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Machine learning reveals vast lithium brine reserves beneath Arkansas

A USGS study has revealed enough lithium brines in Arkansas to meet global 2030 EV demand

The Smackover formation

The Smackover Formation (highlighted in yellow) covers the southern to eastern portion of Texas, southern Arkansas, the upper Louisiana, southern, southwest Alabama, and parts of Florida. The sampling area in the lower portion of Arkansas is highlighted with red stripes. | Credits: US Geological Survey

A ‘novel methodology' combining machine learning and water testing has found between five and 19 million tons of lithium reserves beneath south west Arkansas, the US Geological Survey (USGS) announced...

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