In Rush for Lithium, Miners Turn to the Oil Fields of Arkansas : vimarsana.com

The Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas was once a major oil producer. Now, companies hope to extract lithium — a key metal for electric vehicle batteries — from its underground brines using technologies they say could reduce mining’s carbon emissions and water use.

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