
A company called EnergyX built the alternative.
Their platform — GET-Lit — extracts lithium from brine in days. Recovers 98%. Works across all brine types. Uses a fraction of the water. Integrates with existing infrastructure.
Goldman Sachs compared this technology to shale fracking. That comparison matters. Shale fracking didn't just improve oil production. It transformed who controlled the global energy market.
EnergyX just crossed the line from technology company to producer.
Project Lonestar — the largest DLE plant in America — is commissioned. It's in Texarkana. It's producing battery-grade lithium at industrial scale right now.
At full production: 50,000 tons per year. About a billion dollars in annual revenue.
General Motors led their $50 million round and locked in offtake rights. POSCO invested. Eni invested. The DOE awarded a $5 million grant. Over 120 patents protect the technology.
47,000 investors. $171 million raised. Shares are $12.
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