A machine learning model predicts that five to 19 million tons of lithium reserves are beneath southwestern Arkansas. This ...

Lithium is often referred to as the "white gold" of the energy transition—or, as the USGS put it, "hidden treasure"—because of its crucial role in battery technology that will drive the green ...

According to a Monday release from the U.S. Geological ... data,” making “a map of predicted lithium concentrations in Smackover Formation brines across southern Arkansas.” ...

The lithium mine, calculated using a machine-learning model and geological information that predicted maps of lithium concentration, represents 35% to 136% of the current amount of lithium estimated ...

Samples from Arkansas were analyzed by the USGS ... used to combine lithium concentrations in brines with geological data to create maps that predict total lithium concentrations across the ...

The Importance Of Lithium Supply Lithium has quickly become a very important commodity, largely due to the rise of EVs and renewable energy and its associated massive demand for lithium-ion batteries.

But the location in Arkansas has already caught the eye of companies like Exxon that hope to develop practical ways to mine the valuable metal. A map of the U.S. showing the geological area called ...

USGS worked with the Arkansas Department of Energy and the ... batteries in electric vehicles nine times over. A U.S. Geological Survey map shows the Smackover Formation and the area sampled ...

Researchers have discovered a collection of lithium—a primary component in lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries—in Arkansas ... model and geological information that predicted maps of ...

A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found a large amount of lithium reserves in southwestern Arkansas that could ... the region and generate maps, even of areas from which ...

A joint study led by the US Geological Survey (USGS) and the Arkansas Department of Energy ... data allowed researchers to create predictive maps of lithium concentrations across the region ...