“The Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund has led a $20m investment into a start-up promising a more efficient way to extract lithium for batteries. Oakland-based Lilac Solutions says its ion exchange technology will enable a “massive increase in lithium supply needed for electric vehicles” from brine-based deposits.“
Read more >“Breakthrough Energy Ventures, helmed by Bill Gates, and MIT’s The Engine fund are leading an investment round of $20 million for Lilac Solutions, a U.S. startup aimed at making the extraction of lithium less water-intensive and more sustainable.”
Read more >Lilac Solutions has added Thomas Wilson to its executive team as Chief Development Officer. Wilson brings fifteen years of experience in natural resource development, operations and commercial transactions in the oil & gas industry.
Read more >Cypress Development Corp. and Lilac Solutions are pleased to announce the successful demonstration of high lithium recoveries for Cypress’ 100% held Clayton Valley Project in Nevada utilizing extraction processes developed by Lilac Solutions.
Read more >The Lilac Solutions Direct Extraction plant is on-track to be operational at the Kachi Lithium project by late 2019, targeting rapid, low-cost lithium production with high recoveries and minimal environmental impact. First steps towards pilot plant testing with design and engineering are underway at Lake’s Kachi Lithium Project, Argentina based on the high-productivity, high-purity Lilac Solutions direct extraction technology.
Read more >Lilac Solutions announced the closing of a $2.5 million financing round led by PRIME Impact Fund and Tribeca Early Stage Partners.
Read more >Argentine-focused lithium exploration and project development company Lake Resources NL announced that its plans for a low-cost, rapid production lithium mine with significantly high lithium recoveries have received a boost, following the results of a Phase 1 Engineering Study conducted by California-based Lilac Solutions, Inc.
Read more >Lake Resources and Lilac Solutions announce high lithium recoveries for Lake’s Kachi Lithium Brine Project in Argentina.
Read more >Lilac Solutions is producing lithium hydroxide samples from the Anson Resources brine project in Utah.
Read more >“Lilac dramatically decreases the volumes of reagents that need to be trucked in, so we can unlock resources in remote locations. On top of this, our technology is modular so the physical footprint of our facilities is approximately 1,000 times smaller than conventional lithium brine projects using evaporation ponds”
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